Concrete advice

donalh087

Hi - I'm building a house and have just laid a concrete floor (to be polished at a later date). The builder advises covering it with Corriboard to protect it. It is turning out to be €1,000 though which is mad money. Anyone got any ideas for covering a floor cheaply for a few weeks?

Gumbo

Get as much cardboard boxes as you can find, open them out. Tape them all together covering the floor. Then cover with plastic membrane or roofing membrane. May be cheaper but not sure if better.

How much did the concrete floor cost all in including polishing? Is €1k minor in the grand scheme of things to protect it?

Calahonda52

donalh087 wrote: »

Hi - I'm building a house and have just laid a concrete floor (to be polished at a later date). The builder advises covering it with Corriboard to protect it. It is turning out to be €1,000 though which is mad money. Anyone got any ideas for covering a floor cheaply for a few weeks?

wait till ref is over and grab a few pro/con posters

wexie

Calahonda52 wrote: »

wait till ref is over and grab a few pro/con posters

F*ckit, grab them now

Bonzo Delaney

You could try carpet showrooms and see do they have any for the skip only down side is it'll prob cost you the price of a skip to get rid of said carpet

What size is the concrete floor 1k is a lot of Corri plus labour

wexie

Bonzo Delaney wrote: »

What size is the comic floor 1k is a lot of Corri plus labour

Very good point, what kind of corriboard was the builder talking about?

https://www.365plastics.ie/3-8mm-corriboard-600gsm-2440mmx1220mm-white-sdp.html

less than a tenner for an 8x4 sheet of 3.8mm?

FrancieBrady

wexie wrote: »

Very good point, what kind of corriboard was the builder talking about?

https://www.365plastics.ie/3-8mm-corriboard-600gsm-2440mmx1220mm-white-sdp.html

less than a tenner for an 8x4 sheet of 3.8mm?

There is an even lighter sheet than that and cheaper too. Job I worked on recently had them over a massive area.

Bonzo Delaney

FrancieBrady wrote: »

There is an even lighter sheet than that and cheaper too. Job I worked on recently had them over a massive area.

There's a 3mm for 7.70 incl vat so about 90 sheets covers about 250sm allowing 300e labour

donalh087

its 2300 sq ft.

if 8x4 (32sq ft) is a €8.58 then 2300 is 2300/32x8.58= €616

Well done Wexie, you have nearly halved my cost. To be fair I think mine night have been 4mm.

I like the carpet samples too.

wexie

Bonzo Delaney wrote: »

There's a 3mm for 7.70 incl vat so about 90 sheets covers about 250sm allowing 300e labour

For 300 quid I'd happily sit down myself with a stanley knife and a roll of tape.

Have some time to think about what the hell I'm gonna do with 90 sheets of corriboard as well :pac:

FrancieBrady

Thought it was cheaper than that. They (Access) use plenty off it on delivering stuff.
Do plenty of haggling with them, good guys to deal with.

T-Maxx

If it's going to be grinded and polished I wouldn't be arsed to cover it up.

donalh087

It's not so much scratches T-Maxx it's some halfwit dropping a club hammer or something.

FrancieBrady

donalh087 wrote: »

It's not so much scratches T-Maxx it's some halfwit dropping a club hammer or something.

3mm corriboard will not offer much protection from a halfwit like that. Half inch plywood you want!

wexie

FrancieBrady wrote: »

3mm corriboard will not offer much protection from a halfwit like that. Half inch plywood you want!

If you know where that can be got for a tenner a sheet would ya PM me?

the_pen_turner

call into 365 plastics and a few large sign companies. ask them for seconds, damaged ones or misprints. they would be mad to get rid of their rubbish free.
then buy the rest

sydthebeat

You going to be polishing all of the 2300?

What about bathrooms, bedroom floors etc?

donalh087

Tiling the bathrooms, polishing everything else.

Dudda

Ok, don't cover it with plastic. The floor won't continue to dry out evenly and don't use the plastic signs for the same reason. You need breathable materials to cover it. I used foam in one small area under a ladder to provide additional protection and it trapped the moisture. The floor was wet when I picked up the foam. Disaster.

I went to a local furniture shop and they gave me a load of cardboard for free. They have to pay to recycle it so happy to give it to me. Took about 3 week's worth. I got a bit from a grocery shop but the boxes aren't as big so don't cover as big an area and move about a bit with people walking about. Bigger sheets from the furniture work best.

Go back after a month and get a bit more and replace it at the door or other areas where it gets wet and wears away.
I did this all myself and cost me nothing.

Have a no liquid rule on site and inforced it. No tea, coffee, fizy drinks, paints, oils, etc in the polished floor area. I didn't even allow water.
This rule can relax once the floor is ground and polished and sealed but still no oil, primers or similar.

Try not to store tools in the area when not in use. Eg. no angle grinder or drill even if it's off and unplugged to be left unattended. Some f##ker will trip or walk over it dragging it and scratch the floor.