Darlings of architects and many clients interested in a floor resistant, practical, flexible, and inexpensive, the cement floor burned comes snapping hearts and coating different kinds of homes and environments!
With a touch of rusticity by the variation of the colors and the “craqueladinhos” that appear in the expansion of the concrete, the cement floor burned has been used for years in Brazil, since the country house until the loft”s contemporaries of the great capitals.
Very easy to clean, it can be applied in almost all parts of the house, integrating the environments and providing a feeling of spaciousness, as the cement floor burned has this feature monolithic, that is, a single piece, in which, even when used in expansion joints yet allows for a uniform view of the floor.
For this reason he is adored by the professionals in the construction field and accepted by customers that also have a more economical option coating.
What is the Cement Burned?
And for those who are afraid of putting fire in the house at the time of the burning of the cement can rest assured that the cement burned is nothing more than a mortar made with cement, sand and water made in situ (on-site) – that you can receive additives to improve adhesion and prevent cracking – that has the thickness of 30 cm on average, done about the floor still wet or on a rough surface to grip, and receives the dust from the cement smoothed out with a squeegee, or with a “spoonful of mason”.
This technique of smoothing the dust of cement on the mortar to the wet until completely smooth and uniform is called the burning of the cement. Remembering that it is recommended to use expansion joints in the floor 2 in 2 meters to avoid that the floor work and make the cracks.
In this simple way the floor is with neutral aspect, without too much glare, here’s how to make the cement burned with brightness.
How to make cement floor burned?
– No, I’m not going to teach you how to make the mixture for the cement burned, since it is necessary to have a skilled labor to do the service.
Although the majority of the masons, and foremen say that they do the floor, you need to be careful to choose the right professional, it is not easy to make the cement floor burned, you need to run with caution, keeping the floor damp until the curing of the concrete, smooth very well and even use the mortar wisely to avoid stains and mixtures desuniformes.
My tip to make a cement floor burned is to choose a professional, check the work floors of cement burned earlier, to observe the flatness of the floor, the colors, the cracked (if any), to see if the professional has used the expansion joints, and oh yeah hire the service that suits you.
How is that the cement floor burned is glossy?
There are different ways of giving brightness to the cement floor burned one of them is to pass wax weekly, which reduces the cost of application of resins, but after the “burning of cement” it is possible to pass a layer of special wax for floors, resins of protection or even varnish.
Originally the cement burned is grey because of the color of the cement, as the mixture it can get darker or lighter, some experts use a mixture of powdered marble with white cement structural to let the cement burned more light, getting up to get a tone close to white.
But, if you prefer a floor more colorful it is possible to use the game of Chess, a product of the time grandma and that fortunately still retains a low price, it is easily found in any building material and comes in 6 colors (Yellow, Red, Green, Blue, Brown, and Black) that can be combined to form new colors.
For those who want to give a broken in the uniformity of the cement burned it can be combined with inserts, ceramics, hydraulic tiles, pebbles for the wetlands (mainly toilets and external areas), wood and other materials. The placement of strips of wood also contribute to the cement does not create cracks, and it works as an expansion joint.
The cement floor burned is a great option for most of the brazilian houses since it is easy to clean and is very fresh, great for the hot regions, since in the portion of the cold region of the country – in which I find myself – you need to combine the cement floor with mats to make the environments more pleasant, which is also good because it has many rugs beautiful that will always match the neutrality of the cement floor burned that is a true wildcard architectural.
Another advantage of this flooring is its durability, and may receive a high traffic, and evidence of stiletto heels, children, animals, and people desastradas. But, it’s not just floors that the cement burned “live”, it can also be used on walls, countertops and furniture.