Why Do I Need Hand Grinding?

Why Do I Need Hand Grinding? Hand Grinders are commonly used to level off a slab, remove paints, glues, epoxies, stains, and other coatings from concrete in order to prepare for new floor coverings, coatings, or polish concrete surfaces to perfection.

Hand Grinding is important before almost any flooring system or coating is installed (apart from the carpet) floorboards, tiles, vinyl, lino, slate, epoxy, paint, waterproofing membranes, parquet, floor levelling agents, etc. They will all require Hand Grinding before installation if the concrete has been affected.

The concrete beneath can be rough and uneven and even have paint, epoxies, glues, cement residues, bumps, or other residues left on it. Making installing various flooring or coatings on top impossible (or fail quickly)

If you are looking to lay any floor covering to a concrete slab you must first check that the concrete slab is clean, perfectly level with no minor bumps (even 0.1mm can be an issue), and ready for the installation of the new flooring system that you have chosen EVERY flooring system except for carpet will require “Floor preparation” before installing your new flooring system (Excluding carpet).

Your new flooring system needs a clean, smooth, and porous slab to bond to. Any glue, cement, waterproofing, epoxy, paint residue, etc or any minor bumps in the slab will affect the quality and durability of the new floor covering that is being installed and may result in the flooring system that you are installing failing.

Floor installers (all major companies) will not give you a warranty or simply won’t do your project if you haven’t had the concrete grinder come in to clean up your concrete slab as they won’t be able to give you a warranty on installing your new flooring system. Hand Grinding is necessary to remove any glue residue and to level your floor to enable a clean installation of your new flooring system.

By having Hand Grinding, you can create the desired smooth surface you need to enable the successful installation of new flooring. By prepping the concrete surface before installing new tiles, or other flooring systems and flooring materials you can ensure the longevity of your new flooring.

Hand Grinding is also necessary to remove any trip hazards if you wish to use a concrete slab as your subfloor. It is especially important if the floors are going to be polished, as the quality of the concrete will show through.

Hand Grinding the floors before the application of tiles, floorboards, vinyl, lino, slate, pebblecrete, parquet, laminate, epoxy, waterproofing membranes, floor levelling products, paint, etc. is the single biggest way to ensure the longevity of the floors as well as to ensure that you get your warranty from the installer/company that you chose to install your flooring system.

If you “skip“ the process of “Floor preparation” by not doing Hand Grinding and/or floor levelling in some cases. Companies have the right to NOT give you any warranty on the installation of their flooring system that they have installed.

So even if it fails within 7 days, it is YOUR issue and not there’s and you will NOT get a refund / free repair/ replacement or anything like that.

You could end up wasting tens of thousands of dollars purchasing and installing your new flooring system, only to have it fail within a short period because you chose to skip the Hand Grinding or floor levelling (also known as floor preparation) process. This is why “Floor preparation” is so important.

The team we provide for you are experts in their field at removing floor coverings, adhesives, and compounds that make the surface uneven and difficult to reinstall a new underlay or flooring system too.

Our service is designed to provide a completely smooth and clean surface for our customers to do what they want. Our friendly team of experts is ready to assess your situation and consult with you on the best way to proceed with your Hand Grinding project.