Terrazzo floor repair
Love your terrazzo but not the chips, cracks and holes? We repair terrazzo so it blends back into the floor, using matching marble chips and resin mixed to the color of your floor.
What we repair
Most terrazzo damage is just history: fifty or more years of carpet, tile, remodels and everyday life. Holes from tack strip are common repairs, not a reason to cover up terrazzo. Here's what we fix:
- Tack strip and nail holes left by carpet
- Gouges and chips from tile removal
- Holes drilled for termite treatment or door hardware
- Re-pipe and electrical trenches
- Cracks, spalls at doorways, and chipped edges
- Old gray cement or mortar patches that never matched
How a repair is matched
A terrazzo repair has to match two ways: the marble chips need to match the size and color mix already in your floor, and the resin around them has to match the cement between the chips. We carry over 70 varieties and sizes of marble, so the chips are a selection rather than a compromise. The resin is mixed and checked in natural light.
The best time to patch is during the honing process. At this point the wax and discoloration has been removed, but the coming honing and polishing steps will blend the patch into the floor.
My floors were a mess carpet tacks, holes, stains from linoleum, James and his crew made them look new. If they can fix my floors, they can fix anything!
Tom Moynihan, Google review of Terrazzo ArtisansHomes, rentals and businesses
We come out to your home, rental property or place of business. Terrazzo floor repair is careful work that takes time and a technician who knows how to read the floor in front of them. Every repair is done by our own crew, never subcontracted.
If the floor also needs polishing, the repairs are done as part of the restoration process, which gives the best blend.
Common questions
Will the repair show?
The goal is that you'd have to know where it was to find it. We carry over 70 varieties and sizes of marble chips to match what's in your floor, and we mix the resin in natural light, which is the only light that shows a true match. Busy multi-color floors and repairs where sunlight rakes across the floor are harder, and we'll tell you that up front.
Can you fix a crack?
Yes. But a crack that runs along a crack in the slab below can move with the slab and show again over time. We'll tell you which kind you have when we look at it.
Can you repair just one spot without redoing the floor?
Sometimes. A repair gets ground and polished to blend in, so on a floor that has been waxed or coated, the patch will look different from the floor around it. On those floors, repairs are usually done as part of a full restoration.
What's the most common repair you make?
Tack strip holes, by a wide margin. Nearly every house that had wall-to-wall carpet has a row of them along every wall. They fill well, and once the floor is polished they're very hard to find.
There's a strip of gray cement across my floor from a re-pipe. Can that be fixed?
Yes. The cement comes out and matching terrazzo goes in, then it's polished in with the rest of the floor.
Tack strip holes, chips or cracks?
Call for a free estimate, or text a photo of the damage and we'll tell you what it takes.