Help me out... Where can I find aggregate ? Trying to get to work

Boss Son .. I have no idea if the bigger quarries and suppliers are still open. Where are you located? That would help me give you a better answer.

tanon ..its not a simple thing to just do terrazzo in your own home, unless you have seen the entire process done on an actual job site, or done an installation before. It’s definitely nothing you’ll just ‘pick up’ from a youtube video. There are many details that require hands on experience, and that need to be addressed correctly for a proper, long lasting job. The last thing you want is to ‘try’ to do it, with no experience, only to have bad results, or realize that you have to demo it all out and try again. I’ve seen many experienced concrete finishers, good with aggregate, fail because it’s much different than pouring a full slab. It’s a high level craftsmanship trade. I suggest you talk with some journeyman terrazzo mechanics before you start a project in your own home.

tanon do a disposable test section outside. Not in place. Trust me. Taking it out isnt fun.

tanon .. I’m just trying to help you son. Not telling you what to do. Thats for you to deal with. Hey... WTF do I know?... after over 40 years in the trade?-lol. One HUGE difference in workers and some crafts people these days, is that workers in te old days always listened and were happy to learn from old pros. They welcomed the information because they knew it was far more than experimenting and OJT. These days, with the internet and all the ‘experts’, anyone can (think) feel like an expert. I’m sure you might possibly figure something out. But isnt it better to get some experienced pointers?-lol A smart individual never wants to turn off a source of knowledge... at least in my view. I’m 71 and still in great shape from a life time of hard work. I have seen a lot in the building trades. Not just craft, but people communication as well. Stuff you wont find online or in a web search. I was encouraged by friends in the trades to consider writing a book on terrazzo and ancient masonry technique. But writing isnt my bag, and I have better things to do. Regardless..I still get up and look for what I can learn or share in every day. I learned something today too,... from your comments. But I’ll keep that to myself.🙂 Good luck on your project. 😉✌️

What a strange place for us to both be, on an 8yr old terrazzo video 😂

if the surface needs to be updated, how do they do this? Is it ground or polished down, and then another layer of "resin" (or whatever they use) is trowelled over it?

​@goudagirl6095 just polished, it's about 35mm thick, lasts over 100 years if maintained..

Sure, you can use in any room and they last a lifetime if not permanently submerged in water. I can tell you this because I was raised in a house where the entire floor space was done in terrazzo.

If you have to ask you can't afford it. Terrazzo is the most expensive flooring there is, even more expensive than granite.

, i do terrazzo floors, just curious of their pricing, so i can compare to my estimates. labor is always expensive, materials are cheap.

No wonder my kids college tuition is so high. Why this floor for a college ? SMH

@@horiacretan6599 what does real cement terrazzo cost these days per foot on an existing slab in a finished home? Per SF?

@@noweare1 Where else are they supposed to waste all that money!

Sonny12681 those pavements were done using a specific clay as the binder. A form of pozzolan, which is an ash material that gets sticky with the addition of water. They didnt have Portland cement or epoxy back then. The polishing was done by hand with stones attached to pole handles. Those floors were also built up in different layers of materials. Today’s epoxy terrazzo is a thin layer over an existing slab. But epoxy has very strong wearability as well. Cement terrazzo is also very durable, but not as industrial strength(or as fast) as epoxy methods. I personally prefer the cement based type because it doesnt have the plastic glossy look the epoxy has. The ancient terrazzo is more like traditional multi-layer cement terrazzo. I suspect the ancient work is similar to sand cushion terrazzo, except with deeper sub base layers.

Terrazzo isnt modern😂