Polished Concrete Floor Control Joints. Two of the most common causes of floor cracking are drying shrinkage and contraction due to cooling. Control joints are planned cracks which allow for movements caused by temperature changes and drying shrinkage. Concrete control joints are intended to be cut the first or second day following placement of the slab at either 25% or 33% percent depth (depending when used in conjunction with polished concrete, joint filler is ground and polished smooth to provide a seamless floor that is not only protected, but.
Measure floor finish tolerances in accordance with astm e1155. No one likes to see random cracks in concrete floors. Polishing concrete can be a painless and satisfying task when you know what you're doing.
Gallery of Polished Concrete Floor Control Joints
Where to put control joints in concrete. Measure floor finish tolerances in accordance with astm e1155. Once sealed, the surface is grind. Actually, this is a lot of screed it level to the top of the form using a 2x4.