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Pinnacle Stone Restoration has specialized in the repair of terrazzo and other natural-stone surfaces for over 20 years. Owner Kosta Ebanoidze walks us through how the company restores 100-year-old terrazzo floors that were covered by carpet at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
Restoring the 5,000 square feet of terrazzo involves removing the carpet, filling in nail holes, grinding the floors to even their surface, honing the terrazzo to remove scratches, and sealing the floors to protect from wear and tear. The entire restoration took five weeks, but despite heavy foot traffic, the floors will only require maintenance every two years.
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@n40tom Год назад

I did this for 38 years and I made a pretty good living from it. It is hard dirty work but I have to say at the end of the job when you turn around and look back and see how gorgeous everything is you feel proud. I used to always say to myself you did that. That would always make me smile leaving the job.

@jamescoleakaericunderwood2503 Год назад

I've got 34 years in the trade . Where you at? I'm in California my Son is carrying on in Minnesota he's got 13-14 years in now...I make art on the side!✌️

@drlol2781 Год назад

How do you find the right stone to fill holes?

@jamescoleakaericunderwood2503 Год назад

@@drlol2781 We go by color and size...when working in the trade you become familiar with the different marbles...we go by color and aggregate size ...from #0-#7 #1#2 is the most common

@jamescoleakaericunderwood2503 Год назад

@@drlol2781 the stone( marble chips) comes in 100lb bags... A lot of work goes on before we even start a job... samples must be made looked at and approved...Lots goes into the making of a Terrazzo floor...every color and mix is controlled...✌️

@jamescoleakaericunderwood2503 Год назад

@@drlol2781 The marble is scrap from different quarries around the world lots of greens come from Texas... White from Georgia etc...

@phyllismay4384 Год назад

Beautiful. In the mid 1990's I went to a customer's house to measure their foyer and formal living room for new flooring. The house was in an area of San Antonio where the houses were built in the 40s and 50s. The houses were huge and eclectic. Anyhow, I get to the house and the front porch, foyer, and formal living room were all the most beautiful Terrazzo I had ever seen. The aggregate stones used were like 3/4" to 1" in size in green, yellow, rust, and white...so colorful. So amazing. My amazement and awe at the beauty of their floor convinced them not to rip it out. I told them not to do it and I was happy to lose the sale. I'd do this in my new home instead of stained concrete.

@32suuharja Год назад

In our recent flat, we discovered terrazzo underneath some nasty PVC. We were lucky to find a company that resored and sealed the terrazzo for us. I really love the floor, it elevated the kitchen and it always looked nice and unique.

@geneard639 Год назад

I love terrazzo. It can last hundreds of years of abuse, and with some work, it can be restored to the same quality as the day it was laid. Its one of the most durable floorings, able to take constant heavy traffic as seen in Grand Central Station and only shows wear after millions of feet have trod on it. It can have an artistic expression that is hard to surpass. I've seen a kitchen floor in terrazzo that an artist laid out a trail of leaves and flowers in the floor.... it was exquisite.

@jamesbizs Год назад

100’s of years? Did you see how destroyed this floor was after a couple decades?

@lh8474 Год назад

its super ugly tho

@jamescoleakaericunderwood2503 Год назад

@@jamesbizs There's acres of Terrazzo at Hoover dam...I think it's Indian patterns if I remember correctly...that's almost 100 years old and in excellent shape...

@jamescoleakaericunderwood2503 Год назад

@@lh8474 This particular floor is awful ugly... But once repaired it will hold up well enough...I'm sure the decision was made due to how clean Terrazzo would be vs carpet...it will do Google Trans Bay Terminal San Francisco Hummingbirds in the floor... Introduction of epoxy Terrazzo got away from ugly color like you see here...

@perpetualmotion767 Год назад

@@jamescoleakaericunderwood2503 I think the renewed floor looks amazing but like art it can't please everyone. I'd be super annoyed by dumb humming birds in the floor.

@ReferenceBicycle Год назад

Insider does a great job with these “How x is restored” videos. Well done as usual.

@Regiom-vp8ju Год назад

Amazing restoration work! I used to manage 2 Mansions where terrazzo floors required careful cleaning,especially in Chefs kitchen and monthly maintenance.

@windycitykitty Год назад

A fascinating and satisfying video, thank you! Gorgeous floors!

@carolinestanczuk Год назад

Funny enough in my country that type of floor is seen as cheap 🤣 like hospitals, school and apartments hallways had them. Everyone hates it 😂

@Jud7h Год назад

Same in Italy where this was born :') it's something that your grandma may have

@CLOYO Год назад

@@Jud7h As a 20 year old I'd say it's absolutely beautiful

@aoterou Год назад

Same in Mexico, it’s like the kind of floor you’d find in a Dentist office from the 70s…

@whoopsydaisy6389 Год назад

If it was cheap in my country I'd have it everywhere. It's excellent flooring when you have dogs. Durable and easy to keep clean.

@natalieeis9284 Год назад

Same

@jcm4923 Год назад

What a fabulous job you did! My high school's floor could have used your magic touch!

@schmarrenheimer80 Год назад

Beautiful results! What a great job they did.

@kapoiosgiorgos8399 Год назад

Amazing how the end result is so astonishing and beautiful. Really good work 👍👍👍👍

@jc2926 Год назад

This is great !!! Well done guys!! It’s good to see the experts in action

@migzz7976 Год назад

Awesome restoration, great video. So professional and the final product looks 👌 !!

@mrobinson Год назад

Beautiful just beautiful! I have terrazzo floors also so am so inspired right now!

@esmoglo Год назад

Looks absolutely fantastic and wonderful transformation

@Zincchromeshema 11 месяцев назад

It's so beautiful after you restored it! I can't believe that it was ever covered up.

@BlenderStudy Год назад

That was an awesome repair..!! Thank you for the update, Insider..!!

@michaelj7069 Год назад

Wow. To cover that up was crazy. Beautiful work.

@MoGhotbi Год назад

This is absolutely amazing craftsmanship. I’ve always loved terrazzo.

@glennbutler2861 Год назад

Just wow,to think that could have been re- covered and lost for more years to come fantastic reveal should be well pleased with your efforts

@neilmurphy3239 Год назад

The amount off Terrazzo floors I use too cover up with flooring going back 25 years plus was unreal and Wee use too have Terrazo floor layers working with our company it was big business back years ago all the old buildings had it court buildings public office theatres you name it then went on too carpet linoleum great too see this job and floor come back too life it use too break my heart covering up grand motifs insane colours borders all done beautiful just because off the change off times I spent a bit off time working on the terrazzo floors doing the big jobs helping the guys out loved it same time covering them up later years too come great video 👍

@petrolhead28 Год назад

Fantastic work and a beautiful result

@electrosotosboi Год назад

Beautiful work, well done to the workers!

@dar3726 Год назад

Beautiful work! So much better than carpet!

@samanthasimental3788 Год назад

I can't believe some one put carpet over that beautiful floor.

@Urapnes75 Год назад

Beautiful transformation!

@ninehundreddollarluxuryyac5958 Год назад

Looks amazing! I love terrazzo. As you say, its indestructible.

@wrightuniverse3952 Год назад

Stunning result! We have beautiful terrazzo that has lasted decades. Unfortunately, sometimes in shopping malls, they cover it with cheap ceramic tiles. Wonderful to see it restored with such care. 💖

@simonlunt353 Год назад

Very nice 😊 it’s good to see something brought back to its original form well done everyone

@chruutunuchruut8188 Год назад

wahnsinn.... fantastische aber aufwändige arbeit. respekt!

@Casual_Henry Год назад

Wow, this is wonderful

@JokeeGA5 Год назад

That looks amazing!

@z1zuc Год назад

Amazing, thanks for sharing 💗

@electrojones Год назад

This was fascinating.

@theposguy1435 Год назад

Love that floor.. thanks for the video

@krishaky Год назад

Wow looks beautiful!

@jesstatz8695 Год назад

I love that flooring!

@sgnt9337 Год назад

Beautiful!!

@azashukri5322 Год назад

That is a tremendous amount of work.

@michaelgeorge5436 Год назад

Looks amazing

@miobeato23 Год назад

Wow, Beautiful!!

@SuperMan-xy8ui 7 месяцев назад

Bravo! Well done!

@allenseeallendo5844 Год назад

I have my carpet restoration license. Everything he did was so far above and beyond. My one problem is he should have had a HEPA 500 cfm-2000 cfm air filtration device to protect him and the occupants. It’s at the discretion of the restorer.

@rulu3345 Год назад

Stunning!

@andrewclarkehomeimprovement Год назад

A beautiful job done by highly skilled trades. Floors to be proud of.

@adamhall5024 Год назад

Nothing simple about this process. You are flooring hero’s

@georgerioni3153 Год назад

Bravo. Nice job you done

@Thanos_Kyriakopoulos Год назад

In Greece it was called false mosaic, and it was really popular from 1900 until 1990. Kitchens, bathrooms and corridors would have this, and living rooms and bedrooms would have wooden floors. Then it was replaced with tiles, so it can't be restored like in Italy. Only some old downtown appartments have it and it's now considered vintage.

@russofamerica Год назад

Gorgeous work! And I love the detailed walkthrough by the gent in the voiceover.

@lijath Год назад

Absolutely gorgeous

@randomme3095 Год назад

That looks like a heck of a lot of work

@idnafabdo8621 Год назад

Great job 👍😊

@marshallosantos9035 4 месяца назад

I want terrazzo in my dream house. My grand father had this in his house. Best flooring ever.

@jacobvie Год назад

So much work, i admire your stamina. It’d be my nightmare to do it.

@migzz7976 Год назад

Yeah you need more than one guy really, otherwise could took years😂

@discman15 Год назад

Oh God scraping up all that dried glue by hand, my back aches just thinking about it

@buensomeritano1755 Год назад

I just got done doing fifteen hundred feet of glued carpet on terrazzo. Here's a tip. Use the coarsest sanding pads with copious amounts of water to keep the glue cold so it sands off and gets any glue stains. Much faster than by hand.

@garygatto3410 Год назад

Retired from 45 years in commercial flooring,you just remind me of how much I don’t miss it 😅😅

@rickramos8471 Год назад

Badass work

@buzzsah Год назад

You are an artis. Great job.

@helenamcginty4920 Год назад

I live in Spain. I love having ceramic floors. So much easier to clean than carpets. Because I had dogs in the UK I sanded and sealed the wood floor in my living room. Much more hygienic than fitted carpets.

@TecnoNerd Год назад

I heard Terazo so many times that I’m absolutely sure what that’s video is about…

@robertolsson86 Год назад

Really not sure about that, I had no idea what the floor was called

@ThomasBMawn Год назад

Its a terrazzo floor, just in case ya forgot. 😁

@nannesoar Год назад

...3D hyperrealistic mustaches

@el-peiro3652 Год назад

Terrazzo is italian and it means balcony

@gaetano2435 Год назад

@@el-peiro3652 hahahaha vero. Inoltre i macchinari che usano nel video sono prodotti anche nell' azienda in cui lavoro, che coincidenza.

@Highland_Moo Год назад

Did a beautiful job.

@tenthdimension9836 Год назад

Would like to see an after shot of the cracks and patches specifically.

@JohnnyRingo1863 Год назад

Beautiful floors

@barrymccaulkiner7092 Год назад

Amazing work on the floor. The camera work, not so much.

@drewdemien481 Год назад

My dad was tike amd terrazzo for 28 years. That looked great. I laid tile and labored. I'm an architect now. That's a beautiful job. Bet rh university is happy now that they're smart enough to know why they put it there instead of concrete or wood floors. Well it is concrete dot dot dot....but.

@arnaudnono951 Год назад

amazing !

@libertycan6959 Год назад

Beautiful

@migzz7976 Год назад

Terrazzo down in South America seems still more common today than in US. Too bad so much was replaced with carpet here in America, and the brass lettering than can accompany it in commercial buildings is so cool too.

@LyubomyrSemkiv 21 день назад

Beautiful! Does anybody know how to process corners? It is a mystery to me.

@janeteholmes Год назад

Very interesting. Terrazzo is a great surface.

@BluJns Год назад

So beautiful

@commentkiller3368 Год назад

It was very common in India , especially Mumbai the place i live every building/apartment had it in 90's. Infact some apartments not renovated since 20 years surely will have this flooring. Because it was common it was considered cheap and eventually it disappeared very rare now .

@johncuervo3019 Год назад

Looks good clean

@benjaminblakemore9704 Год назад

GORGOUS BRO 😁😁

@michaelbrownlee9497 Год назад

They could throw down, area carpets, for warmth, decor and soft for walking on. In high traffic events, they could roll up the carpets and store them. Also they can remove them for cleaning and sanitising. This is for areas of low potential of vandalism and theft, so restricted areas.

@shinigamikuroshitsuji336 Год назад

Some very old houses still have this floor, with restoration and/or maintenance it would be like new

@lemagreengreen Год назад

Hugely labour intensive process, can only imagine how much this must cost.

@DampRaccoon Год назад

Anything that isn't carpet is beautiful

@Natan9000 Год назад

Nice! Can u imagine having such a floor and then putting carpet on top 😅

@sailingeden9866 Год назад

Good video.

@tommymack3210 Год назад

I never understood why americans have carpets as their floor. ESPECIALLY when they walk indoor with same shoes as outside… baffles me

@masseyferguson9195 Год назад

What kind of moron wears shoes on carpet. You take your shoes off at the entrance.

@FloopyNupers Год назад

Not all of us do that bro

@arewealone9969 Год назад

Carpets are fine but agreed with walking inside with shoes on with or without carpets. Of course not everyone though.

@warbot2544 Год назад

N why they don't use after going to restroom

@TomTomTomTom538 Год назад

Who says they do? It's much more common in the UK to have carpet downstairs because the weather is so miserable but the last 20 years has seen us move away from that and install LVT, ceramic tiles and engineered wood because heating systems have gotten better and it makes sense not to bring wet muddy boots onto carpet. The truth is though that there have been carpet free alternatives for hundreds of years and carpet was a fairly new trend booming in the 80s as carpet became cheaper. Before that there were: Marley tiles, thermoplastic, asbestos, Quarry tiles, clay, parquet wood, Stone flags and even brick floors.