Craftsman Concrete Floors specializes in the installation, restoration, and repair of terrazzo flooring systems, offering durable and low-maintenance surfaces. From our corporate headquarters in Dallas, Texas, we deliver reliable, nationwide service, including extensive projects throughout South Carolina. Recognized as one of the country’s leading commercial flooring installation providers, our experienced flooring experts bring decades of specialized knowledge in materials manufacturing, product innovation, and skilled installation practices—ensuring exceptional attention to detail, dependable warranties, and consistent craftsmanship for top businesses across America.
In Charleston, terrazzo flooring remains an appealing choice for projects seeking durability, elegance, and distinct character. When planning for terrazzo flooring installation, understanding the associated costs becomes an essential first step. Key variables influencing overall expenses include your chosen materials, the complexity of your designs, installation techniques, and project scope. Factors such as aggregate selection, floor preparation requirements, installation methods—whether poured-in-place or pre-cast—and project size significantly impact project budgets. Clearly understanding each component of terrazzo floor pricing helps Charleston property owners realistically align their design goals and functional needs with available resources, ensuring they achieve the sought-after combination of aesthetics, performance, and affordability.
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Thinset or ‘poured terrazzo’ flooring is the most common type of terrazzo floor installation. This type of terrazzo flooring offers incredible benefits such as longevity and durability, high impact and chemical resistance, low maintenance costs, and a timeless appearance. However, poured terrazzo flooring is challenging to install and requires specialized labor and materials.
Poured terrazzo flooring has one of the highest upfront installation costs of any type of flooring available. However, as discussed in this article, terrazzo flooring can provide one of the lowest long-term flooring costs for the correct use case. For this reason, we install terrazzo flooring in high-traffic use cases such as stadiums, municipal buildings, schools, and even jails.
Terrazzo tile can achieve a similar aesthetic as poured terrazzo flooring with a more straightforward installation at a lower cost. Modern terrazzo tiles can come in large format sizes, such as 24″x 24″, providing a more contemporary appearance than other tiles. However, large-format tiles are more expensive to install and manufacture because of their size. Although terrazzo tiles are less costly than poured epoxy terrazzo flooring, they’re one of the more expensive types of tile installations available.
Terrazzo flooring combines an epoxy resin binder, marble dust, and aggregates. These aggregates are most often made of marble chips; however, granite, glass, polished metals, and shells are also commonly incorporated. One benefit of terrazzo flooring is that many of these materials can be recycled materials, creating a floor with more environmental benefits than other types of flooring, such as hardwood or ceramic tile. This environmental advantage can be used to gain LEED and other environmental certifications in some circumstances. The origin and quality of aggregates are variable and significantly impact the cost of a finished floor.
Previous tile, carpet, and wood flooring installations each bring different challenges during the repair and restoration process. For example, glue left by a wood flooring installation will stain and discolor the terrazzo and requires careful surface grinding to restore. Removing carpet tack strips will leave voids in terrazzo that we will fill with appropriate, matching terrazzo material.
Marble Chips can range from $16-$40 per 50lb bag
Mother of Pearl is $80 – $100 per 50lb bag
The overall square footage of the installation impacts the cost of terrazzo flooring. Because we most often install terrazzo floors on large projects, such as stadiums and schools, economies of scale usually kick in at 10,000 sq. ft. or more. That means for small projects, such as residential kitchens, bathrooms, and laundry rooms, the price per square foot will be higher than for larger jobs, such as municipal buildings. Because terrazzo flooring materials are specialized, material costs per square foot are higher for projects under a few thousand square feet. Large projects are often specified with more economical materials to reduce cost.
$30+ per square foot
$18 per square foot
There is a direct correlation between the complexity of a terrazzo flooring design and a project’s cost. One of the terrazzo’s most desirable features is its endless design flexibility. Logos and other complex designs, such as flowers, birds, and insects, are often incorporated into terrazzo flooring. Because these intricate designs require a large variety of aggregates and epoxy colors as well as custom-bent metal divider strips, floors with complex designs cost more. Terrazzo flooring cost for single-color floors with simple divider strip patterns will always be much lower than for intricate floors. Fortunately for homeowners, most residential installations tend to be simple in design.
$20 – $30 per square foot
$25 – $60 per square foot
Terrazzo material is often poured into a cove base, providing seamless transitions between the floor and walls. If you’re unfamiliar with it, a cove base is a curved molding made from terrazzo that is seamlessly integrated into the flooring system. It eliminates the sharp 90-degree transition between the floor and wall, creating a smooth, rounded edge. This molding is often used in public restrooms, hospitals or kitchens, allowing easy cleaning and preventing moisture damage to walls. Because the cove base must be sculpted and polished by hand, this addition means an increase in cost.
Additionally, terrazzo can be poured onto stair treads, covering both the horizontal and vertical planes for a sleek, continuous look. This technique creates a durable staircase, perfect for high-traffic areas. However, the intricate hand-detailing required for casting and polishing makes terrazzo staircases quite pricey.
$28 – $35 per linear foot at 6″ tall
$80 – $135 per square foot, depending on riser configuration.
One of the advantages of terrazzo flooring is the ability to customize its level of reflectivity during the polishing process. While high-gloss finishes are commonly chosen for their mirror-like appearance, satin or matte finishes are popular in modern construction for their subtle, understated elegance.
High-gloss finishes require additional polishing steps compared to matte finishes, which makes them slightly more expensive. However, the difference in cost is typically minimal, as the extra polishing is not particularly time-intensive.
$.50 to $1.00 more expensive for most floors.
Thin-set terrazzo flooring is generally installed directly on a structural concrete slab. Subfloor preparation includes grinding the existing subfloor and installing an epoxy-based primer. This primer is required to ensure a high level of adhesion between the structural concrete slab and the terrazzo flooring. Subfloor preparation for new construction will always be less expensive than renovation projects, as we must remove fewer contaminants and make fewer repairs for new construction projects.
When installing a terrazzo floor, the subfloor must be tested for moisture transmission. If the transmision of moisture is high, a moisture vapor barrier must be installed.
At Craftsman Concrete Floors, we always restore terrazzo floors correctly–with a heavy diamond grind and polish. This provides the most durable, slip-resistant terrazzo floor possible.
$1.00 to $1.50 per square foot for most floors.
When installing terrazzo flooring in a renovation project, we must carefully demolish the existing flooring to prevent damage to the subfloor.
$1.00 to $3.00 per square foot for most floors.
Basic thin-set terrazzo flooring ranges from $15-40 per square foot.
Terrazzo flooring with complex patterns can range from $25-$60 per square foot.
Terrazzo flooring with unique aggregates, intricate patterns, or smaller project sizes can cost up to $100 per square foot.
High-quality terrazzo tiles start around $18 per square foot.
Depending on size and complexity, the installation cost can be $10 – $15 per square foot.
The installation will take at least three days for small projects such as residential bathrooms or kitchens. Because terrazzo is a poured product requiring cure time, it is impossible to complete these installations in fewer days. The installation time will vary based on the overall square footage for larger jobs such as commercial buildings.
Because terrazzo flooring is extremely durable, these floors provide a long-term solution for buildings that require a very long life. In fact, for most terrazzo installations, these floors will generally exceed the usable life of the building. Terrazzo maintenance is usually as simple as sweeping, mopping, or auto-scrubbing. Because of this, the cost of a terrazzo floor across its life is generally lower than any other type of flooring. Further, for businesses that cannot accept any downtime, such as stadiums, business owners can be confident that their terrazzo flooring will be in good order throughout its service life.
Craftsman Concrete Floors is a specialty floor installation company headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Founded in 1999, we offer nationwide in-house service installing Polished Concrete, ESD Epoxy, Terrazzo Floors, Urethane Cement, and Concrete Overlays through our regional offices.
Terrazzo flooring is particularly well-suited for museums and cultural institutions, offering customizable designs that beautifully mirror the rich artistic and cultural heritage of places like Charleston. Ideal for high-traffic visitor zones, terrazzo presents exceptional durability along with ease of maintenance, making it a cost-effective choice over natural stone flooring—which can be expensive both initially and long-term. Additionally, terrazzo’s limitless palette of colors and textures enhances the aesthetic appeal of galleries and exhibition spaces, complementing the visual storytelling these institutions strive to provide visitors. Its sustainable composition further aligns with institutions’ conservation efforts and environmental values.
Airports and transportation hubs rely on terrazzo flooring largely due to its exceptional durability, effortlessly handling high volumes of foot traffic in busy terminals like Charleston International Airport. While terrazzo’s initial installation cost can be higher compared to other flooring materials, its longevity and low requirement for maintenance and repairs make it a cost-effective investment in the long run. Beyond its resilience, terrazzo provides a slip-resistant surface, significantly enhancing traveler and employee safety. Its sleek, modern aesthetic also elevates terminal interiors, contributing to a welcoming first-impression for visitors arriving in South Carolina.
Terrazzo flooring has become an increasingly popular selection in luxury residential developments throughout South Carolina due to its distinctive ability to create a sophisticated, custom appearance tailored precisely to an owner’s aesthetic preferences, whether modern or classic. Highly favored in upscale homes and condominiums, terrazzo provides unmatched durability and low maintenance, making it an ideal long-term investment for discerning homeowners. Although initial installation costs for natural terrazzo materials can vary depending on design complexity and chosen aggregates, homeowners appreciate that terrazzo’s exceptional longevity and ease of upkeep offset upfront expenses over time.
Terrazzo flooring installation costs typically range from $20 to $50 per square foot, depending on factors such as material selection, design complexity, and surface preparation requirements. In areas like Charleston, installation costs may vary slightly due to regional labor rates and availability of materials.
Epoxy terrazzo flooring generally has a higher upfront installation cost compared to cementitious terrazzo, primarily due to its superior durability, lower maintenance requirements, and greater design flexibility. However, cementitious terrazzo can be more cost-effective for outdoor or moisture-prone areas.
Terrazzo floors are an excellent long-term investment for pet owners, as their durability and resistance to scratches and stains reduce ongoing maintenance costs. Additionally, terrazzo’s smooth, non-porous surface makes cleaning pet-related messes quick and easy.
The cost of restoring terrazzo flooring depends on factors such as the floor’s current condition, the extent of damage, and the desired finish quality. In South Carolina, restoration costs typically range from $5 to $15 per square foot, depending on the complexity of the restoration process.
Terrazzo flooring installation typically involves minimal or no volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions, especially when using epoxy terrazzo systems. Selecting low-VOC or VOC-free materials ensures a healthier indoor environment and contributes to improved indoor air quality.
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