Terrazzo Floor Restoration Cost Estimator

Pick what is on your terrazzo now, how much patching it needs and how much floor there is, and this gives you a typical range from our published prices. For example, 1,000 square feet of terrazzo under carpet with little visible damage comes out at $7,000 to $12,000. There is no email gate.

The math is deliberately simple so you can check it. Every line is worked out per 100 square feet at the rates on the pricing page, then multiplied by the floor size you pick.

What each answer changes

• What is on it now is the biggest swing after floor size. Bare terrazzo has no removal line. Carpet, pad, tack strip and glue add $2 to $3 per square foot. Tile and thinset add $4 to $6 per square foot and usually leave pits to fill, covered on the pits after tile removal page.
• Patching is an allowance. “Some” assumes about one patch per 100 square feet at $75 to $250 each; “a lot” assumes about two. You will not know the real count until the covering is off, which is why the firm number comes later.
• Floor area multiplies everything. A larger floor does not get a discount in this tool, but it does avoid the minimum that makes single rooms expensive per square foot.
• Finish is not a question because the $5 to $9 range covers satin through high gloss. A satin finish tends to sit lower in the range and a high gloss toward the top, since each step past satin is another pass over the floor.

Three examples

For a mixed floor like the last row, with tile in the kitchen and baths and carpet in the bedrooms, run the estimator twice, once with each covering, and the real answer sits between them in proportion to how much of each you have.

What this tool cannot see

• Tack-strip perimeters. A room’s worth of nail holes is priced per room after a look; see the tack-strip holes page.
• Hollow sections where the topping has let go of the slab. They are cut out and replaced before grinding and quoted once mapped. See hollow-sounding terrazzo.
• Stains that survive the grind. Most rust and pad dye grind off; deep pet stains may need a poultice at $150 to $600 per area.
• Black mastic. Old vinyl adhesive has to be tested for asbestos before anyone grinds it, and a positive result changes the job.
• Flood history. A floor that was under storm water needs rinsing and drying first. See flood-damaged terrazzo.

For repairs on a floor that is already polished, use the repair visit estimator instead. For the full sequence, start with terrazzo restoration.