Terra Firma Terrazzo crafts, restores, and refinishes terrazzo flooring across Long Island, New York City, and New Jersey for spaces that demand permanence, from firehouses and schools to luxury residences and landmark building lobbies where the floor must endure decades of use without losing its character.
Request a Consultation"Terrazzo is not a surface. It is a record of craft, embedded in the earth beneath your feet."
Who We Serve
From civic institutions to landmark residences, we work where permanence is non-negotiable: spaces that need their floors to perform beautifully for a century, not a lease term.
Apparatus bays, dormitories, and common areas that take extreme mechanical abuse daily. Our epoxy terrazzo systems resist oil, fuel, abrasion, and the weight of heavy apparatus without cracking, staining, or requiring replacement.
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Sanctuaries, narthexes, and fellowship halls deserve floors that honor the space. We work with clergy and architects to incorporate custom medallions, inlaid symbols, and color palettes that reflect a congregation's identity, in material that lasts generations.
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Hallways, cafeterias, and entryways face thousands of footsteps daily for decades. Terrazzo's hardness, ease of cleaning, and lack of seams make it the most hygienic and lowest-maintenance option for K–12 and higher education facilities.
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The lobby is a building's first and last impression. We design and install terrazzo floors and elevator cabs that command attention, with seamless patterns that flow from the street entrance through to the lift, custom inlaid medallions, and precision brass detailing that signal quality from the moment the door opens.
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Kitchens and bathrooms in luxury residences demand a material that is simultaneously beautiful and indestructible. Terrazzo is waterproof, seamless, and infinitely customizable: a bespoke floor, countertop, or shower surround that is uniquely yours, impossible to replicate, and grows more beautiful with age.
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Every project begins with deep listening, whether it's a new installation or a restoration. We understand your budget, timeline, code requirements, and aesthetic vision before a single chip is poured.
Step A
We evaluate substrate condition, load requirements, moisture levels, and existing floor systems. No guesswork, just data.
Step B
Choose from hundreds of chip varieties, binders, and divider strip metals. We produce physical samples before any commitment.
Step C
Substrate grinding, crack repair, and primer application. The floor beneath the floor is as important as what's on top.
Step D
Matrix is poured, leveled, and allowed to cure fully with no shortcuts. Rushing this step is how you get a floor that fails in five years.
Step E
Sequential diamond grinding reveals the aggregate pattern. Final polish brings the floor to its specified sheen, from matte to mirror.
Beyond New Installation
Not every project starts from bare substrate. A large part of our current work is bringing existing terrazzo back to life: floors that have lost their shine, cracked with age, or been damaged by settling, renovation, or heavy use. Terrazzo is one of the few flooring materials that can be fully restored rather than replaced.
Decades-old terrazzo often has years of life left beneath its worn surface. We strip away built-up sealants, correct uneven wear, and bring the original aggregate pattern back into full clarity.
Cracks, chips, and settling damage are matched to the existing chip blend and binder color, then poured, cured, and ground flush so the repair disappears into the original floor.
Diamond grinding and re-polishing restore depth, shine, and slip resistance without a full tear-out. Most refinishing projects are completed in days, not weeks, with minimal disruption to daily operations.
What We Use
We work exclusively with Portland cement and epoxy binders from established suppliers. Our aggregate library includes marble, glass, granite, mother-of-pearl, and recycled post-industrial chips, all verified for consistency and sourced responsibly.
Divider strips in brass, aluminum, or white alloy define patterns and control expansion. These aren't decorative afterthoughts. They are structural elements that prevent cracking and allow the floor to breathe over decades of thermal cycling.
We carry no proprietary product lines. Every specification we make is driven by what performs best for your space, not what's most profitable for us.
Selected Work
From transit stations and school corridors to church sanctuaries and Manhattan lobbies, here is a sample of the terrazzo floors we have installed, restored, and refinished.
Our Work
Follow along as we document installations in progress, finished floors, and the details that make terrazzo unlike any other material.
@tfterrazzoGood to Know
A properly installed terrazzo floor is one of the longest-lasting flooring systems available, often 50 to 100 years. Because it can be ground and re-polished many times, it is typically restored rather than replaced.
In most cases, yes. We strip built-up sealers, grind out uneven wear, patch cracks and chips with matched chip blends and binder color, then re-polish. Restoration is usually faster and far less disruptive than a full tear-out, and we assess each floor during a no-obligation site visit.
Epoxy terrazzo uses a resin binder. It is thinner, available in a very wide range of colors, and resists oil, fuel and abrasion. Cementitious terrazzo uses a Portland cement binder, is the traditional system, and is often the right match when restoring older floors. We work with both.
Most refinishing projects are completed in days, not weeks, with minimal disruption to daily operations. Timing depends on square footage and the condition of the existing floor.
Cost depends on the terrazzo system, the size of the area, the pattern and inlay detail, and the condition of the substrate. We price each project after a no-obligation site visit and assessment.
Yes. We plan the work in phases around your operations so that areas stay usable wherever possible.
We serve Long Island, New York City, Westchester County, the Hudson Valley and New Jersey.
Get in Touch
We work with general contractors, architects, facility managers, and direct clients. Every project begins with a no-obligation site visit and assessment.
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Andreas Barkouras
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Long Island, New York City, Westchester, the Hudson Valley & New Jersey