Any suggestions on where to find the pebble flooring used in all Pinkberry yogurt shops? I called their headquarters, but was told they’re not allowed to give out that information. (You’d think I was asking for their yogurt recipe.) The flooring has very small smooth pebbles in it. Maybe it’s a type of laminate flooring? There is no visible grout color. Maybe it’s clear. Any leads would be appreciated.
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Ask the store manager who the GC was, call them and ask them who their flooring guy was, and then call the flooring guy. The store manager should know who the GC is, since any "problems" with the store they'll know who to call.
A friend of mine did some DW work for a couple of Aldi's grocery stores.He told me that they have a German crew that does all of the tile floors. IIRC it was a special tile also.Might be the case here..
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A-holes. Hey every group has to have one. And I have been elected to be the one. I should make that my tagline.
I never heard of "Pinkberry,"
I never heard of "Pinkberry," but I've seen floors installed with products that are probably similar.
One version is a 'terrazzo' floor, where the surface is covered with a mix of stone chips and a thin grout mix, then sealed. Depending upon the specific materials used, these floors can be quite eye-catching and stand up to great abuse.
A more modern method, that was commonly marketed for driveways and patios, uses stones and epoxy. There's the weak link: epoxy. All epoxy will degrade in sunlight, so the use of this product outside was usually a bad idea. The installed product had a gentle texture that gave great footing, but more of the stone was exposed as the epoxy degraded.
As with a concrete counter, the final appearance depends greatly on the stone used.
Proper terrazzo is ground down after it sets up, to reveal the flat stone faces. Used to be the standard upscale office building floor finish (and also used in quite a few malls), because it's incredibily durable. But you hardly ever see it anymore.