The floor is comprised of 11,000 square feet of 2- x 4-foot panels, which had been installed when the building first opened 25 years ago. “The floor probably had a great deal of wax on it,†explained Jerry Maltz of Marblelife. “It had been maintained primarily by floor finishing. There was a lot of pitting and a lot of holes, and there were also some bad repairs that had been made by others over the years. The image they were trying to portray was a Class A look.â€
In addition to some very conspicuous patches, some of the processes used on the floor over the years had caused dips in the floor where water would pool. Maltz referred to these areas as “birdbaths.†“There was grinding in some places that had been done that left us with some terrible birdbaths to contend with,†he said. “We had to do a tremendous amount of grinding in those areas. There were spots in the corners where a tile was lipped and all four corners had simply been ground down. Also, there was a lot of missing grout.†The grout joints ranged from 1â„8 to 3â„16 inch.