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Industrial Flooring

Eleven flooring systems for plants, warehouses, cleanrooms and car parks — specified around the traffic, the chemistry and the shutdown window you can afford.

Flooring systems

The right floor for the load it carries

A floor fails for one of three reasons: the wrong system, poor surface preparation, or joints that were ignored. We take all three seriously before the first drum is opened.

Epoxy Flooring0.3–5 mm

Epoxy Flooring

Self-levelling, screed and coating grade epoxy from 0.3 mm to 5 mm. Seamless, chemical resistant and easy to clean.

PU Flooring4–9 mm

PU Flooring

Polyurethane screed for thermal shock, hot water wash-down and heavy impact. Handles steam cleaning that cracks epoxy.

ESD FlooringTested

ESD Flooring

Conductive systems with copper earthing grid, installed and tested to the resistance range your process requires.

Anti-Static FlooringDissipative

Anti-Static Flooring

Static-dissipative finishes for control rooms, server halls and assembly lines where charge build-up is the risk.

Food Grade FlooringHACCP ready

Food Grade Flooring

Non-tainting, seamless PU and epoxy with coved skirting and falls to drain — built to pass an audit as well as a wash-down.

Pharma FlooringGMP suited

Pharma Flooring

Low-VOC, seamless, coved and crevice-free finishes suited to controlled environments and GMP documentation.

Warehouse FlooringLarge bay

Warehouse Flooring

Large-bay flooring with joint filling, abrasion-resistant toppings and line marking laid to the flatness racking needs.

Parking FlooringAnti-skid

Parking Flooring

UV-stable deck systems with anti-skid aggregate on ramps, bay marking and integral waterproofing for exposed decks.

Sports FlooringMulti-sport

Sports Flooring

Acrylic and PU multi-sport surfaces for indoor and outdoor courts, with cushioned build-ups and game-line marking.

Concrete PolishingDensified

Concrete Polishing

Mechanically ground and densified concrete — a hard, dust-free, low-maintenance floor with no coating to peel.

VDF FlooringBase slab

VDF Flooring

Vacuum dewatered flooring for a dense, flat, high-strength base — the right foundation before any resin system.

Comparison

Epoxy vs PU, without the sales pitch

  • 01

    Traffic & impact

    Epoxy — good for forklifts and pallet trucks.
    PU — excellent, takes steel wheels and drops.

    Comparison
  • 02

    Temperature

    Epoxy — up to about 60°C.
    PU — thermal shock and steam cleaning.

    Comparison
  • 03

    Chemical exposure

    Epoxy — oils, solvents, mild acids.
    PU — aggressive acids, fats and sugars.

    Comparison
  • 04

    Typical thickness

    Epoxy — 0.3 to 5 mm.
    PU — 4 to 9 mm.

    Comparison
  • 05

    Cure & downtime

    Epoxy — shorter, lower cost.
    PU — longer, higher cost.

    Comparison
  • 06

    Best suited to

    Epoxy — engineering, assembly, warehouse.
    PU — food, dairy, pharma, breweries.

    Comparison
Surface preparation before a resin floor is laid Step 1Surface preparation

Preparation

Ninety per cent of a resin floor is what happens before the resin

Diamond grinding or shot blasting to open the concrete profile, moisture testing, crack routing, joint arrangement and priming. It is the least glamorous part of the job and the only reason the floor lasts.

  • Moisture testing before priming, on every slab.
  • Diamond grinding or shot blasting to the profile the system needs.
  • Cracks routed, filled and reinforced; moving joints carried through.
  • Dust-extracted equipment so adjoining production can keep running.

FAQ

Flooring questions we get asked

Epoxy or PU — which one do I need?

If the floor sees hot water, steam cleaning, sudden temperature change or aggressive food acids, specify PU. If it sees forklifts, oils and general chemicals and needs a hard, cost-effective seamless finish, epoxy is usually right.

How much downtime does an epoxy floor need?

For a typical self-levelling epoxy, plan on surface preparation plus about three to four days before light foot traffic and around seven days before full vehicle loading. Fast-cure systems can compress that where a shutdown window is tight.

Can you coat over an old, oily factory floor?

Only after mechanical preparation. Oil-contaminated concrete has to be degreased and then ground or shot blasted back to a sound, open profile. Coating over contamination is the most common cause of peeling floors.

Do you do line marking and bay numbering?

Yes. Walkways, forklift lanes, hatching, hazard zoning and bay numbers are marked in durable two-pack paint as part of the same package.

Free site inspection

Planning a shutdown? Let us work backwards from your window.

Give us the shutdown dates and the area. We will tell you which system can realistically be cured and loaded in that time.