Quartz is for floors you work on rather than look at.
Coloured quartz aggregate is broadcast into resin to build a thick, dense floor with grip designed into it. It goes where the traffic is heavy and the floor gets washed down. Commercial kitchens, labs, workshops and food areas are the usual places we put it.
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Quartz Flooring vs Flake Epoxy
Weight and build. Quartz is a mineral aggregate we use to build real thickness. Flake is a vinyl chip that mostly changes your surface.
It builds a thicker floor
We put quartz on heavier, so your floor takes impact and abrasion better than a flake floor of the same footprint. That thickness is what you are paying for.
Grip is built in, not added
The aggregate itself gives you the texture, so your slip resistance does not depend on grit we added to a top coat. That matters where a floor is wet as a matter of routine.
It cleans hard
Your surface takes hot water and commercial cleaning. In a kitchen or a lab that is usually a requirement rather than a preference.
Where Quartz Floor Systems Are Used
Anywhere you have a health inspector, a wash-down hose or a pallet truck.
Commercial kitchens and food areas
Wet floors, hot spills and daily cleaning. We normally put cove base up your wall in the same job so there is no joint at the floor edge.
Labs and workshops
Chemical exposure and dropped equipment. The thickness we build is what survives the second one.
Not a domestic garage
It costs more than your garage needs and the look is functional. Flake does that job better for you.
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How a Quartz Floor System Is Built
Heavier than any other system here, and we build it in layers rather than coating it.
Preparation, usually shot blasted
On the commercial floors quartz normally goes on, we shot blast your slab rather than grinding it. It opens a large area quickly and gives us a consistent profile.
Body coat and broadcast
We broadcast coloured quartz aggregate into resin to refusal, exactly as we do flake, but the aggregate is mineral and it builds you real thickness rather than surface.
Sometimes a second broadcast
For heavier duty we repeat it, which is how your quartz system reaches builds that carry impact.
Grout coat and seal
A clear or pigmented coat fills between the aggregate. How much it fills decides your finished texture, from lightly textured to almost smooth, and we specify that around how you clean it.
Cove base where it is needed
In food areas we turn the system up your wall so there is no joint at the floor edge.
How a floor goes down
Three stages. You get your walk-on and park-on dates at the quote, not on the day.
- Tell us what you have gotCall, text, or send the form. Tell us the room and roughly how big it is and we will talk you through the range, then book a time to come and look. Same day, weekends included, and nothing to sign.
- We look at your concrete, you pick your finishBrad checks your slab for cracks, old coating and moisture, measures up, and you choose your flake blend or metallic against your own floor instead of a brochure. Your written quote follows that visit.
- We grind it back, then build your floor upYour slab goes back to bare concrete with a diamond grinder running dust extraction. Then the primer, the body coat carrying your flake or metallic, and the top coat. Brad tells you your walk-on and park-on times when he quotes, so you can plan around it.
Where Quartz Earns Its Cost
It costs you more to install than flake, and there are specific reasons we would put it in.
Commercial kitchens and food premises
Hot water, grease, daily cleaning and inspection. That combination destroys thinner systems.
Laboratories and clean areas
Chemical exposure, plus a surface you have to clean to a standard rather than to a preference.
Heavy traffic and impact
Warehouses, workshops, loading areas. The thickness carries what a thin coating chips under.
Wet processing areas
Your slip resistance comes from the aggregate rather than from grit we added to a top coat, so it does not wear away as a broadcast texture.
Not a domestic garage
It costs more than a garage needs and the look is functional. Flake does that job better and cheaper.
Texture, Cleaning and Getting the Balance Right
The one genuine trade-off in a quartz floor.
More texture grips better
And holds more. In your kitchen the floor is mopped or scrubbed daily, and the texture is what the brush has to get into.
Less texture cleans easier
And is less safe when wet. A fully grouted quartz floor is close to smooth.
Which is right depends on the room
Your wet kitchen line and your dry storage area can reasonably get different finishes, and often should.
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Quartz Systems and Health Inspection
In food premises your floor is part of what gets inspected, so we specify to the requirement rather than to taste.
Cove base is usually the requirement
We turn your floor up the wall so there is no 90 degree joint at the edge. It is the detail inspectors look for and the one most often missing on a cheap installation.
Impervious and cleanable
A sealed quartz system does not absorb, which is the property behind most food-safe flooring requirements you have to meet.
Falls to drain
Your wash-down floor has to drain. We treat the falls as part of the floor rather than a plumbing afterthought, because correcting it later costs you a lot.
Documentation
Ask us for the system data sheets. If your premises gets inspected, having them on file is worth more than remembering the brand name.
Epoxy or polyaspartic
How the two differ on what buyers ask about. Most Atlas floors use both. We are not selling you one of them.
| What you are deciding | Epoxy | Polyaspartic |
|---|---|---|
| Cure time before you can walk on it | A day or more, and longer when it is cold | Hours, which is what makes a fast turnaround possible |
| Working temperature | Wants a warm slab, so winter work gets scheduled around it | Goes down in cold weather when epoxy will not |
| Colour under direct sun | Ambers over time in a doorway or a south-facing bay | UV stable, which is why it goes on patios and pool decks |
| Build and depth of finish | Thicker build, and the depth metallic pours need | Thinner film, applied as the top coat over an epoxy body |
| Cost per square foot | The lower of the two, and where most garages land | Higher, and worth it where speed or sunlight decide it |
| How Atlas usually uses it | Body coat and the flake or metallic layer | Top coat for abrasion, chemical and UV resistance |
How Long a Quartz Floor Lasts and What Wears First
The longest-lived system Atlas installs, with predictable wear points.
The grout coat wears before the aggregate
Which is good, because we can renew it. We usually refresh your quartz floor by recoating rather than replacing it.
Wear concentrates at turns and doorways
Your forklift turning circles, doorways and the ends of aisles go first. We recoat those areas on their own.
Chemical attack shows as dulling
Rather than as failure. Dulling in one area is a useful early warning that something is being spilled we did not specify for.
Impact chips rather than lifts
A well-bonded quartz floor damaged by impact loses a chip. It does not delaminate, and a chip is a straightforward repair for us.
Quartz Colour and Blend Selection
Less freedom than a pigmented system and more than people expect.
Aggregate comes in fixed colours
It is a coloured mineral rather than a pigment, so you pick from stock colours. The range is wide.
Blends do the work
We mix two or three aggregate colours to give you the finished look, and a blend hides soiling far better than a single colour does.
Match to the room, not the sample
As with flake, a blend in your hand reads differently across a whole floor. Ask us for a board.
Practical colour choices for kitchens
Mid-tone blends hide both light flour dust and dark grease, which is your actual daily condition rather than the theoretical one.
Coloured quartz, where a floor has to meet a number
Aggregate broadcast into the resin for a hard, textured surface. This is the system that goes down when slip resistance is specified rather than hoped for.
Get my free quoteQuestions people ask
Is quartz the same as polished concrete?
No. Polished concrete is your slab itself, ground and polished. Quartz is a resin system we build on top of it.
Can it be colour matched?
The aggregate comes in set colours and we blend them. The ranges are wide and it is not a paint match.
Does it need cove base?
In a kitchen or a wash-down area, normally yes, so you get no joint where your floor meets the wall.
What is a quartz flooring system?
Coloured quartz aggregate broadcast into resin, built in layers, then sealed. It is thicker and denser than the flake or solid colour floor we would put in a house.
Is quartz flooring good for a commercial kitchen?
It is what we normally specify, with cove base up the wall so you get no joint where the floor meets it.
Can quartz be colour matched?
The aggregate comes in set colours and is blended. The range is wide but it is not a paint match.
How slip resistant is quartz?
Your grip comes from the aggregate itself rather than from grit in a top coat, and how much shows through is something we specify with you.
Is quartz worth it in a house?
Rarely. It costs more than your floor needs and the finish is functional. Flake usually suits a home better.
Does a commercial kitchen floor need cove base?
Usually yes. We turn your floor up the wall so there is no joint at the edge, and it is the detail inspectors look for.
How long does a quartz floor last?
It is the longest-lived system we install. The grout coat wears before the aggregate does, and we refresh it by recoating rather than replacing.
Can quartz flooring be colour matched?
The aggregate comes in stock colours and we blend them. The range is wide and it is not a paint match.
Is quartz flooring suitable for a garage?
It works and it is more than your garage needs. Flake costs you less, hides the slab better and suits domestic traffic.
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