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.
Quartz
Quartz is for floors you work on rather than look at.
Colored 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.
Every floor on this page is one we poured
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 colored 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.
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.
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.
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 Color and Blend Selection
Less freedom than a pigmented system and more than people expect.
Aggregate comes in fixed colors
It is a colored mineral rather than a pigment, so you pick from stock colors. The range is wide.
Blends do the work
We mix two or three aggregate colors to give you the finished look, and a blend hides soiling far better than a single color 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 color 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.
What's under your finished floor
We put down four layers, and each one has its own job. Scroll and we'll take your floor apart so you can see them.
- Polyaspartic top coatWe finish with a UV-stable, hard-wearing coat that takes your tires, your chemicals and the sunlight so the color underneath doesn't.
- Color and flake coatOur body coat carries your flake blend or metallic pour, so this is the layer you picked.
- Primer and moisture barrierWe work it into the opened concrete, and it locks everything above it to your slab.
- Concrete substrateYour slab. We diamond grind it back to bare concrete so everything we put on top has something to grip.
Coatings we install
We install six systems, and most floors we put down combine two of them.
Quartz
- Where it fits
- Commercial kitchens and wet areas
- How it looks
- Colored quartz aggregate for a hard, textured floor.
- Where we use it
- Floors where we have to meet a slip specification.
Flake
- Where it fits
- Garages and basements
- How it looks
- Vinyl chip broadcast into the body coat. Busier blends hide more of a working slab.
- Where we use it
- The garage floor we put down most.
Solid color
- Where it fits
- Workshops, warehouses, basements
- How it looks
- One flat color, sealed and cleanable.
- Where we use it
- Floors you need easy to clean, where we can add line marking.
Metallic
- Where it fits
- Attached garages, showrooms, countertops
- How it looks
- Pigment moved through the resin while it's wet, so no two floors come out the same.
- Where we use it
- Floors you look at as part of the house, which is where we get asked for it most.
Polyaspartic
- Where it fits
- Top coat over any system, patios
- How it looks
- A UV-stable clear coat that cures in hours.
- Where we use it
- We use it for sunlight, cold weather and fast turnarounds.
Anti-slip
- Where it fits
- Pool decks, ramps, plant floors
- How it looks
- A coarse broadcast texture in the surface.
- Where we use it
- We put it where your floor gets wet or sits outdoors.
How your epoxy floor gets done, from first call to parking on it
Three steps, and Brad does every one of them himself. Most residential floors are finished in a day.
- 1
You call, text or send the form
Tell us the room and roughly how big it is. We'll talk you through the range and book a time to come and look, often the same day. Weekends count, and there's nothing to sign.
- 2
Brad reads your slab and you pick your finish
He checks for cracks, old coating and moisture, then measures up. You choose your flake blend or metallic against your own floor, not a brochure. Your written quote comes back the same day.
- 3
We grind it back and build your floor up
Your slab goes back to bare concrete under a diamond grinder with dust extraction. Then the primer, the body coat with your flake or metallic, and the top coat. You get your walk-on and park-on times with the quote.
Colored 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 color matched?
The aggregate comes in set colors 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?
Colored quartz aggregate broadcast into resin, built in layers, then sealed. It is thicker and denser than the flake or solid color 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 color matched?
The aggregate comes in set colors 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 color matched?
The aggregate comes in stock colors 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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