What is on the floor
Every chemical, how often, and at what temperature. This decides what we specify more than the traffic does, and a vague answer gets you a vague specification.
Industrial
Industrial Epoxy Floors Built for Forklifts and Chemicals
Your plant floor takes forklift traffic, thermal shock and whatever gets spilled on it, on a slab that moves at the joints. We treat those joints rather than filling them and forgetting them, because a joint bridged with rigid filler cracks the floor either side of it.
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Industrial Epoxy Flooring for Load, Chemicals and Traffic
Load, chemicals, and the fact that you cannot take the floor out of service easily.
Build thickness
We build with quartz or aggregate so your floor carries impact that a thin coating would chip under. In a plant that thickness is the specification, not an upgrade.
Chemical exposure
Solvents, oils and cleaning chemicals attack coatings at different rates. What lands on your floor decides the top coat, so be specific with us about it.
Traffic and turning
Your forklifts do the most damage where they turn. Those areas wear first, so point them out to us before we specify the floor rather than after they fail.
Recoating a Failing Industrial Floor
Sometimes, and it depends on why yours is failing.
Old coating lifting
That usually means the original bond was poor or moisture is moving under it. Recoating over that repeats the failure, so we take it off.
Worn but sound
If your floor is simply worn, we can often prepare and recoat it, which is a much smaller job than replacing it.
Moving cracks and slab failure
A coating does not fix a structural problem. Brad will tell you so rather than cover it.
Every floor on this page is one we poured
Industrial Floor Systems by Exposure
Industrial is not one specification. What is on your floor and what runs over it decide the system we build.
Impact and point loads
Dropped tooling, pallets and racking legs. Thickness carries impact, which is why we put aggregate-built systems where thin coatings chip.
Forklift and pallet truck traffic
Hard wheels concentrate load, and turning grinds. Wear shows first at your turning points and at the ends of aisles, so identify those for us before we specify.
Chemical exposure
Solvents, acids, oils and coolants all attack coatings at different rates. Being specific about what gets spilled and how often is the single most useful thing you can tell a contractor.
Thermal shock
Hot wash-down onto a cold slab moves the coating and the concrete at different rates. We use urethane-based systems where standard epoxy fails you.
Static, in electronics and some manufacturing
Conductive and dissipative systems exist for it, and we have to specify yours from the start rather than add it later.
Preparing an Industrial Slab
Bigger machines, the same principle, and more that can be wrong under your slab.
Shot blasting and heavy grinding
We usually shot blast a large floor rather than grind it, which opens the surface faster over your area and gives a consistent profile.
Existing coatings
Most industrial slabs have been coated before, often more than once. We take all of it off. Recoating over a failing bond repeats the failure and buys you a year.
Joints and cracks that move
Your slab has saw cuts and construction joints that are supposed to move. We treat them rather than filling and forgetting them, because a joint bridged with rigid filler cracks your floor either side of it.
Moisture under a large industrial slab
A large slab on grade without a working vapour barrier is a common finding, and it is why we test your floor properly rather than with a plastic sheet.
Downtime, Phasing and Getting Production Back
On an industrial floor the coating is rarely the expensive part. Your stopped line is.
Sectional work
Bays, aisles or halves. It costs more in setup and it keeps your building working.
Cure and return to service
Your foot traffic returns before wheels, and wheels before heavy plant. Three different dates, and we put all three in the quote.
Shutdown windows
Your planned shutdown is the natural slot, and those book out. Talk to us early and the floor is far more likely to fit the window.
What has to be lifted
Racking, machinery and anything bolted down. This is usually your longest lead item on the whole job and it is not ours to arrange.
What customers wrote
4.7 from 15 Google reviews. We publish every one of them on the reviews page, including the one star and what came of it.
great job on my shop Floor thanks again Brad
Floors came out great and the countertops too!
thank you Brad for the wonderful job on my garage floors
Specifying an Industrial Floor Properly
The information a contractor needs from you, and what to expect back.
What runs over it
Wheel type matters as much as weight. Hard polyurethane forklift wheels concentrate load on your floor in a way pneumatic tires do not.
Temperature and thermal cycling
Hot wash-down, cold stores and anywhere with a big daily swing. We use urethane systems that handle movement rigid epoxy does not.
What you get back
You should get a build specification by layer, a preparation method, a cure and return-to-service schedule, and data sheets. A single number with none of that is not a specification.
Industrial Floor Maintenance and Planned Recoating
Treat your floor as an asset and it lasts far longer than one treated as a surface.
Scheduled inspection
Walk your floor annually and look at turning points, doorways and drain surrounds. You can see wear long before it is a failure.
Recoat before it is bare
Let us renew your top coat while it is still intact and it costs a fraction of repairing a floor worn through to the substrate.
Spot repair is normal
We cut out a chipped area, fill it and recoat it. Industrial floors get maintained rather than replaced, if they were built properly.
Keep the data sheets
So that when we repair your floor in three years we use a compatible system rather than a guess.
Health, Safety and Documentation on an Industrial Floor
The paperwork, which on your kind of job is part of what we deliver rather than an extra.
Method statements and risk assessments
Most facilities want them before a contractor is on site. Ask us at the quote so they are ready rather than chased on the morning.
Ventilation during application
An enclosed industrial space needs air moving through it while coatings cure. That is a planning item involving your facilities team, not just the flooring crew.
Slip resistance where it is required
If your floor has to meet a figure, tell us. Retrofitting grip to a finished floor is a second job.
Line marking to your standard
If you have an internal color standard for walkways and hazard zones, bring it to the quote and we will match the rest of your site.
Data sheets afterwards
We keep it on file, so a repair in three years uses a compatible system rather than a guess.
Coatings we install
We install six systems, and most floors we put down combine two of them.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Built for forklifts and thermal shock
Joints that are supposed to move are treated rather than filled and forgotten, because a joint bridged with rigid filler cracks the floor either side.
Get my free quoteQuestions people ask
Do you do chemical-resistant floors?
Yes. Tell Brad what you spill and how often, because that decides the system we use.
Can you work around production?
Often, in sections or out of hours. Talk to us about your schedule early.
Do you do cove base?
Yes, and if you have wash-down areas we normally do it in the same job.
What is the most durable industrial floor coating?
It depends on the exposure. Aggregate-built systems carry impact, urethane systems handle thermal shock, and the right answer comes from what happens on your floor rather than from a product name.
Can you coat a floor that is already failing?
If yours is worn but sound, often. If the existing coating is lifting, we take it off first, because the failure is in the bond underneath.
Do you do cove base and line marking?
Both, and if you have wash-down areas we normally include cove base in the same job.
How thick is an industrial floor system?
Thicker than a domestic one, and how we build it depends on the impact and traffic your floor carries. We specify per floor rather than off a standard.
What information do you need to quote an industrial floor?
What you spill and how often, what runs over your floor and on what wheels, the temperature range, and whether we can phase the space.
How often should an industrial floor be recoated?
Before it wears through. Renewing your intact top coat costs a fraction of repairing a floor worn back to substrate.
Do you provide method statements and risk assessments?
Ask us at the quote and we will have them ready. Most facilities want them before anyone is on site.
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