Industrial Epoxy Flooring Goes Down In Several Layers
Industrial epoxy flooring is usually many times thicker than a garage or office system. A slurry or mortar layer can be added for impact strength where steel wheels roll and parts get dropped.
The build is zoned. Aisles and loading zones get the heaviest industrial epoxy flooring, while offices and lunchrooms in the same building can take a lighter one.
Spills And Washdown Decide The Resin
Industrial epoxy flooring has to resist whatever lands on it. Breweries deal with hot water, sugars and acid cleaners. Machine shops deal with cutting oil and coolant.
A list of the chemicals in use comes before the resin choice. For scalding washdown, urethane cement may be the better fit, as our commercial kitchen flooring page explains.
Industrial Epoxy Flooring Can Fit A Shutdown
Industrial epoxy flooring work can be timed for a holiday shutdown, a weekend or a slow shift. One zone can be coated while the rest of the plant runs.
New Brunswick's OHS General Regulation asks employers to keep a workplace in a good state of repair. A solid floor and clearly marked walkways are part of that, and warehouse floor marking can join the same project.
Brewhouses And Bottling Lines Need Slope And Sealed Drains
Brewing and bottling floors stay wet for most of a shift. Water, sugars and caustic cleaners have to reach a drain quickly, or they sit and attack the slab.
Slope can be built into the resin toward trench drains, and the drain edges are sealed tight. Broadcast aggregate in the top layer keeps footing steady, and cove bases at the walls keep washdown water off the drywall.
Steel Wheels Chip Thin Coatings
Pallet jacks, carts and forklifts with hard wheels chip a thin coating at every joint and turn. Industrial epoxy flooring built with a mortar layer resists that impact and spreads the load.
Where the floor takes the most abuse, such as receiving areas and the path to the dock door, the build can be thicker still. Industrial warehouse floors across Canada typically run $8 to $15 per square foot, and your written quote shows how the system is zoned.