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Industrial protective flooring
Hard-wearing resin floors for plants, warehouses and workshops — specified around the traffic, chemicals and cleaning regime they actually face.
What it is
An industrial floor fails for a reason: forklift traffic it was never built for, a chemical it was not rated against, or steam cleaning that lifted it off the slab. Specifying the right system starts with knowing which of those applies.
We survey the slab, ask what runs over it and what gets spilled on it, and specify a build-up to match — from a thin seal coat on a light assembly area through to a heavy-duty screed in a loading bay.
Line marking, coving to walls, fall to drains and anti-slip grading are all part of the same conversation rather than extras bolted on afterwards.
What we specify around
Foot traffic, pallet trucks and forklifts all load a floor differently. The build-up changes accordingly.
Oils, solvents, acids and food waste each attack different binders. We match the system to the exposure.
Steam, pressure washing and hot water are harder on a floor than most spills. It gets specified for.
Specify the floor by what happens on it
An industrial floor is chosen by the loads and exposure it has to survive, not by finish. Three questions usually settle it: what moves across it, what gets spilled on it, and how hot or cold it gets. A packing hall running pallet trucks has a different answer from a dairy washed down daily, which has a different answer again from a plant handling solvents.
Thickness is the main variable
Thin-film coatings of a few hundred microns cover light duty and give a sealed, cleanable surface. Self-levelling systems at two to three millimetres take heavier traffic and tolerate more impact. Heavy-duty screeds run from six to nine millimetres and are the answer where forklifts, dropped loads or thermal shock would break anything thinner. Buying a thinner system than the use demands is the usual reason floors are relaid early.
Slip resistance and falls
Wet areas need texture built in, usually by broadcasting aggregate into the coat and sealing over it. The grade has to match the cleaning regime: too fine and it will not grip when wet, too coarse and it traps soiling and resists mopping. Where the floor is washed down, falls to drainage and coved junctions at the walls matter as much as the coating itself — a flat floor with a square wall joint will pool, and the joint fails first.
Downtime is the real constraint
The limiting factor is usually time rather than material. Preparation, application and cure all need the area out of use, and cure times stretch in cold conditions. Fast-cure systems exist and cost more. The trade is almost always money against hours of lost production, and it is worth pricing both before choosing.
Book a site visit
We will look at the slab, ask what happens on it, and come back with a specification and a price.