See Our Ugliest Floors (And Find Out How To Prevent Flooring Damage)
If you work in a demanding industrial environment, you already know the severe flooring damage that heavy equipment, corrosive substances, extreme temperatures, and moisture can do to your facility’s flooring. But understanding the why and how is what enables us to provide a flooring solution that stands up to all of this abus
Take a look at some of the worst flooring damage we’ve seen, and find out how we prevent it.
Sugars and Acids
Those who work in bakeries and other food processing plants where food and sugars are present understand how corrosive these substances can be! This is the damage acidic fruit and vegetable waste did to a food recycling facility in just a few months!
Prevent it by installing a heavy-duty urethane concrete surface like UD200 which provides long-lasting protection from acid corrosion.
Battery acid corrosion
Battery acid and other highly corrosive substances in chemical processing plants can eat the floor right out from under you! You can see the damage it did to the concrete pillars in this battery recycling facility.
Prevent with Ucrete RG vertical urethane concrete mortar especially designed to provide heavy-duty protection for vertical surfaces.
Skidmarks, grease, heavy equipment abrasion
While skidmarks are a part of every distribution center, they can also indicate underlying safety and operational issues, for instance, if your flooring is uneven, or has cracks or bumps on the surface that can cause friction.
Prevent it with concrete surface prep including grinding and smoothing before your flooring is installed, and a resinous floor coating for a smooth, easy-to-clean surface that allows vehicles to easily glide across.
Thermal cycles, water, and chemical attack
Pressure washing and steam caused pitting and cracks in this trucking facility, making the flooring both unsafe and unsightly.
Prevent it with UD200, developed for wash areas because it is slip-, abrasion- and impact-resistant and withstands heat, moisture, and abrasive cleaning chemicals.
Do any of these flooring disasters look familiar to you? Use the infographic below to compare your floors to what’s shown here.
Talk to Surface Solutions about your flooring damage:
We transform worn, cracked, deteriorating concrete into safe, durable heavy-duty flooring for food processing, manufacturing and warehousing, healthcare, pharmaceutical, trucking and logistics, chemical processing facilities, and more. Request a quote or contact us using the form below.
