Warehouses are busy places filled with vehicles, equipment and a lot of materials. All that movement is hard on floors and can cause them to wear down if the flooring is not designed well or protected with a durable, low-maintenance coating. In the long run, this means you’re wasting money on a floor that isn’t doing what it was designed to do.
The good news is, that there are a variety of floor coatings that can protect your concrete warehouse floors and provide your facility with a high-quality surface that will last for the life of the building. The most important step is choosing a concrete floor polishing contractor who has the experience and professionalism to work with you on design considerations and time and budget estimates for your Warehouse Flooring project.
Anti-Slip Warehouse Flooring: Ensuring a Safe Work Environment
In the past, most warehouses used epoxy coatings to create a cleanable surface for their floors. While these coatings provide a good way to clean up the floor, they eventually peel and flake, exposing bare concrete that is dusty and breaks down forklift tires. Polishing your concrete instead of using an epoxy coating saves you the expense of frequent repairs, and is as easy to maintain as a new epoxy coating.
Warehouses can be challenging environments for concrete flooring because of the heavyweights and pounding forces that are put on the floors. Concrete is a great option for flooring in industrial environments because it can withstand the rigors of a modern warehouse, but only when it is constructed and maintained properly. This includes ensuring the earth beneath it is tested and compacted properly before the concrete is poured.