Garage Floor Resurfacing: Your Options Compared Garage floor resurfacing means renewing a worn, dusty or cracked concrete garage floor with a new wearing surface – most commonly an epoxy or flake coating, a self-levelling screed where the slab is uneven, or paint and tiles at the budget end. This guide compares every realistic option and […]
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Anti Slip Resin Flooring: R Ratings and Slip Resistance Explained Anti slip resin flooring is a seamless resin floor finished with an aggregate texture that grips footwear even when the surface is wet or contaminated. There is no single “anti slip” product category – slip resistance is a performance requirement set by the conditions in […]
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Bund Lining Guide: Regulations, Materials and Repair Bund lining is the application of a chemically resistant, liquid-tight coating to the walls and base of a bund – the containment structure built around tanks storing oil, chemicals or other hazardous liquids. Its job is to make the bund genuinely impermeable, because bare concrete is not. This […]
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Shot Blasting vs Grinding vs Scarifying: Concrete Floor Preparation Compared Shot blasting, diamond grinding and scarifying are the three mechanical methods used to prepare a concrete floor before a resin system goes down. Blasting fires steel shot at the surface, grinding abrades it with diamond discs and scarifying cuts into it with rotating flails. Each […]
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What Is Resin Flooring? Types, Systems and How to Choose Resin flooring is a seamless surface created by mixing liquid polymers with a hardener and applying them over a prepared substrate, where they cure into a dense wearing layer that far outperforms bare concrete in abrasion, impact and chemical resistance. It is the standard choice […]
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How to prepare a garage floor for epoxy Preparing a garage floor for epoxy means getting the concrete clean, sound, dry and mechanically profiled so the coating can bond properly and this preparation is the single biggest factor in whether the finished floor lasts. The key steps are clearing and cleaning the slab, repairing cracks […]
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Workshop flooring: the best options for vehicle workshops The best workshop flooring for a vehicle workshop is a chemical-resistant resin coating, usually a high-build epoxy with the right slip resistance, because it stands up to oil, fuel and brake fluid, takes the impact and point loads of workshop use and wipes clean of the spills […]
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Car park deck coating and waterproofing explained Car park deck coating and waterproofing is a specialist resin system that protects a multi-storey or rooftop car park deck from water and chloride ingress, while providing a durable, anti-slip, hard-wearing surface for vehicles and pedestrians. Its main job is to keep water and road salts out of […]
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Installing resin flooring on a live site Installing resin flooring on a live site is done by phasing the work area by area, using fast-curing systems where downtime must be minimised and controlling dust, odour and access so the rest of the building keeps operating. The aim is to lay a proper floor without shutting […]
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Resin flooring for commercial gyms Resin flooring suits commercial gyms because it gives a seamless, hard-wearing and easy-clean surface that copes with heavy traffic, sweat and constant cleaning, it can be textured for slip resistance to suit each zone and it can be colour-zoned to organise the space. It is widely used across gyms for […]