Shop Floor Coating Has To Handle Mud And Heavy Iron
Farm equipment drags in mud, gravel and chains, and it parks a lot of weight on small contact points. A thin coat cracks under that. Our shop floor coating goes on thick so the load spreads out and a falling bearing or cylinder does not punch through.
Where an air drill or a header sits on stands all winter, we can lay extra material under the stand pads. We plan that during the slab check, so it shows up on your quote.
Shop Floor Coating That Grips When It Is Wet
A wet shop floor is a slip hazard, and Alberta's OHS Code expects employers to control slip hazards on walking surfaces. We broadcast fine grit into the top of every shop floor coating. Boots grip, and the squeegee still moves water to the drain.
Around trench drains and wash bays, we use a coarser grit and pitch the coating toward the drain, so water does not sit on the floor.
Shop Floor Coating Around Seeding And Harvest
We work around your busy months. Most farm shops book their shop floor coating in late fall or winter, once the equipment is parked. We heat the building when it is cold, and we can do one half of the shop at a time so you keep room to work.
Budget about $8 to $14 a square foot, mostly depending on build thickness and how much patching the old slab needs.
Shop Floor Coating For Welding And Battery Corners
Welding spatter and grinder sparks can burn small pits in a thin coat. In the welding bay we build the shop floor coating thicker and finish it with a harder top layer. The odd pit that still forms is only cosmetic, and the next recoat covers it.
Battery charging corners and sprayer fill areas see acid and fertilizer. Bare concrete etches under both. A chemical resistant top layer in those spots keeps the slab sound.
Shop Floor Coating In Heated And Unheated Buildings
Plenty of county shops are heated only when someone is working, so the slab can sit just above freezing for weeks. We bring the building up to temperature for the install and hold it there until the coating cures. After that, a cold shop is no problem for the cured floor.
Shops with in floor heat need the boiler turned down a day or two ahead, because a warm slab makes the resin set too fast to spread.