Food Manufacturing Resin Flooring
Wet-process food factories need a floor that stays jointless through caustic wash-down, boiling spills and constant chilling. Our polyurethane screeds are coved to walls, slip-rated for wet work and chosen to suit hygiene-sensitive environments, subject to the selected manufacturer's system data.
Why resin flooring works in food manufacturing.
Food production floors take a beating that no other sector matches — boiling water wash-downs, animal fats, sugars, lactic acid, brine and daily caustic clean. A tiled or bare-concrete floor loses its joints inside a year and starts harbouring bacteria in the cracks. Polyurethane resin screeds are laid seamless, coved up the walls and cured to a monolithic surface, and systems can be selected for environments operating under strict hygiene and cleaning requirements, subject to the manufacturer's technical documentation.
We install into dairies, bakeries, ready-meal factories, meat processing, brewery cook rooms and cold stores across the West Midlands. Every system is chosen against the specific fluids, temperatures and cleaning regime on site — not off a generic industrial spec sheet.
Common flooring challenges
- Thermal shock from boiling wash-down onto chilled slabs cracks brittle epoxies
- Animal fats, lactic acid and sugars strip standard coatings within months
- Steam-clean and caustic CIP chemistry attacks non-food-grade resins
- Trip hazards from failed joints, tiles and old coatings raise HSE liability
- Standing water in badly falled floors breeds Listeria and Salmonella
Recommended resin systems
Heavy-duty PU cementitious screed for wet-process areas taking steam clean, thermal shock and knife-drop.
Standard mid-duty spec for prep rooms, bottling lines and packing halls; integrally coved to walls for washable coving.
Smoother, more decorative finish for dry-process areas, cold stores and finished-goods warehousing.
Silicon carbide or aluminium oxide broadcast tuned to an appropriate slip rating for permanently wet zones.
Installation process
- 1Substrate survey
Moisture, tensile strength, chloride and previous-coating analysis before spec is finalised.
- 2Diamond grinding / captive shot-blast
Mechanical prep to the required surface profile depending on system — never acid-etch in a food environment.
- 3Primer and scratch coat
PU-compatible primer with silica broadcast to lock the screed to the slab.
- 4PU screed application
Trowel or pump-applied at a system-specific thickness depending on duty, worked to falls where drains are present.
- 5Cove former and upstands
Radiused cove formed to walls, columns and machinery plinths, then over-coated.
- 6Seal coat and anti-slip broadcast
Aliphatic PU seal for chemical and colour stability; aggregate broadcast where slip rating requires.
- 7Handback
Cure schedule shared with QA — cure and return-to-service times vary by system and site conditions.
Maintenance
- Daily deck-scrub with rotary brush and pH-neutral or mildly alkaline detergent
- Weekly foam-clean with food-grade caustic at manufacturer-approved dilution
- Quarterly inspection of coves, drains and machinery interfaces for edge damage
- Localised patch repairs re-bond into original screed with no visible seam when spec'd correctly
Relevant regulations & standards
- Resin flooring systems can be specified for environments operating under strict hygiene and cleaning requirements, subject to the selected manufacturer's system data
- Systems can be selected for food-production and hygiene-sensitive environments where supported by the manufacturer's technical documentation
- Coved wall-to-floor junctions and drainage falls designed to support environmental health and food-safety requirements, subject to the manufacturer's system data
- Slip resistance to HSE guidance and R-rated (DIN 51130) aggregate loadings
Food Manufacturing FAQs
Is your food factory flooring suitable for hygiene-sensitive environments?
Systems can be selected for food-production and hygiene-sensitive environments where supported by the manufacturer's technical documentation. Every PU screed we install is jointless, coved to walls and chosen for compatibility with your CIP chemistry, and we provide product data sheets and installation records.
How much downtime does a food factory install need?
Return-to-service times vary by system and site conditions. We phase installs zone-by-zone around your shutdowns so critical lines keep running.
Will the floor handle boiling water and thermal shock?
Yes. Nine-millimetre PU screeds are engineered for cyclic thermal shock from to +without cracking or de-bonding.
Can you cove up to walls and around drains?
Every food-grade install includes radiused cove formed to walls, columns, plinths and drainage channels. There are no square internal angles for bacteria to sit in.
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Warehouse, factory, food, healthcare, retail, showroom and more — engineered resin systems delivered around your shutdown windows.
Planning a food-grade flooring install?
Send us a plan of the production area, wash-down regime and shutdown window. We'll come back promptly with a specification and budget.