Restaurant & Hospitality Resin Flooring
Seamless resin floors for kitchens, bars and dining spaces.
Built for the way you actually use the space.
Hospitality floors have two jobs: look the part in front of house and hold up to grease, water and constant cleaning behind the pass. We specify decorative resin systems for dining rooms and bars, and PU systems with coved upstands for kitchens and prep areas, specified to suit hygiene-sensitive requirements where supported by manufacturer documentation.
Resin flooring for restaurants, bars, cafés, hotels and hospitality venues — front and back of house.
A hospitality floor does two jobs at once. Front of house has to look designed under intimate lighting and hold up to constant footfall. Back of house has to meet hygiene expectations and survive grease, water, hot oil spills and daily deep cleans. We specify both sides of the pass as one integrated project.
We install resin floors for restaurants, bars, cafés, hotels and dark kitchens across Coventry, Birmingham, Solihull and the wider West Midlands. Front of house gets decorative metallic, marble or bespoke colour systems. Back of house gets a hygienic PU system with coved upstands.
Key benefits
- Decorative resin systems front of house
- Hygienic PU kitchens with cove upstands
- Slip-rated finishes for wet and greasy areas
- Seamless and joint-free — no grout to fail
- Steam-clean and pressure-wash tolerant behind the pass
- Installed during closures to protect trading
Our installation process
Every restaurant & hospitality resin flooring project follows the same disciplined sequence. Skipping steps is where floors fail — we don't skip.
- Step 01
Survey and design
Front of house is agreed on sample panels; back of house is specified for hygiene and durability with coved upstand details.
- Step 02
Preparation
Diamond grinding with HEPA extraction. Kitchens are lifted back to sound substrate and drainage is checked.
- Step 03
Repairs and priming
Cracks, joints and drains reformed. Moisture-tolerant epoxy primer.
- Step 04
Kitchen build
PU screed with integral cove upstands sized to the wash-down regime, laid to falls where drainage requires.
- Step 05
Front-of-house build
Decorative metallic, marble or coloured self-smoothing systems laid to design.
- Step 06
Top coats
Higher-grip aggregate in wet zones, satin PU front of house.
- Step 07
Handover
Snag, aftercare and cleaning schedule handed to the operator.
Where it works, where it doesn't
We're honest about specification. A system installed in the wrong environment will fail no matter how well it's laid.
Suitable for
- Restaurants and dining rooms
- Bars, cocktail lounges and cafés
- Commercial kitchens and prep areas
- Dark kitchens and central production
- Hotel front of house and F&B
Not suitable for
- Areas where full drainage cannot be formed in wet kitchens
- Suspended timber decks without rigid overlay
Advantages and trade-offs
Advantages
- Front and back specified as one system
- Hygienic and designed with inspection in mind
- Slip-rated where the risk is
- Seamless — no grout, no dirt traps
- Decorative options front of house
Trade-offs
- •Kitchen builds take longer per zone than front-of-house areas
- •Requires trading closure or phased night work
- •Higher up-front cost than tile
Durability and lifespan
Front of house is normally refreshed with a top coat rather than replaced. Kitchen PU screeds are the most robust option under aggressive daily use, though service life in both areas depends on the system, substrate, environment, loading, use and cleaning.
The difference between a hospitality floor that lasts and one that fails is almost always coved upstand detail and drainage — we do both properly.
Curing times
Cure and return-to-service times vary by system and site conditions. Colder conditions extend them; warmer conditions shorten them.
| Stage | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Foot traffic | Varies by system and site conditions | Light walking in socks or clean shoes once the top coat has gelled. |
| Furniture return | Varies by system and site conditions | Light furniture, tools and shelving can be reintroduced. |
| Vehicle traffic | Varies by system and site conditions | Hot tyres and heavier point loads once the aliphatic PU top coat has fully cross-linked. |
| Full chemical cure | Per manufacturer technical guidance | Chemical resistance, wet cleaning and heavy wear reach design spec. |
Maintenance and aftercare
Front of house: dust-mop daily, scrub weekly with a neutral-pH detergent.
Kitchen: squeegee at end of every service; deep-clean weekly with a degreaser rated for PU. Do not use bleach neat on cove upstands.
Aftercare checklist
- Daily squeegee in wet kitchen zones
- Weekly PU-safe degreaser deep-clean
- Walk-off matting at all customer entrances
- Clean spills of wine, coffee and citrus promptly
- Periodic slip-rating re-test in kitchens
Colour, finish and customisation
Front-of-house design is the fun part — metallic pours, marble veining and bespoke brand colours all work. We build sample panels under your restaurant lighting.
Back-of-house is functional but not ugly — kitchen PU is available in RAL colour, so brand identity can carry through if the operator wants it.
Available finishes
- ◆Metallic and marble front-of-house pours
- ◆Coloured self-smoothing dining floors
- ◆PU kitchen screeds
- ◆Integral coved upstands sized to the wash-down regime
- ◆Slip-rated finishes for wet and greasy zones
Send us your kitchen layout and front-of-house drawings — we'll specify both sides of the pass together.
Restaurant & Hospitality Resin Flooring — frequently asked
Can you install without closing us?+
Kitchens need a hard closure, usually several days per zone. Front of house we can phase overnight.
Will it meet hygiene requirements?+
Our kitchen PU systems are seamless, coved into the walls and designed to tolerate steam cleaning, supporting good hygiene practice — the specific standard needed should be confirmed with your inspecting authority.
How slip-safe is a kitchen floor?+
Aggregate profiles are specified for grip in wet and greasy zones. Slip resistance depends on the specified system, surface texture, contamination and operating conditions.
Will grease damage it?+
No. PU top coats are unaffected by cooking oils, hot fats and standard kitchen degreasers.
Can you tie front and back together?+
Yes. Many operators run the same brand colour front and back with different specs above and below the pass.
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