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If you have an auto shop in Denver, Aurora, or Lakewood, the right flooring is essential for keeping your business clean and professional looking, and preventing damage from tools, fluids, other items, and events. One of those events is hot tire pickup. This is a potential issue in many garages. Overtime, it can cause extensive damage to your flooring. With high quality auto epoxy flooring for commercial garages and auto shops, you can ensure a longer lasting floor that is immune from hot tire pickup. What is Hot Tire Pickup? As a car drives, the rolling friction of the tires on the road causes the rubber to heat up. Heated rubber will expand slightly. Then, when the car pulls into your auto shop, the heat will dissipate into the air and the cooler garage floor. As the heat dissipates, the rubber shrinks and the weight of the car means that the tire rubber pulls at the floor with enough force to rip small particles completely free of the underlying surface. Certain garage flooring materials, like plain concrete or acrylic coatings, […]
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Epoxy coated floors or commercial concrete floors are ideal in commercial facilities where moisture is a concern. They both stand up well to liquid elements, remain relatively slip resistant even when wet, and are easy to clean after any liquids or other substances have gotten onto them. But there are certain commercial settings where you may regularly have several inches of water from operations or cleaning that you need to drain away. Taking into account drainage needs when planning your commercial flooring installation makes it easy to optimize drainage to make sure that your floors are protected. Considerations When Planning for Concrete Floor Drainage In commercial facilities, epoxy and concrete are resilient substances. But when water or other liquids sit on them for a long period of time, they can start to wear away the flooring. This is why it is recommended that you wipe up any spills as soon as possible on epoxy and promote good drying conditions and speed evaporation in properties with concrete floors. But if you will frequently have larger amounts of water or spillage, floor […]
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When a long lasting and durable material is needed in construction, concrete is already one of the top options. It is hard enough to resist damage from impacts, stands up well to different elements, and naturally survives for years without deterioration. The primary way that concrete becomes damaged is when dirt and moisture collect in the porous surface and start to erode it from the inside. Polished concrete replacement flooring hones the surface of traditional concrete to remove all of the gaps and holes, creating a perfectly smooth and non-porous that is both attractive and resilient. By eliminating this weakness in concrete, polished concrete floors can provide you with a commercial flooring option that will last for many years. Extending the Lifespan of Concrete with Polishing Polishing concrete replacement refines concrete into a surface that is even more durable, but it requires the correct process to ensure that they last for as many years as possible. This includes: Preparing the Surface – The amount of work necessary here depends on the existing concrete base. If it was freshly poured, almost […]
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Although concrete flooring is highly durable, moisture is one of the few factors that can quickly cause wear and problems at a commercial facility. Excessive moisture causes concrete to weaken and deteriorate. In Denver where temperatures in the winter can cause water to freeze and expand, moisture may be a cause of stress and cracking in concrete. Moisture is also a health hazard as it can increase the risk of slipping or encourage mold and mildew growth. Sweating slab syndrome can be a problem with concrete floors that causes moisture to collect on the surface of a slab. While this can be a challenging problem if unaddressed, there are different solutions to sweating slab syndrome at a commercial property that can help you manage moisture problems. What Is Sweating Slab Syndrome? Sweating slab syndrome is a result of condensation. Temperature changes in the air occur far faster than temperature changes in a concrete floor due to concrete’s low thermal conductivity. In the morning, particularly in the summer, the air will heat up quickly but a concrete floor will take longer […]
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Healthcare associated infections (HIAs) are a major concern in facilities like hospitals, emergency rooms, clinics, and senior care facilities. Because these locations often deal with contagious diseases, there can be a significant number of germs present, putting already high risk people in greater danger and compounding health problems. The CDC estimates that approximately 3% of hospital patients contract an HIA per day. These infections often come from contact with contaminated surfaces. Enhanced cleaning is the leading way to prevent HIAs and, as a floor often represents the largest surface in health care facilities, installing an antimicrobial concrete floor can help mitigate infections and make thorough cleaning easier. What Makes Concrete Floors Antimicrobial There are two leading concrete flooring options for facilities that require medical clinic flooring. Polished concrete is one option that uses fine diamond grit sandpaper to achieve a smooth surface and epoxy coating is another option that relies on a resinous epoxy layer applied over a concrete flooring base. Both solutions are durable, attractive, anti-slip, and affordable in addition to being anti-microbial due to the following properties: Non Porous – […]
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Business does not stop in the winter, so even as temperatures hit freezing in Denver and elsewhere in Colorado, flooring construction, replacement, and repair will continue. When it comes to concrete flooring, this can require a few special steps. Concrete does best when temperatures during installation and curing are above 50 degrees. But with winters in Colorado, that is not always a possibility. Even indoors, facilities can often be too cold for a standard concrete installation. Having a commercial flooring contractor who knows what steps to take in order to give you a high quality floor, regardless of weather conditions, is essential for concrete flooring solutions in Colorado. Strategies for Pouring Concrete in Cold Weather Installing commercial flooring in the winter requires achieving similar conditions for both the base and the environment that you would find on warmer days. But these adjustments must be made without introducing any elements into the environment that could contaminate the concrete. Another important step is to adapt the concrete itself to enable a faster, but still strong, cure. These objectives can be met with a combination […]
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