Superior Concrete Finishes are specialists within the hard flooring sector nation-wide. This sector of work includes the completion of commercial kitchen epoxy flooring. As Health and Safety Standards within a workplace increase particularly within industries around food handling, laws regarding the finishes required to operate within any given premises have increased. This includes the type of floor covering required by HACCP to be installed prior to food handling operations taking place.

With the increased standards for food handling premises and their governed finishes we understand how this impacts these businesses. An extended setting up period, whereby floors and walls are specifically crafted to meet requirements, can be draining on the new businesses beginning capital/ start up costs. As a new business you are needing to be focusing on the turning over of revenue, NOT where the flooring contractors are up to with the job and when HACCP has their initial inspection to certify the premise prior to operation. THIS IS WHY we here at Superior Concrete Finishes, make it our ultimate goal to be the market leaders within the epoxy flooring industry. Our expertise in these areas, particularly within commercial flooring ensure our clients of the timely and quality manner which all of our jobs are completed.

What are the benefits of installing a seamless epoxy floor? 

There are a few core benefits that come with installing seamless epoxy floors, these include;

• Durability & Longevity – Epoxy floor coatings have a long durable life when installed correctly with suitable preparation. Our long-lasting clients have often mentioned how the floors have still looked new and fresh 5, 8, 10 years on from application. If that’s not a testimony, what is?
• Easy to Clean – Commercial Epoxy Flooring is the optimal solution for cleanliness. The seamless nature of the floor ensures that spills of any substance can be wiped away with ease.
• Stylish & Visually Appealing – Hard flooring is super trendy and in fashion as this industrial sheik look is in, thus, you can rest assured you are getting a timeless finish they will suit future changes you may make to your commercial premise.
• Wide Variety of Colours & Pattern Variations – Our colour & pattern variations assist in guaranteeing our clients that they will find something that matches their premises colour scheme/ design plan.

What types of flooring options are available to me?

We offer a range of services to suit many areas, however the two options that we strongly advise in regard to commercial kitchens are Epoxy Plain Coated Flooring OR Flake Flooring. Both of these options are seamless in nature and allow us to bring your kitchen floor to the most optimal and certifiable level for HACCP.

The process to laying a commercial kitchen floor 

DAY 1: Grind, Patch & Prime

• Captive diamond grinding the concrete to ensure a smooth, clean & porous surface to apply the epoxy coating.
• Patch visible concrete cracks and holes.
• Apply epoxy base coat.

DAY 2:  Prime & Flake

• Prime using the applicable epoxy base coat.
• Broadcasting the flake across the WET epoxy floor coating

DAY 3:  Seal x2

• Two polyurethane coatings to seal the floor, regardless if it is plain or flake flooring

EXTRA DAYS:  Covings

• If your commercial kitchen space requires epoxy covings to be installed prior to epoxy coating being applied, (Most do) this will count as an extra day.

Top Tips for Choosing Your Commercial Kitchen Epoxy Flooring Solution 

• Don’t reinvent the wheel. We have been doing this for a long time. When we ‘advise’ you of something, we strongly recommend that you implement that, whether it is with us or another contractor. We have dealt with multiple occasions, whereby, HACCP has halted the businesses operation because they thought they could ‘get away with it’. We then have to return to a client who wants to get their business operational again and is highly rushed and pressured. The time saved to get the full HACCP flooring package to begin with eliminates heart ache when you don’t meet HACCP requirements.

• There is no short cutting on quality. Unfortunately, these processes take a few days to complete AND THEN a few days to dry, before operation may begin again. But for the time spent prior to operation, completing the floors thoroughly, you can rest assured you won’t have business closures because of failing HACCP tests due to unnatural damages. That’s because our commercial epoxy floors are completed to the highest quality.

• Choose a colour which is going to be adaptable to your businesses change in design/ colour scheme. Typically, people will choose the light pastel/ gray/ white colour palette to ensure that the floors can be used with multiple styles of furniture.