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Why Epoxy Resin Is A Great Choice for Floors



Finding a suitable solution for your business’s floors can be a difficult decision. Factors such as the cost, and how long it will take for the floor to be installed all affect the choice. Epoxy resin flooring and resin flooring can be a great solution, based on its safety, durability, longevity, and a lot more. 

Firstly, to help determine which flooring is best for you need to consider a few things:

1.     Do you need your surface to withstand heavy vehicles?
2.     Will there be lots of people standing on it at a time?
3.     Does it need to be exposed to extreme temperatures?
4.     Will it need to be slip, moisture or chemical resistant?
5.     Do you need it to meet a certain standard?

Unfortunately, to cut the cost, lots of businesses opt for a type of flooring that doesn’t fully support their requirements. This can result in hazards for everyone who enters the building, and would need repairs. This damage could be severe, and could even mean new flooring would be needed entirely. A new flooring can cause a long stoppage of the business – so it’s best to get it right first time.

Epoxy resin flooring/epoxy flooring are used across industries including food manufacturing, hospitality and restaurants, distributing centres and warehouses, schools and education, hospitals, and retailers. It is so popular amongst these industries because of the certain features that affect its performance.

Stain Resistant

This makes the flooring easy to clean, ensuring your business is always meeting hygiene standards as well as looking the part. Having stain-proof flooring can save you money that you would be spending on repairing stained surfaces. Resin flooring is also scratch resistant. 

High Durability

Epoxy flooring and resin flooring are more durable and stronger than any other alternatives, even concrete. Their life cycle is longer, and maintenance cheaper. The flooring can be repaired or replaced without removing existing flooring. 

High Impact Resistance

Heavy Duty epoxy resin flooring can provide the strength that a high-traffic surface would need. It can withstand heavy usage and high pressure. Concrete flooring cannot always handle this, with severe abrasion and high impact, it can become damaged. This can result in costly, and timely repairs. 

Moisture Resistance

With concrete, moisture and air seeping up from the ground is a common problem. This can cause delamination and blisters to appear on the surface. Resin flooring is an alternative which doesn’t have this issue.

Possible Fast Installation

To avoid long periods of down time within a business, there is an option to use a fast curing epoxy. This can be applied within 24 hours, drastically reducing installation time and getting the business back up and running as soon as possible.

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