Industrial Floors Achieving Both Hygienic Functionality and Aesthetics

Ensuring that a building’s internal environment can be kept to the highest standards of hygiene as well as meeting both health and safety, and environmental regulations is never going to be easy, so when it comes to choosing the right industrial floor, what is the best route to finding an aesthetically pleasing solution that ticks all the boxes?

Every floor space has a specific set of requirements, from general traffic and mechanical wear, through to fire and chemical resistance, slip resistance, impact resistance and permeability to liquids. Then there is the installation process itself. Is the space in question within a carefully controlled temperature range such as a food manufacturing plant, or is there a requirement to cure the system to a specific timeframe to ensure minimal downtime and disruption to a business?

The need for improved aesthetics, product reliability and long term performance will hold the key to any flooring refurbishment which is why specifiers are turning to resin flooring time and time again – a low cost, hardwearing, seamless and long term alternative to vinyl that is proven to extend the life of buildings in the industrial sector.

With minimal downtime during installation or maintenance a critical factor when specifying resin flooring and a key driver in terms of the operational performance of any industrial facility, resin flooring systems such as the new Sika PurCem® Gloss are ideal for the extreme service and heavy traffic conditions of the industrial sector.

The new Sikafloor® PurCem® Gloss flooring system is a user friendly polyurethane modified cement screed offering excellent strength and reliability as well as being sustainable. Highly resistant to chemicals, fatty acids and temperature, Sikafloor® PurCem® Gloss systems are extremely durable, aesthetic pleasing and offer an easy and fast application. As they normally require no primer, installation is considerably less complex than many other systems, producing a joint-free surface that is slip and abrasion resistant.

As well as helping the food industry to meet their rigid regulations, the Sikafloor® PurCem® Gloss systems can meet all of these individual requirements thanks to their flexible design possibilities. Offering long term performance and excellent durability, these systems represent one of the simplest and most effective methods of achieving a surface that is easy to clean and hard wearing, thereby reducing maintenance costs.

Ensuring that a building’s internal environment can be kept to the highest possible standards of hygiene as well as meeting health and safety regulations is always going to be a challenge, but when it comes to the right flooring system and one that is hardworking and ticks all the boxes then Sika has the answer.