Drink Manufacturer - Protective Flooring Surface

A well known softdrink manufacturer contracted Remedial Building Services to apply a protective coating to the bunded areas of their manufacturing facility in order to protect the substrate and prevent further erosion.

 

Having noticed that the substrate had begun to degrade they contacted us to help rectify the situation. Upon consultation, we identified that the sugars and acids used in the manufacturing process had begun to seep into the concrete substrate eating away at it and causing it to delaminate. As a result the the floor had developed an uneven surface and was beginning to hold water, a situation far from ideal within a bunded area which requires hygiene.

 

As such it was agreed that there was a need to install an anticorrosive flooring product which would restore the surface and which would be chemical resistant at the same time.

 

In the first instance, the concrete hobs were reformed, allowing us to reinstate the surface with a trowelled on epoxy floor coating. Once the surface had bonded completely, we then applied a polyurethane coating, to a thickness of 1mm, creating falls as needed to ensure runoff was directed to the drains and did not pond.

 

The result was a stable, chemical resistant epoxy floor coating that will last for many years under stringent conditions.