Resin Flooring Contractors for Factories and Warehouses

Contact Flooring are resin flooring contractors for factories and warehouses across the UK. We prepare, install and mark out resin floors for manufacturers, distribution centres and logistics buildings, and we repair the concrete and resin floors they already have.

Our head office is in Hyde, Greater Manchester, with offices in the North West and the Midlands, and we have over 20 years' experience in industrial flooring. Whether you need a single goods-in area coated or several thousand square metres of production or storage floor, the starting point is the same: a site survey, then a system chosen for the traffic, spills and cleaning the floor will actually face.

Resin flooring contractors for factories and warehouses

Factory resin flooring has to cope with oil and coolant spills, cleaning chemicals, wet processes, dropped tools and forklift routes, often in the same building. We match a system to each production area and plan the work around shutdowns.

Warehouse resin flooring deals with forklifts turning on the spot, pallet trucks running the same lines all day, racking point loads and dusting concrete. A warehouse rarely needs one finish throughout, so racking aisles, loading bays, pick areas and walkways are specified separately.

Resin flooring systems we install

Industrial resin flooring is a range of systems, from thin seals to thick trowelled screeds. Choosing the right one depends on traffic, chemical exposure, slip resistance, cleaning and the condition of the slab.

Resin floor seal: the lightest treatment, a coloured polyurethane sealer that stops concrete dusting and makes the floor easier to sweep.
Epoxy and polyurethane floor coatings: rolled-on, solvent free coatings that turn bare concrete into a clean, coloured surface for lighter traffic.
High build floor coating: a thicker epoxy coating for medium duty areas, and the finish we most often lay in warehouses and light industrial units.
Multi-layer resin flooring: layers of resin and broadcast aggregate, typically 2mm to 3mm thick, giving good slip resistance in wet conditions.
Flow applied (self-smoothing) resin flooring: poured and spread at 2mm to 4mm to a smooth, seamless, easy-clean finish.
PU screed flooring: a trowel-finished, heavily filled polyurethane screed that is hard wearing and resistant to impact, chemicals and slipping.
Heavy duty flowable resin flooring: a filled flowable system at 4mm or 6mm, combining a smooth finish with heavy duty strength.
Heavy duty resin flooring: trowelled, aggregate filled floors at 6mm to 9mm for the hardest wearing areas.

Resin flooring by sector

Each industry puts different demands on a floor. Our sector pages explain what we install and why:

Warehouse floor repairs and resin floor repairs

Not every floor needs replacing. Broken joints, potholes, cracks and worn or failed coatings can often be repaired so the floor is safe for forklifts and people again, at far less cost and disruption than a new floor.

Industrial and warehouse floor repairs: concrete repairs planned around a working site.
Resin floor repairs: making good damaged or failing resin floors.
Concrete floor repairs and renovation: when to repair, resurface or replace.

Preparation, grinding and line marking

Nearly all resin floor failures come down to poor preparation. We prepare slabs mechanically, by shot blasting, grinding or other methods depending on the surface, with dust extraction connected to the machines. Read more about preparation for resin flooring and concrete floor grinding in warehouses and industrial units.

Once the floor is down, demarcation and signage marks out walkways, forklift aisles, crossing points, hatching and stencils, so the finished floor supports your health and safety layout.

How a project runs

Survey. We visit the site, look at the slab and any existing coating, and ask how the area is used: traffic, spills, cleaning and when it can be closed.
Preparation. Existing coatings and weak concrete are removed mechanically, then cracks, joints and damaged areas are repaired.
Installation. Primer and the agreed system are laid, with each stage left to cure before the next.
Demarcation. Walkways, lines and signage are added where needed.
Handover. We inspect the floor with you and agree when it can go back into use.

Work can be phased area by area so part of a building stays in use while another part is laid.

Recent projects

Oil and fluids manufacturer, Wolverhampton, 692 m2: a 6mm polyurethane screed with an oil tolerant primer, for an existing client where we had already installed over 3000m2 of 6mm polyurethane screed.
Existing warehouse, Birmingham, 2021m2: a failed epoxy coating removed, the slab repaired and levelled, and two solvent free epoxy coats laid for a dilapidations project.
International timber importer, Scotland, 998m2: slip resistant high build epoxy coating with 38m2 of walkways edged in 100mm yellow lines, completed in 3 days.

See more in our case studies.

Common questions

What does a resin flooring contractor do?

We survey the floor, prepare the concrete, carry out repairs, then install a resin system such as an epoxy coating, PU screed or self-smoothing floor, and add line marking where needed.

Which resin floor is best for forklift traffic?

It depends on the load and how hard the floor is worked. High build coatings suit many warehouse areas, while busy loading bays and heavily trafficked routes often need a PU screed or heavy duty system. We recommend a system after the survey.

Can you install a resin floor without shutting down the building?

Often, yes. Work can be phased so areas are closed one at a time, and planned around shutdowns in factories.

Can you coat over an existing floor coating?

Sometimes. It depends on what the existing coating is and how well it is bonded. Failed or poorly prepared coatings usually need removing back to sound concrete first.