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Long Lasting Commercial Floors Designed For Longevity
Commercial Floors That Are Long Lasting, Even Under Repeated Duress
Commercial flooring is notorious for having a tremendous amount of traffic coming and going across it, thus wear and tear is a prime component for seeking long lasting commercial floors. For a truly good example consider how much traffic goes over your local grocery store floor. What’s interesting is that each step counts, as does each roll of the cart’s wheels in determining how much traffic that particular flooring endures on any given day, week or month.
Granted there are all manner of commercial floors, from a tiny lady’s dress shop, to a warehouse, or one of those gigantic stores that sell in bulk, and each one of those will occasion their own wear and tear on the commercial flooring that has been used in each case. Looking at the warehouse, it will undoubtedly have more wear and tear than the other two locations. The biggest reason is that forklifts are the mainstay of warehouses, thus we know the unrestricted damage that flooring will need to put up with from the forklifts.
Those commercial enterprises who try to save some money by telling themselves that their companies will not need a floor to last forever, as they do not have a horde of people tramping through their office, nor do they have any use for forklifts, often try to have cheaper floors laid in their office. First thing that usually happens is that the owner of the company notices that the flooring in the office is beginning to look peaked and tired. Word about this gets passed around until the head of the maintenance department decides to do something and the floor is rejuvenated much to the joy of the upper echelon. The problem is that unfortunately three months later, it looks even worse, and so the detailing of that floor is repeated and repeated. Finally wear marks where people’s desk chairs are located make their appearance, and those wear marks take on a truly horrible appearance. So, they did not have a floor that lasts forever, just as they wished for.
That’s such a shame as there is flooring that lasts seemingly forever, and that is Silikal. Silikal floors have been known to outlast the building they are installed within. These long lasting commercial floors are notorious for being able to stand up to even forklift torture without even the slightest damage. Whether it is true or not, Silikal has earned the moniker of “lifetime flooring” for lack of more adequate wording to describe its long lasting powers.
That means that under any instance whether in a grandstand used outside with hordes of people tramping in throughout the months, or in a huge supermarket, the floor will remain as beautiful as the day it was laid with a modicum of care. That office installation mentioned above will have those beautiful floors the day that building is razed in order to construct a larger and newer building which is certainly a strange way of looking at flooring’s life, yet it’s all true!
Strong Industrial Flooring
Flooring Strong Enough for a Variety of Industrial Businesses
It is an undeniable fact that the normal household flooring is never sturdy nor hard wearing enough to be able to withstand all the pressure and incredible stresses of an industry. What would happen is that it would unfortunately suffer breakdowns, thus necessitating constant replacement. Thus industrial businesses seek strong flooring to install there instead. Truly industrial flooring is especially engineered to withstand heavy machinery, continuous foot traffic, liquid and chemical spills, and especially variations in temperatures. Strong industrial flooring is specially designed so that it lasts, and thus replacement is not needed either as often, or perhaps not at all.
The selections offered for industrial flooring do not conform as to the options available since different industries have different demands for flooring. What one type of flooring offers, such as for a car showroom, will not be the correct one for a factory, thus many diverse industrial flooring alternatives are available. Flooring for that factory entails the need for flooring that can handle not only machinery but perhaps even vehicles working on it, yet it still requires that the workers can walk or stand on it for a good part of the day.
Not all industrial floors are alike. Some industries require a non-skid flooring, while others require flooring resistant to water, or chemical resistant flooring. Depending on the industry, they may seek flooring that is shock absorbing, and when the industry deals in the manufacture of electronics, flooring may be needed that will be able to resist several temperature levels, and some require flooring that can reduce noise levels, yet still be strong enough to bear up under vehicle traffic or heavy equipment.
While a strong and durable floor is vital, style, color and texture of industrial flooring may be constructed in such a way that appeals to even industrial businesses. Just because a company has industrial needs does not mean that it cannot be stylish and attractive.
Even when speaking about industrial flooring, there is never only one particular style that will fit all industries. Those looking for strong industrial flooring do need to match the flooring with the industry, but if only style is selected, then that flooring may need replacement quickly. Flooring contractors can often direct the end user to the right kind of flooring that not only matches the industrial needs but also is stylish and best yet will last a long time. Care will have to be taken that the flooring can withstand all the stresses that particular industry will put on it.
Silikal is always the right answer, and by calling Silikal in to help with the industrial flooring choices, that industry can have the correct flooring installed. Only Silikal will not only properly assess the needs of your industry, but can also recommend flooring that has both style and seemingly endless longevity.
Durable Restaurant Flooring You Can’t Go Wrong With
Flooring Durable Enough To Handle All Your Restaurant Can Dish
Whenever a salesperson and estimator from flooring goes to look over a restaurant in order to give an estimate, the salesperson will undoubtedly be asked how easy the flooring will be to keep clean first, and the second question is invariably how long will the flooring last? Durable restaurant flooring is of extreme importance to any restauranteur since they probably have gone through a number of floor treatments prior to the invitation for us to come give them an estimate. A restauranteur does not have an easy life to begin with, but having to worry about floors is not something they look forward to.
Keeping track of all supplies, overlooking the kitchen, checking on the staff’s waiting habits, speaking to the guests about their satisfaction with the service as well as the meal, those are but a few in the millions of daily tasks that a restauranteur must deal with. However, having a floor that is cracking, peeling, and possibly is harboring strange smells is a tap on the shoulder to a restauranteur that proclaims that it is more than time to do something about that flooring. Chances are too that their cleaning help has thrown up their hands about keeping that floor clean, and usually there is only one reason for the cleaning help’s displeasure, and that is that the floor’s various openings and cracks have enabled dirty water to enter the subflooring. What happened after that is certainly not very pretty; in fact it’s pretty disgusting. All the more the reason you should seek out a durable restaurant flooring system.
All manner of repulsive things are growing in that subflooring such as mold, fungus, yeast, viruses, microbes and a plethora of microbes. This is the last thing that someone wants to hear is going on in their restaurant, but unfortunately it is happening, and on the fortunate side it will not happen again, ever! Well, that is if the restauranteur chooses to have Silikal put down instead of perhaps just an MMA floor.
You may be thinking at this point that you had heard that Silikal did utilize MMA, which stands for methyl methacrylate, but you would only be partially wrong. Yes, Silikal does utilize MMA in their flooring but it has been greatly aided by the inclusion of a secret additive, and thus has been renamed by Silikal as enhanced MMA. The reason is quite interesting, as the MMA various Silikal competitors utilize allows tiny little holes the size of a pin to begin forming. Eventually that allows dirty water to enter into the subflooring. The rest, you are only too aware of.
Silikal will never have its enhanced MMA performing that little trick at all. Its MMA remains as one solid floor covering that not even a drop of water can come through. In fact Silikal creates seamless dependability, and actually Silikal has earned the respect of all who have utilized Silikal, for presently those Silikal customers say that Silikal is durable, the “lifetime flooring” for your restaurant. Those are pretty strong words, but Silikal is able to ensure that those words always come true.
Repair A Walk In Freezer Floor. Floors For Low Temp. Areas
If after they make their food establishment inspection report, when your State Department of Health and Human Resources cites you for having a cracked floor tile or other problem with your freezer floor, many freezer owners simply panic. Actually having to repair a walk in freezer floor is not a cause for panic if you know who to call.
Well it certainly won’t be the “Ghost Busters” of film fame, but instead you will need to call Silikal and let the professionals who know how to fix and repair walk in freezer floor problems. Silikal not only has the “know how” you seek, but they also are going to prevent that problem, as well as others with your freezer floor, from ever happening again.
With Silikal it is easy enough for them to adhere to code. They understand that it has to retain a certain minimum inside temperature, has to be insect and rodent proof, highly corrosion resistant, and of course it has to be watertight, but in addition they will take care of making that freezer slip proof so that you never ever have to worry about someone slipping and sliding in the freezer and possibly hurting themselves.
Are you even cognizant that some floor sealers some companies utilize to seal or repair walk in freezer floor problems, have problems of their own? Of course we are referring to residual smells usually caused by their products having a certain amount of VOCs in it. Note that Silikal has zero VOCs.
Also, some products take days to cure or set up. That means that the freezer will have to be inoperative for days on end which is certainly a pain for the owner, be it a restaurant or a supplier of frozen foods. Silikal on the other hand can be utilized while the freezer is running because its walk in freezer flooring can actually be installed in temperatures as low as –10 °C, and there are even special grades that can still cure in temperatures as low as –25 °C! But, best yet it will cure or set up within one hour of installation. That means that the freezer will have absolutely no down time.
Also Silikal is monolithic, which in relation to your freezer means that it’s incredibly easy to clean and thus since nothing can ever enter under the floor, your troubles with micro-organisms such as algae and fungus are over for good. In addition, Silikal is so strong that you need not ever worry about heavy loads being deposited in only one area of your freezer any more, as Silikal is that strong.
More information on walk in freezer + cooler floor repairs and systems.
Chemical Resistant Coatings Products & Their Powers of Protection
Chemical Resistant Coatings Products: Is Your Floor Chemical Safe?
Those who seek chemical resistant coatings products are often faced with a plethora of very bewildering merchandise, especially if they rely on what can be found on the Internet. It would appear too, that many of those found cannot truly stand behind their products with actual scientific facts. Unfortunately they do not possess the industry proven techniques that Silikal does.
Of course those who seek some kind of chemical resistant coatings products do so because they are tired of having to defray the very expensive costs of not only premature repairs to their floors, but even having to totally need to seek total replacements for their flooring. Granted, some businesses utilize some amazingly harmful cleaning solvents and oils, even acids. These then totally erode most floors, but not when Silikal is utilized on floors that call for chemical resistant coatings products.
You see, Silikal offers a flooring solution that is proven to offer the more than adequate resistance to any chemicals currently in use. This is why Silikal is used in laboratories, and wherever chemicals are utilized.
The reasons are myriad, however generally Silikal is best in that kind of environment because it totally creates a liquid as well as a vapor moisture barrier, due to its higher coating thickness. In addition, you will find that Silikal chemical resistant coatings products are chemically inert, and that is why they offer such corrosion resistance.
There are times when a chemical is accidentally spilled and thus a cleanup is hastily required. The uniformity and consistency of the Silikal flooring enables any cleanup to be hastily and easily accomplished. This kind of flooring also enables you to have high impact strength as well as excellent abrasion resistance in your flooring as well. Of course, this also leads to having an outstanding life expansion of the flooring solution too!
A very good example where Silikal flooring outshines other products is in its use in hangars. You will find that many other so called high performance flooring simply cannot last in a hangar. That’s because there are absolutely no more punishing chemicals than those chemicals used in aviation. Jet fuels alone are known to simply erode any floor almost immediately. Thus, no matter what you need to protect your floors from, be it jet fuels or any kind of chemical, check with your Silikal flooring specialists to find the right answer to your chemical resistant coatings products solution. After all, Silikal goes so much further than any high solvent coating because it is Silikal.