Cool Room & Freezer Flooring
Floor systems that stay bonded through thermal cycling rather than debonding the first time the room warms up.
Cold Floors Fail Differently
Most floor failures are about chemicals or traffic. Cold storage failures are about movement.
Every time a cool room or freezer goes through a defrost cycle, or a door opens on a hot Perth day, the slab and the coating change temperature at different rates and by different amounts. They pull against each other. Do that a few thousand times and a coating that was never specified for it lets go, usually starting at the door threshold, which is exactly where the temperature swing is largest.
The second issue is installation. Coatings cure by chemical reaction, and reactions slow down as temperature drops. A product applied in a cold room without allowing for that may never reach full cure, which looks fine on handover and fails six months later.
What We Specify
Systems rated for thermal cycling
Polyurethane cement is the usual answer in freezers and heavy-duty cold storage, because it moves at close to the same rate as the concrete underneath it.
Threshold detailing
The door line is where cold store floors fail. It gets detailed as part of the system rather than treated as more of the same floor.
Grip that works on ice and condensation
Cold floors get wet at the door and around any warm point. Aggregate goes into the coating so grip stays where it is needed.
Cure conditions planned for
We programme the installation around the temperature the room can actually be held at, so the system cures properly. This is the thing most often got wrong.
Coving where it is a food area
Seamless and hygienic, hosed down like any other food floor.
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2+ Year Product & Workmanship Warranty
We offer a 2-year warranty on commercial and a 5-year warranty on residential projects for your lasting peace of mind.
What Our Clients Say
Cool Room & Freezer Questions
Can you install without turning the room off?
Not entirely – the room needs to come up to a temperature the system can cure at. We work out the shortest practical window at the site visit and programme around it.
Why did our last floor peel at the door?
Almost certainly thermal cycling at the threshold, combined with a system that was not specified for it. It is the single most common cold store failure.
Will it be slippery with condensation?
Not with grip built in. Cold rooms get wet around the door and near warm points, and the specification allows for it.
How long is the room out of service?
It depends on the area and the cure programme. Usually days rather than weeks, and we give it to you in writing before we start.
Can it take pallet jacks and forklifts?
Yes, laid at thickness. Tell us what runs in there.
Can you do it at the same time as the main floor?
Yes, and it is more efficient that way – one mobilisation covering both, with different systems in each area.
