Dairy Flooring
Floor systems built for lactic acid, constant moisture and a cleaning cycle that runs every single day.
The Acid Problem Nobody Expects
Milk seems benign. It is not, at least not to a floor.
Lactic acid is aggressive on concrete and on standard coatings, and in a dairy it is present constantly rather than as an occasional spill. Add the cleaning-in-place chemistry, the hot water and the sanitisers used between cycles, and the floor is under chemical attack from two directions at once with almost no dry time in between.
The other feature of dairy work is that it never stops. There is no quiet season, and the wash-down happens every day whether the floor is ready for it or not.
What We Specify
Polyurethane cement in the wet areas
Milking parlours, processing rooms, wash-down bays. It resists lactic acid, takes hot cleaning and tolerates the thermal cycling.
Heavy slip rating
Wet concrete plus milk residue is genuinely slippery, and dairy floors get walked on constantly, often by people moving stock.
Coving at every junction
Walls, plinths and drain surrounds, so nothing collects and the whole floor hoses down.
Falls to drain
Standing milk residue is a problem in its own right. Water and residue have to leave the floor.
Epoxy in the dry areas
Dry stores, packing and office areas do not need the heavier system, and there is no sense paying for it.
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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
Dairy Flooring Questions
Will it handle the wash-down?
Hot water, steam and CIP chemistry, yes, provided the system is specified for it. That is the difference between polyurethane cement and standard epoxy here.
Is milk really that hard on a floor?
Yes. Lactic acid attacks concrete and standard coatings, and in a dairy the exposure is continuous rather than occasional.
Can you work around milking?
Yes. We stage the work around your schedule and coat outside the cycle.
What about the yard and the race?
Those are usually a different specification again. We will look at them at the site visit.
Our floor is pitted and the concrete is exposed.
That is acid attack on the slab. It gets repaired before anything is coated, otherwise the new floor fails the same way.
Do you travel to regional dairies?
Yes, across WA. We mobilise to complete in one trip.
