Resin flooring contractors Coventry engineering, technical and logistics operators rely on for floors specified against chemistry and static, not just wear. Supporting facilities from Ansty Park and Whitley to the distribution units along the A45 and the estates at Exhall and Foleshill.
Working for national manufacturers, logistics operators and public sector estates since 1999.
As resin flooring contractors Coventry operators call on regularly, we specify against exposure rather than tonnage. The city is connected by the M6, M69, A45 and A46, and what distinguishes it is not that it manufactures but what its manufacturing has become.
Alongside conventional machining, pressing and assembly sits a concentration of research, prototyping, test and technical facilities where contamination control, electrostatic performance and finish quality matter more than raw load. Modern distribution along the A45 and M6 is the second engine.
So the headline failure is chemical staining rather than mechanical wear. Oils, coolants, brake and hydraulic fluids, solvents and finishing chemistry attack unprotected concrete and thin coatings long before traffic does.
Advanced manufacturing, engineering and technical facilities with high operational standards.
Engineering, technical and manufacturing-linked facilities on the southern edge of the city.
An established industrial area with warehousing, engineering and trade units to the north.
Older manufacturing, storage and trade premises around Lythalls Lane and the wider area.
Large-scale logistics and warehousing with high-throughput operations south of the city.
Western manufacturing and engineering units sitting off the A45 towards the city boundary.
Coolant and oil resistance with impact tolerance under the machine bases.
Seamless, cleanable finishes with controlled electrical resistance where required.
Measured ESD performance, particle control and solvent or disinfectant resistance.
Solvent and isocyanate exposure, static control and straightforward decontamination.
Colour-coded zoning under castor and tug traffic with rapid local repair capability.
Abrasion, joint protection, point loading and demarcation across large floor plates.
In a Coventry technical hall two things govern the specification before abrasion is considered. What is spilled on the floor, and what the floor has to do electrically. Both are measurable, and both should appear as figures rather than adjectives.
EN 1081 gives the test method for conductive and dissipative floors, and earthing detail is part of it.
BS 8204-6 and EN 13813 frame epoxy for chemical resistance, polyurethane for thermal and impact duty.
COSHH and EH40 apply across paint and finishing areas, with ISOPA and ALIPA diisocyanate training.
Line-side work is planned around shutdowns and changeovers, so sequencing is a specification input rather than something settled after the system is chosen. The programme is built backwards from your production plan.
Where cure speed matters, systems are explained through their cure characteristics and the shutdown sequence rather than as a promised completion time. On a production line a slipped promise costs far more than the floor does.
Preparation runs under H-class extraction with areas screened, because dust reaching a test cell, a prototype workshop or an electronics area is a production problem before it is a health one.
Electrical resistance stated as a tested value, with earthing detail, rather than described as anti-static.
EH40 exposure limits in paint and finishing areas, with ISOPA and ALIPA training for polyurethane work.
BS 8204-6 and EN 13813 match the system to coolant, oil, brake fluid and solvent contact profiles.
EN 13501-1 with the fl suffix is a legitimate input for test halls and enclosed production space.
FeRFA classifies resin flooring into eight types by build-up and thickness, and BS 8204-6 governs which one a floor actually needs, with EN 13813 for the screed. Polyaspartic and MMA sit outside that classification because they describe the resin chemistry rather than the build-up. In Coventry the exposure profile and the electrical requirement decide the system before the traffic does.
FeRFA Type 1. Two or more coats up to 150 microns, binding a dusting substrate and giving a cleanable surface. From £8 per square metre.
FeRFA Type 2. Dual component to 300 microns, solvent free, in gloss, matt or silk. Chemical resistance with a decorative finish.
FeRFA Type 3. Up to 1000 microns over prepared concrete and the system specified on most industrial jobs. Takes colour well for demarcation.
FeRFA Type 4. Multi-coat build at 1 to 3mm with aggregate broadcast between coats, for impact and constant wear.
FeRFA Type 5. Flow-applied at 2 to 3mm for a seamless finish where hygiene and cleaning matter more than impact resistance.
FeRFA Type 7. Three part filled system at 4 to 6mm thickness, giving a self-smoothing finish for heavy and very heavy duty areas.
FeRFA Types 7 and 8. Trowel-applied at 6 to 9mm to take thermal shock, steam cleaning and constant heavy forklift traffic.
Cures at temperatures down to −5°C and is ready in around two hours. Installed overnight or at a weekend it can remove the need to shutdown entirely.
Cures in hours, but the odour can taint food, fabrics and stock and the area must be cleared and ventilated. Better suited to new build and refurbishment projects.
Rates run from £8 per square metre for a floor seal to £45 for MMA, inclusive of preparation, labour and materials. Static-controlled and chemically resistant systems sit at the upper end, and are specified only where the process requires them.
| System | FeRFA | Thickness | Per m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Floor Seal | Type 1 | Up to 150µm | From £8 |
| Epoxy and PU Coating | Type 2 | 150 – 300µm | £8 – £12 |
| High Build Coating | Type 3 | 300 – 1000µm | £8 – £12 |
| Multi-Layer Flooring | Type 4 | 1 – 3mm | £12 – £16 |
| Self-Smoothing | Type 5 | 2 – 4mm | £20 – £30 |
| Heavy Duty Flowable | Type 7 | 4 – 6mm | £25 – £35 |
| Heavy Duty PU Screed | Type 8 | 6 – 9mm | £30 – £40 |
| Polyaspartic | Chemistry | 300 – 500µm | £38 |
| MMA | Chemistry | 2 – 6mm | £45 |
Inclusive of preparation, labour and materials. Rates assume a sound, accessible substrate and are indicative until the floor has been surveyed. Polyaspartic and MMA sit outside the FeRFA type classification because they describe the resin chemistry rather than the build-up.
A three day shutdown at a plant turning over £2,000 an hour is £120,000 of lost output. On most sites that is several times the price of the floor.
Five contractors quoted one timber processing plant. All five proposed the same system and a three to four day closure. None of them costed the closure.
We proposed a faster-curing system installed across a weekend. A higher rate per square metre, and no shutdown at all. On the client’s own figures the avoided losses exceeded the price of the floor.
We install evenings, weekends and one bay at a time.
Whether a shutdown costs you thousands an hour or simply gets in the way, you do not always have to close your site for a resin flooring installation.
Crack stitching, arris rebuilding and making good around machine bases and plinths.
Line-side zoning, walkways and tug routes applied in resin rather than painted on top.
Damp proof membrane where a substrate fails moisture testing, as a standalone package.
Static-controlled seamless finishes with resistance values recorded for the specification.
Coolant and oil resistant systems laid around fixed plant during planned shutdowns.
Abrasion resistant floors and joint repairs sequenced aisle by aisle around throughput.
We work across the city regularly, from Ansty Park and Whitley through to Exhall, Foleshill, Tile Hill and the distribution units along the A45. We are Cheshire based rather than Coventry based, so a survey usually happens within days and there is no mobilisation charge for attending.
It should mean a measured value. EN 1081 provides the test method for electrical resistance, and a conductive or dissipative floor should be specified with a resistance figure, the test conditions and the earthing detail. If a quotation says anti-static without those, ask for them before comparing prices.
Because chemical resistance belongs to the individual system rather than to resin flooring generally. Coolants, cutting oils, brake and hydraulic fluids and solvents each behave differently, so we ask what is actually in use and specify against that profile rather than making a blanket claim.
The exposure and the duty of care. Solvent and isocyanate handling brings COSHH and EH40 limits into play, and the polyurethane systems used in these areas carry ISOPA and ALIPA diisocyanate training requirements. Every operative handling them holds current REACH certification.
Yes, and that is how most line-side work here is programmed. The sequence is built backwards from your shutdown or changeover, and cure behaviour is set out rather than a completion time promised, because a slipped promise on a production line is far more expensive than the floor.
From £8 per square metre for a floor seal up to £45 for MMA, inclusive of preparation, labour and materials. Static-controlled and chemically resistant systems sit at the upper end. The full table by system is on the cost page.
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Tell us what is spilled on the floor, what it must do electrically and when the line can be released. We attend, test the substrate, and put a written specification and a fixed price in front of you at no cost.
