Resin flooring contractors Preston logistics, manufacturing and food operators rely on for floors under continuous utilisation. Supporting industrial and commercial facilities across Preston East, Red Scar, Walton Summit, Cuerden, Roman Way and the Riversway docklands.
Working for national manufacturers, logistics operators and public sector estates since 1999.
As resin flooring contractors Preston operators call on regularly, we answer a wider range of briefs here than anywhere else in the county. The city sits on the M6 at Junctions 31, 31a and 32 with the M55 and M61 meeting close by, and the docks at Riversway on the Ribble.
Within one travel-to-work area it carries large distribution operations, engineering and manufacturing plants, food production and cold storage, a substantial public-sector estate and two of the county’s biggest retail destinations.
The stock mixes modern business parks with older industrial buildings, so the work splits between refurbishing worn concrete and specifying new high-throughput floors. Both are normal here, and the sector you arrive from decides which conversation we have.
A large industrial and logistics area with warehousing and manufacturing near Junction 31a.
Manufacturing, engineering and distribution facilities with high operational throughput.
Established estate with warehousing and trade units near the M61 and M65 junctions.
Major commercial and industrial development supporting logistics and regional operations.
Industrial and trade units on the eastern side of the city with mixed unit sizes.
Commercial, marine, leisure and light industrial premises around the dock basin.
Abrasion on main runs, joint arris protection and racking-leg point loads.
Machine base loads, oil and coolant resistance and demarcated work cells.
Coved, falled hygienic detailing with washdown and thermal resistance.
Presentable, hard-wearing floors under trolley, pallet and customer traffic.
Fuel and oil resistance with containment detailing around vehicle areas.
Goods-in and service corridors installed overnight with fast return to service.
Two Preston buildings of identical size can need completely different floors, and the difference is utilisation. Continuous vehicle and pallet movement is what makes abrasion resistance, impact tolerance and correct type selection the argument rather than the finish on the sample board.
BS 8204-6 with FeRFA selection and EN 13813 where screed performance has to be evidenced rather than described.
BS 7976 pendulum values at goods-in, washdown zones and entrances, as a safety control and an audit position.
Rapid-cure polyaspartic and MMA are explained with their trade-offs rather than offered as a universal answer.
Preston has no single operating pattern, so the programme is agreed per building. Distribution runs shifts, manufacturing runs to a shutdown calendar, food runs to production and cleaning windows, and retail back-of-house has to trade the next morning.
Work is taken aisle by aisle, cell by cell or overnight depending on which of those applies, with racking left loaded and routes kept legible wherever possible.
Preparation runs under H-class extraction with areas screened, because most of these buildings stay in use around us and older stock dusts heavily under grinding.
BS 8204-6 with correct FeRFA type selection and EN 13813 for screed performance.
BS 7976 pendulum testing at goods-in, washdown and entrances in audited environments.
Non-porous finishes with HACCP-aligned coving and falls wherever food is handled.
Separation of pedestrians, vehicles and work zones as both safety and audit evidence.
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, and in Preston they are chosen where handover speed decides the job.
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. High-utilisation areas and rapid-cure systems sit at the upper end, and are specified where the operation genuinely justifies 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.
Arris rebuilding and flexible sealing on main runs, aprons and goods-in thresholds.
Routes, crossings and work zones set out as a scheme and applied in resin, not paint.
Damp proof membrane where a substrate fails moisture testing, as a standalone package.
Duty-rated systems and joint repairs installed aisle by aisle around live operations.
Oil and coolant resistant floors laid around fixed plant inside shutdown windows.
Coved, cleanable finishes with falls, phased around production and service hours.
We work across the city regularly, from Preston East and Red Scar through to Walton Summit, the Cuerden site, Roman Way, the Riversway docklands and the retail back-of-house at Deepdale and Walton-le-Dale. We are Cheshire based rather than Preston based, so a survey usually happens within days and there is no mobilisation charge for attending.
Utilisation. Continuous vehicle and pallet movement changes the answer entirely, so the specification follows how hard the floor actually works rather than the size of the building. BS 8204-6 and the FeRFA range exist to make that judgement properly instead of choosing on appearance or price.
No, and it should not be sold that way. Polyaspartic and MMA return a floor to service quickly but carry trade-offs in odour, cost and temperature sensitivity, so we set those out and let you decide whether the speed is worth it in your building.
Audit evidence. Separating pedestrians, vehicles and work zones is a duty under HSE guidance L24 and the 1992 Workplace Regulations, and a scheme laid in resin still looks like a control when an auditor arrives, which a faded painted line does not.
Usually, yes. Goods-in and service corridors are taken overnight with fast return to service so the shop floor trades the next morning, and the sequence is agreed against your delivery pattern rather than proposed around ours.
From £8 per square metre for a floor seal up to £45 for MMA, inclusive of preparation, labour and materials. High-utilisation and rapid-cure systems sit at the upper end. The full table by system is on the cost page, with a calculator that adds the cost of stopped operations.
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Tell us what crosses the floor, how hard it works and which clock your building runs to. We attend, test the substrate, and put a written specification and a fixed price in front of you at no cost.
