Resin flooring contractors Wigan distribution, cold chain and food storage operators rely on for floors that cope with temperature as well as traffic. Supporting facilities across Martland Park, Astley Business Park, Kirkless at Ince, Westwood Park and the Hindley belt.
Working for national manufacturers, logistics operators and public sector estates since 1999.
As resin flooring contractors Wigan operators call on regularly, we specify around temperature more often than anywhere else in the county. The borough is where the M6, M58 and A580 converge, with the M61 towards Preston, and that has produced a distribution profile with a national rather than regional character.
Alongside it sits a substantial food storage and cold chain element. Wigan carries more chilled, frozen and temperature-controlled floor area than the other towns around it, and those floors behave differently from ambient ones.
Thermal movement, condensation at temperature transitions, freeze-thaw at door lines and thermal shock during washdown all point the same way, and they point away from epoxy coatings.
A significant industrial, storage and distribution area close to Junction 26 of the M6.
A logistics and industrial park on the A580 oriented to large-format distribution.
Industrial and manufacturing units on the site of the borough’s historic heavy industry.
A business and industrial park serving manufacturing and distribution near the town.
Storage and manufacturing stock on the Junction 25 approach and east to Hindley.
Older canal-side industrial and converted commercial premises along the waterway.
Thermal movement, condensation at door lines and freeze-thaw exposure throughout.
Washdown, thermal shock, drainage falls and hygiene detailing to HACCP regimes.
Long aisle abrasion, racking point loads and dock impact under extended shifts.
Impact from dropped material, oils, coolants and localised plant loading.
Fuels, oils, hydraulic fluids, wash bays and pit surrounds across the depots.
Worn, dusting and often damp concrete needing assessment before specification.
In a chilled or frozen building the floor is under constant thermal stress. It expands and contracts, condensation forms at every transition, and door lines see freeze-thaw daily. An epoxy coating is not formulated to absorb that, and it fails at the bond.
BS 8204-6 and EN 13813 classify the polyurethane screeds that tolerate thermal shock and cycling properly.
Temperature transitions concentrate condensation, movement and freeze-thaw into a very small area.
Steam and boiling water on a cold floor is a second thermal cycle, and thickness is specified for it.
Extended shift patterns reduce the install windows available, so the sequence is agreed against your operating hours before a system is chosen rather than negotiated afterwards.
Cold stores add their own constraint. Substrate temperature and cure behaviour decide what can be laid and how quickly it returns to service, so we set out realistic return-to-service windows rather than promising timescales the conditions will not support.
Where polyurethane screeds are specified, and in chilled and washdown areas they usually are, ISOPA and ALIPA diisocyanate training records apply and every operative holds current REACH certification.
BS 8204-6 and EN 13813 supporting polyurethane screeds in cold, chilled and washdown areas.
Coved skirtings, sealed junctions and correct falls that survive daily cleaning chemicals.
Extended hours accelerate wear along set lines, strengthening the case for heavier duty.
Secondary containment at 110% of capacity in refuelling, charging and storage areas.
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 Wigan the operating temperature decides the chemistry 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. Cold store and food screeds sit at the upper end, because thermal tolerance is exactly what is being paid for.
| 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.
Forming falls and channel detail so washdown areas drain rather than stand in water.
Arris rebuilding along aisle runs and at dock leveller edges under long shift wear.
Damp proof membrane where a substrate fails moisture testing, as a standalone package.
Polyurethane screeds selected to cure and perform at the store temperature.
Coved systems with corrected falls, handed back cleanable and audit ready.
Abrasion resistant floors and joint repairs phased around long operating hours.
We work across the borough regularly, from Martland Park and Martland Mill near Junction 26 through to Astley Business Park on the A580, Kirkless at Ince, Westwood Park, Bamfurlong, Hindley and the canal corridor. We are Cheshire based, so a survey usually happens within days and there is no mobilisation charge for attending.
Because it is not formulated for the movement. A chilled or frozen floor expands and contracts constantly, condensation forms at transitions and door lines see freeze-thaw daily. Polyurethane screeds are designed to absorb that cycling, which is why BS 8204-6 and EN 13813 point that way for these areas.
Because that is where the temperature changes. Transitions concentrate condensation, thermal movement and freeze-thaw into a very small area, so the door line takes far more stress per square metre than the store itself. It is detailed separately rather than treated as part of the main floor.
Considerably. Boiling water or steam on a cold floor is a second thermal cycle in the opposite direction, and thermal shock cracking is a genuine failure mode rather than a theoretical one. System thickness and chemistry are specified against the cleaning method as well as the operating temperature.
Yes, and it is planned that way from the start. Extended hours reduce the windows available, so the sequence is agreed against your operating pattern, and in cold stores we give a realistic return-to-service window rather than a promised timescale the temperature will not support.
From £8 per square metre for a floor seal up to £45 for MMA, inclusive of preparation, labour and materials. Cold store and food screeds sit at the upper end, with falls correction priced separately. The full table by system is on the cost page.
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Tell us how cold the area runs, how it is cleaned down and when it can be released. We attend, test the substrate, and put a written specification and a fixed price in front of you at no cost.
