Warehouse & Factory Flooring Melbourne

Dusty, cracked or previously coated slabs, prepared properly and finished with an epoxy coating or a Grind & Seal - scheduled around how your site runs. Send your suburb, approximate floor area, photos and what the building is used for. You do not need to pick a coating first.

Greater Melbourne and surrounding Victorian areas. 15+ years on the tools, APC Advantage Platinum Member, and the slab is assessed before we quote.

What we usually find on a warehouse or factory slab

An untreated slab keeps giving off fine dust that settles on stock, racking and machinery, and grinding with a coating or sealer takes that surface out of play. Paint or an older coating that is lifting has to come off before anything new goes on, otherwise the new floor only holds as well as what is underneath it. Agreed static cracks and surface defects are repaired, holes and previous patch repairs are made good, and existing joints are assessed; expansion joints are left open rather than coated over. Forklifts, pallet jacks, trolleys and point loads from racking and stillages all shape what gets specified for each area, and because pick aisles, loading zones and turning points wear far faster than the rest of the floor, the assessment looks at the floor zone by zone. Slab moisture and oil or chemical contamination change the sequence, and they are checked before a system is recommended.

Featured project: 400m² Port Melbourne warehouse — Grind & Seal

A 400m² commercial warehouse in Port Melbourne that had been an old workshop. The floor was very outdated and severely damaged. We carried out agreed crack and surface repairs and patching, fully ground the slab, then finished it as a Grind & Seal with two coats of sealer designed for high traffic. Clearly labelled: this is a Grind & Seal floor, not an epoxy coating. Read the Port Melbourne case study. Where the epoxy route suits the slab instead, one of our factory floors was finished with a full Epoxy Flake system in Carbon Black with a 10% Mint flake blend.

Epoxy or Grind & Seal for your slab?

Both are used in warehouses and factories, and suitability depends on the slab, the traffic and the exposure. Epoxy Flooring as a plain coat gives a seamless solid-colour finish that suits colour zoning and line marking. Cleaning needs depend on the specified texture, and a plain colour may show dust, tyre marks and scuffs more readily. Epoxy Flake hides marks and minor concrete imperfections behind a flake pattern and has some texture, so heavily soiled areas take a scrub. Grind & Seal keeps the natural concrete look, is often the practical choice on large slabs, and because the sealer sits on top of the concrete it wears where traffic concentrates and is recoated as normal upkeep.

Scheduling around a working site

Where practical, work can be divided into agreed sections. Access, stock movements and reopening are planned with you before work starts. Where an area cannot be released in business hours, work can be scheduled outside them as part of the agreed scope. Roller doors, power, height, racking and what has to be cleared are agreed at the assessment, not discovered on day one. Clearing the work area is arranged by the site owner or occupier: vehicles, equipment, stock and racking need to be moved out of each agreed section before we start on it. Staged, night and weekend arrangements depend on the agreed scope and the schedule we set together; they are planned to keep disruption down rather than to promise uninterrupted operation.

What changes the price

There is no published square-metre rate. The price moves with the floor area, the amount of grinding needed to reach sound concrete, removal of old coatings, glue, paint or residue, agreed static crack and surface repairs, holes and patches with existing joints assessed, the system specified and the number of coats, access including docks, stairs, height, power and racking, and whether the work is phased in sections. Installation time and return to traffic are separate: days on site depend on area, preparation and system, while return to foot and vehicle traffic depends on the products used and site conditions, confirmed by the installer for your actual floor.

How the job runs

Site assessment, written quote with the recommended system and scope of preparation, agreed scheduling, preparation including grinding and agreed static crack and surface repairs, installation of the agreed system area by area, then a handover walk-through covering cleaning and upkeep.

Back to our commercial and industrial epoxy flooring hub, or read about automotive workshop epoxy flooring, industrial epoxy flooring in West Melbourne and our guide to industrial epoxy flooring for Melbourne warehouses. Confirm we cover your site on service areas, enquire through TradeHQ or call 0483 936 597.

Completed Grind & Seal concrete floor across a Port Melbourne warehouse interior, with exposed brick walls, black roof trusses and a reflective natural concrete surface
Completed Grind & Seal floor, Port Melbourne.

What condition does the slab need to be in?

We work with worn, dusty, cracked and previously coated slabs. What matters is how much preparation is needed to get back to sound concrete, and that is what the site assessment measures.

Can you remove an old coating that is peeling?

Yes. Removing failed coatings, glue, paint and residue is part of the preparation, and it is priced as part of the scope once we have seen how much there is.

Epoxy or Grind & Seal for a warehouse?

Both are used in warehouses. An epoxy system gives a coloured, seamless surface; Grind & Seal keeps the natural concrete look and is often the practical choice on large slabs. The right answer depends on the slab, the traffic and the look you want.

Can the work be staged so we keep operating?

In many cases work can be split into zones, or run at night or over a weekend, where that is part of the agreed scope and schedule.

Do you price by the square metre?

No published rate. Area, preparation, coating removal, repairs, the specification, access and phasing all change the price, so warehouse and factory floors are quoted after a site assessment.

Request a site assessment or call 0483 936 597