Commercial kitchens
Grease, hot water and strong cleaners hit a kitchen floor every shift, and urethane cement is made for that kind of washdown and the carts and racks that roll across it.
Urethane Cement Flooring in Spring Valley CA - a floor built for wet, heavy-use rooms
If your kitchen or plant floor is wearing through from hot water, cleaners and carts, we put down a floor made for that work.
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What urethane cement flooring does for wet rooms
Urethane cement flooring is a tough floor made from a urethane binder, Portland cement and graded aggregate, and in Spring Valley, CA we put it down in commercial kitchens, food plants and other rooms that get wet, washed down and driven on every day.
Most calls about this floor come from owners whose kitchen or plant floor keeps failing under hot water, strong cleaners and rolling racks. The price moves with the size of the room, how much prep the slab needs, how many cracks and joints need treating, how thick the floor goes and whether sun means adding a topcoat, while the schedule turns on that prep, the cure before people and vehicles come back, and any review your project needs first. California's contractors board counts preparing the surface and installing the floor as flooring contractor work, and we're fully licensed and insured for it. I come out, look at the slab and write your estimate on site, so the figure you get is for your room.
I look at every floor myself
I come out to every job, look at the slab and how the room is used, and write the estimate myself, so the person pricing your floor is the one who saw it.
Prep comes before the coating
We're known for taking our time on the slab, because nobody sees the prep once the floor is down, but it decides how the floor holds up under daily washing.
Your space left the way we found it
When our crew packs up, your kitchen or plant is cleaned out and left as it was, only with a better floor, so you can set back up once it's ready.
How we put down a urethane cement floor
Before I suggest this floor, I ask how the room is used and how it gets washed, because urethane cement is built for wet, heavy-use spaces like food plants and commercial kitchens, and I check whether sun reaches the floor so we can plan a topcoat for it from the start. Our crew then preps the slab the way the product's maker calls for, and one maker asks for mechanical prep and prefers shotblasting, because a grinder has a hard time leaving the rough texture the material needs. Moving joints and shrinkage cracks can show through the finished floor, so we look at each one and agree with you on how to treat it before anything goes down. Then we place the urethane cement and add the topcoat where the sun calls for it, keeping your staff out of the room while we work, since the material can irritate skin and eyes and is harmful to breathe.
The rooms next to a washdown area often don't need this much floor. A dry office or front counter usually does fine with polished concrete flooring, which brings up a shine on the slab you already have, or stained concrete flooring, which adds color, and I can look at those rooms on the same visit.
Rooms where urethane cement earns its keep
Food and meat processing rooms
Processing rooms stay wet, get hosed down hard and see heavy plant traffic all day, which is exactly the kind of room this floor was made to handle.
Rooms that run hot and cold
Hot washdowns next to cold storage put a floor through constant temperature swings, and urethane cement is built to take those changes in the rooms where they happen.
Food spaces around Spring Valley
New food businesses and remodels of existing ones go through the county's food plan review, so build it into your schedule and ask them whether redoing your floor counts as a remodel.
Get a free on-site estimate for your floor
Send the form and we'll reply within one business day to set a time. I'll come out, look at the slab and the room, and write your estimate there, with no pressure and no obligation.
Tell us how the room is washed
Let us know whether it's hosed down, steam cleaned or scrubbed with degreasers, because how the room gets cleaned is the first thing that tells me if this floor fits.
Mention any sun on the floor
If a door or window lets sunlight reach the floor, say so, because that changes the topcoat we plan and what goes into your estimate.
Point out cracks and joints
Note any cracks or joints you've noticed in the slab, since I'll want to look at each one during the visit and talk through how we'd treat it.
Examples of concrete floor finishes
Browse example finishes, from textured urethane cement to polished and stained concrete, to help us talk through what suits your room.
Questions about urethane cement floors
Straight answers on where this floor fits, how soon you can use it, sunlight, permits and keeping it clean.
Is urethane cement flooring right for my kitchen or processing room?
It usually is if the room gets washed down, stays wet or sees heavy carts and plant traffic, and it usually isn't if the room stays dry. One maker puts it plainly, calling epoxy in a meat processing washdown area a recipe for failure and urethane cement in a dry office hallway a waste of money. The room decides it, not the product.
How soon can we walk and drive on a new urethane cement floor?
One product's data sheet lists 12 hours before foot traffic, 24 hours before vehicles and 7 days to a full cure. That's one maker's guidance, so treat it as a typical example and ask us for the times on the product we put down, since those are what you'll plan your downtime around.
Does urethane cement flooring turn yellow in the sun?
It can unless it gets the right topcoat. One maker's data sheet says its urethane cement isn't UV stable, so sunlight will discolor it unless it's top coated with a UV stable coating. If sun comes through a door or window onto your floor, that topcoat needs to be in the plan from the start.
Who issues building permits for flooring work in Spring Valley?
For addresses in unincorporated San Diego County, the county's Building Services Division issues building permits for homes and commercial buildings, though some addresses here fall under a city instead. We check with the office that covers your address before we start, and if they say a permit is needed, we'll walk you through it and take care of our part.
How do you clean a urethane cement floor in a commercial kitchen?
Clean it regularly, which one maker says helps polymer floors look their best. That maker's urethane cement stands up to steam cleaning, high-pressure hot water washdowns and a wide range of degreasing cleaners. Follow the cleaning guidance for the product on your floor, and we'll tell you which product that is when we finish.
Tell us how your floor gets used
We're based in Spring Valley and work in many of the cities around it, so if you're unsure we cover your address, just ask.