Commercial Kitchen Flooring in Nantwich
Get in touchCommercial kitchens place very different demands on flooring from most other commercial environments. Water, grease, food debris, cleaning chemicals and frequent foot traffic can all affect the surface during normal operation.
We install commercial kitchen resin flooring in Nantwich, with systems selected around the kitchen environment, cleaning regime and expected level of use.
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Flooring for Busy Commercial Kitchens
Kitchen flooring needs to provide a practical working surface while remaining suitable for frequent cleaning.
Commercial resin systems can be used in:
Restaurant kitchens
Hotel kitchens
Pub kitchens
Catering facilities
School kitchens
Canteens
Food preparation areas
Commercial bakeries
Takeaway kitchens
Central production kitchens
The appropriate finish depends on how the individual kitchen operates.
Hygiene and Cleaning
Food preparation floors need to be maintained in good condition and be easy to clean. In areas where necessary, the surface must also allow effective disinfection.
Resin flooring creates a continuous surface with fewer joints than many traditional tiled systems.
This can simplify cleaning by reducing the number of joints where dirt and contamination can accumulate.
The flooring should still be matched to the cleaning products and methods used within the kitchen.
Wet and Greasy Kitchen Floors
Water and food contamination are major considerations when specifying commercial kitchen flooring.
Cooking oils, grease, liquids and food debris can reduce the grip provided by a floor surface.
A textured resin finish can be specified where additional slip resistance is required under expected operating conditions.
Areas that may require particular attention include:
Cooking lines
Pot wash areas
Dishwashing stations
Sink areas
Food preparation zones
Entrances to walk-in refrigeration
Waste handling areas
The required texture should provide suitable grip without making routine cleaning unnecessarily difficult.
Commercial Kitchen Resin Flooring Nantwich
Resin systems can provide a hard-wearing surface for kitchens exposed to frequent use.
The specification should consider the combined effects of pedestrian traffic, cleaning, heat, liquids and physical wear.
Depending on the project, different resin technologies and system build-ups may be considered.
The important factor is selecting a system for the conditions rather than assuming one flooring specification is suitable for every commercial kitchen.
Flooring Around Cooking Equipment
The areas surrounding ovens, fryers, ranges and other cooking equipment can experience intensive contamination.
Hot oils, grease and food deposits can reach the floor during food preparation and cooking.
Flooring in these areas should be selected with the expected contamination, cleaning process and operating temperatures in mind.
Where particularly demanding temperatures or thermal changes are expected, the suitability of the specific resin system needs to be checked.
Commercial Kitchen Drainage
Some commercial kitchens use drainage channels or floor gullies to manage water produced during cleaning and normal operation.
Where drainage forms part of the kitchen design, the flooring needs to integrate correctly with:
Floor drains
Gullies
Drainage channels
Falls in the substrate
Equipment bases
Door thresholds
The underlying floor construction determines the falls. A resin finish should follow the prepared substrate rather than being relied upon to correct major drainage problems.
Coved Resin Flooring
Coving can create a continuous transition between the floor and the base of the wall.
Instead of terminating the resin at a conventional right-angled junction, the flooring can be formed upwards at the perimeter.
This is particularly useful in areas subject to regular washing and cleaning.
Coving can also be installed around suitable kerbs, plinths and equipment bases where required by the kitchen design.
Restaurant Kitchen Flooring Nantwich
Restaurant kitchens can combine several different working environments within a relatively small area.
A single kitchen might contain dry storage, preparation stations, cooking equipment, refrigeration, washing areas and serving points.
Each zone can present different flooring conditions.
The specification should therefore consider where contamination is most likely rather than treating the entire kitchen as one uniform environment.
Existing Kitchen Floor Refurbishment
Old commercial kitchen floors can develop cracked tiles, failed joints, damaged coatings or worn surfaces.
Before installing new resin flooring, the existing substrate needs to be inspected.
Preparation may involve:
Removing existing finishes
Mechanical grinding
Removing contamination
Repairing cracks
Repairing damaged concrete
Treating joints
Localised levelling
Preparing around drains and gullies
A clean and suitably prepared substrate provides the foundation for the new flooring system.
Minimising Kitchen Downtime
Closing a commercial kitchen can directly affect business operations.
Flooring works should therefore be planned around the size of the kitchen, preparation requirements, installation process and curing time of the selected system.
For refurbishment projects, installation may sometimes be coordinated around planned closures or completed in defined areas where site conditions allow.
The floor should only return to service once the installed system has reached the required stage of cure.
Commercial Kitchen Flooring Installers Nantwich
We install resin flooring for new and existing commercial kitchens throughout Nantwich.
The specification can account for the existing substrate, kitchen layout, wet areas, cleaning requirements, drainage, expected contamination and level of traffic.
If you are replacing an existing kitchen floor, photographs of the current surface and approximate floor dimensions can help establish the likely preparation and flooring requirements.
We cover Nantwich (Cheshire)