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Most all new facilities start with a satisfactory floor. This soon changes once it is subjected to severe exposures. After 3-5 years most floors in this industry have visible signs of deterioration. In many cases, water and bacteria is growing in the space between the floor and the substrate creating an unhealthy environment.
Not installing the proper floor during new construction creates a lifetime of problems and un-needed costs for the facility. Because the concrete becomes badly cracked, crumbled, or deeply contaminated and saturated with oil or fat, it is then hard to get anything to adhere to these sub-floors. There is also the added expenses involved with floor installers working around or moving kitchen equipment and possible down-time for the business while the floor is being patched or repaired.
Adhesion / Delamination
Most floors are attached to the sub-floor with some form of adhesive. This could be a concrete based material as in tile, a plastic or solvent based glue as in sheet products such as rubber and PVC Vinyl, or an epoxy, acrylic, or urethane as in many quartz and other seamless floors. Once the main floor is penetrated, which in many cases is by simply not having a perfect seal around the drains and other mechanical cut-outs in the floor, this adhesive is under constant attack by animal fats, water, grease, and oil. These elements then begin degrading the adhesives. Most adhesives are not formulated to withstand constant exposure to these elements, their primary objective is to adhere to a specific surface.
Everlast Floor is a monolithic, custom-formulated, troweled-on system that forms a physical bond between the material and the surface it is being applied and vulcanizes them together. The compound made is so tightly bonded together that corrosive materials cannot penetrate to begin the deterioration process.
Everlast Floor is not adhered to the floor, rather it is the adhesive. Under stress conditions, the concrete will break before it's bond.
Excessive Moisture
Some floors are inherently porous, such as quarry tile. Through constant soaking, water eventually goes through the floor to begin deteriorating the adhesive.
Everlast Floor is impervious to moisture. There are no joints or seams for water penetration. When used complete with our cove base, this also protects the interior of the walls as it forms a watertight bond.
Extreme Temperatures play a large role in foodservice facility flooring failures. The expansion caused by extreme cold, such as in a freezer, causes many floors to delaminate. Hot grease also can damage many epoxy and acrylic floors.
Everlast Floor withstands extreme temperatures. This makes it an excellent choice in coolers and freezers and also where ovens and grills are used.
Surface Wear-
Oftentimes a wear path will begin to form. This is due to constant traffic coupled with harsh elements.
Everlast Floor provides a bonding and strength greater than the cohesive strength of concrete in tension and shear. The impact strength, durability and abrasion resistance far surpasses that of dense concrete.
Everlast Floor will withstand harsh cleaning methods such as pressure washing.
Everlast Floor maintains it's slip-resistance for years. It has an excellent slip resistance even when wet.
With proper maintenance, Everlast Floor will remain in a like brand-new condition for a lifetime.
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