Resin flooring contractors Mansfield manufacturers and distribution occupiers rely on for concrete that was laid across three different eras. Supporting manufacturing, warehousing and trade facilities from Oakham Business Park and Hermitage Lane to Crown Farm and the A38 towards Junction 28.
Working for national manufacturers, logistics operators and public sector estates since 1999.
As resin flooring contractors Mansfield occupiers call on regularly, we survey more than we specify. The town’s industrial base was rebuilt after deep mining ended, and its floorspace was laid across several industrial eras rather than in one go.
That is the defining characteristic here. A single building can contain an original power-floated bay, a later extension poured decades afterwards and patch repairs around plant that has since been removed. The variability, not the traffic level, is what decides the specification.
Alongside it sits a modern distribution and trade layer on reclaimed colliery land and along the A38 and A617. Conventional forklift abrasion and joint wear, a few hundred metres from a worn manufacturing floor that needs an entirely different answer.
Almost every failed industrial floor comes back to the same four variables: the condition of the substrate, the quality of the preparation, the temperature and contamination on site, and whether the system was matched to the traffic it actually carries.
Get those right and a resin floor runs for fifteen years and more. Get them wrong and it blisters, delaminates or dusts within a year or two, regardless of what the manufacturer’s datasheet claims.
We survey the substrate before we quote it. That means moisture testing, an assessment of what is already down, and a written specification naming the system, its FeRFA type and its thickness — so you know what you are buying and so does anyone who has to approve it.
Diamond grinding or shot blasting back to sound concrete, moisture testing to confirm the substrate is dry enough to coat, and repair of cracks, joints and spalled areas before any resin is mixed. Skipping this is why cheap floors blister and peel.
Substrate condition, preparation quality, temperature and contamination are the four variables that determine whether a resin floor lasts fifteen years or fifteen months. FeRFA guidance is explicit: resin flooring follows the substrate profile beneath it.
A principal industrial and distribution location on the Southwell Road side of the town.
Established manufacturing, storage and workshop premises south of the town centre.
Industrial and warehousing capacity on former colliery land to the east of the town.
Mixed light industrial, trade and storage units across the eastern side of Mansfield.
Long-standing industrial and storage premises on the Mansfield Woodhouse approach.
A continuous industrial, trade and storage frontage towards Sutton and Junction 28.
Dusting concrete, plant plinths, oil and coolant exposure and impact under machine bases.
Abrasion, joint protection and clear separation of forklift and customer routes.
Variable concrete age and quality across a single building, needing a survey-led answer.
Dropped tools, hot work, weld spatter and swarf abrasion along the working bays.
Fuel and hydraulic resistance, pit surrounds and concentrated jacking-point loads.
Cleanable, slip-resistant finishes installed inside short overnight working windows.
Quote a single system for a Mansfield building and you will be wrong in at least one bay. An original floor, a later extension and the repairs around removed plant do not behave the same way, and none of that is visible until it is tested.
Moisture, soundness and contamination testing across each area, because the readings differ inside one building.
Bolt holes, plinth footprints and level changes left by reconfigured lines are resolved rather than covered over.
A sealed storage bay and a screed around plant, priced separately, because the concrete underneath them is different.
Preparation is the whole job here, and preparation makes dust. Grinding worn concrete releases respirable crystalline silica, limited under EH40 to 0.1 mg per cubic metre over an eight-hour period, and most of these units stay occupied throughout.
So every machine runs coupled to H-class extraction, shared areas are screened and waste is contained rather than swept. That is standard practice rather than an upgrade, because the point of the work is to remove dust from the building, not redistribute it.
The floor is then taken bay by bay or into planned shutdowns. Where polyurethane systems are specified, ISOPA and ALIPA diisocyanate training records apply and every operative handling them holds current REACH certification.
The EH40 limit of 0.1 mg per cubic metre over eight hours makes sealing worn concrete a health control.
BS 8204-6 good practice and EN 1504-2 concrete protection support testing before anything is priced.
The FeRFA range and EN 13813 explain why a seal suits one bay and a screed is needed in the next.
HSE L24 applies wherever manufacturing, storage and trade counter activity share one floor plate.
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 and EN 1504-2 where the concrete itself needs protecting. Polyaspartic and MMA sit outside that classification because they describe the resin chemistry rather than the build-up. In Mansfield the type is chosen area by area rather than building by building.
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. On variable concrete the preparation and repair are priced separately, because that is where the real difference sits.
| 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.
Plinth removal, bolt hole filling, patch repair and levelling where plant has been taken out.
Forklift routes, walkways and customer separation applied in resin rather than in tape.
Damp proof membrane where a substrate fails moisture testing, as a standalone package.
Worn, dusting concrete tested, prepared under extraction and sealed rather than replaced.
Original bays, extensions and repair areas each specified to the condition beneath them.
Abrasion resistant floors and joint repairs with routes marked out for mixed traffic.
We work across the town regularly, from Oakham Business Park and Hermitage Lane through to Crown Farm at Forest Town, Bellamy Road, Old Mill Lane and the A38 corridor. We are Cheshire based, so a survey usually happens within days and there is no mobilisation charge for attending.
Because a Mansfield building rarely has one floor in it. An original bay, a later extension and the repairs around removed plant can all sit under the same roof, and their moisture, soundness and contamination readings differ. Quoting a single system without testing means being wrong in at least one area.
The surface layer has worn through and is breaking down, releasing fine dust into the space people work in. It is a health control matter rather than housekeeping, because respirable crystalline silica is limited under EH40 to 0.1 mg per cubic metre over eight hours. Sealing the floor addresses it at source.
Yes, and it is routine work here. Bolt holes are filled, plinth footprints removed and level changes resolved before any system goes down, rather than being coated over and left to telegraph through. That repair is priced separately so you can see what it costs.
Not if the reason is found first. Coatings applied over oil-contaminated or unprepared concrete are a common inherited condition on older units here, and no product overcomes that. We grind back mechanically and test adhesion before specifying anything.
From £8 per square metre for a floor seal up to £45 for MMA, inclusive of preparation, labour and materials. Preparation and repair are priced separately on variable concrete. The full table by system is on the cost page.
Tell us how old the building is, what has been taken out of it and how the floor is behaving. We attend, test the substrate, and put a written specification and a fixed price in front of you at no cost.
