Coolroom and freezer flooring
For coolrooms, freezers and cold stores, specify polyurethane cement. Hychem Hycrete lists cold storage warehouses, coolrooms and freezers among its applications: it takes forklifts, moisture and washdown, and an accelerator lets it cure at low temperatures. Its seal coat, Hycrete TC, is rated from −20 °C to 120 °C.
What the floor has to handle
- Temperature
- chilled rooms and freezers; Hycrete TC is rated −20 °C to 120 °C
- Traffic
- forklifts and pallet jacks on a floor that never warms up
- Moisture
- condensation and washdown
- Downtime
- rooms that cannot be warmed or emptied for long
- Heavy Duty Industrial SolutionsHychem Hycrete PU-SLPolyurethane concrete flooring systemView system Data sheetFast cureFood safeSlip resistant
- Heavy Duty Industrial SolutionsHychem Hycrete TCTopcoat for polyurethane concreteView system Data sheetChemical resistantLow temperature cureLow VOC
- Concrete Sealers and CoatingsHychem E100Solvent-based, two-component epoxy primer for concreteView system Data sheet
- Concrete Sealers and CoatingsHychem SF20Heavy duty epoxy coating with good colour stabilityView system Data sheetChemical resistantSlip resistant
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Standards that apply
| Standard | Title | What it means for the floor |
|---|---|---|
| FSANZ Standard 3.2.3 | Food Premises and Equipment (Food Standards Code) | Floors must be able to be effectively cleaned, must not absorb grease, food particles or water, and must be laid so water does not pool. |
| AS 4586-2013 | Slip resistance classification of new pedestrian surface materials | Classes a new floor: P0–P5 on the wet pendulum, R9–R13 on the oil-wet ramp, A–C for wet barefoot areas. Ask for the class the area needs, not just "non-slip". |
Which product holds which certificate: certifications and approvals.
FAQs about coolroom and freezer flooring
What temperatures can the floor take?
Hycrete TC, the seal coat, is rated from −20 °C to 120 °C. For blast freezers colder than −20 °C, ask us before you specify.
Can it be laid in a cold room?
Hycrete PU-SL is available with a chemical accelerator for fast cure at low temperatures. Polyac MMA can be laid below freezing where a room cannot be warmed.
Why not a standard epoxy?
Cold stores see condensation, washdown and constant forklift traffic on a cold slab. Polyurethane cement is made for that service; standard epoxies cure slowly in the cold.
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Specification service
Specifying for this environment?
Tell us the temperatures, the traffic and when the room can come off line.
or call 1300 HYCHEM