Pharmaceutical and cleanroom flooring
Pharmaceutical plants and cleanrooms need a seamless, impervious floor that does not shed and stands up to repeated cleaning and disinfection. Specify a self-levelling epoxy such as Hychem SL20 (2–4 mm, 95 MPa) or water-based WE500 where low odour matters, and Hychem 177ESD where static must be controlled.
What the floor has to handle
- Cleaning
- repeated cleaning and disinfection
- Surface
- smooth, impervious, unbroken — no joints to shed or harbour particles
- Chemicals
- dilute acids and alkalis, solvents, cleaning agents
- Static
- ESD control where electronics or powders are handled
- Occupancy
- low-odour, low-VOC products for live facilities
- Heavy Duty Industrial SolutionsHychem E300SLEpoxy binder for epoxy floor toppingsView system Data sheetChemical resistant
- Heavy Duty Industrial SolutionsHychem SL20Premium, self-levelling epoxy toppingView system Data sheetChemical resistant
- Concrete Sealers and CoatingsHychem E100Solvent-based, two-component epoxy primer for concreteView system Data sheet
- Concrete Sealers and CoatingsHychem SupaFloorMulti-Purpose Pigmented Epoxy Flooring SystemView system Data sheetChemical resistant
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Standards that apply
| Standard | Title | What it means for the floor |
|---|---|---|
| PIC/S PE009-17 | Guide to Good Manufacturing Practice for medicinal products (incl. Annex 1) | Adopted by the TGA from 1 September 2025. Cleanroom surfaces must be smooth, impervious and unbroken, and stand up to repeated cleaning and disinfection. |
| ISO 14644-1:2015 | Cleanrooms — Classification of air cleanliness by particle concentration | Classifies the room's air, not the floor. A seamless, non-dusting floor helps the room hold its class. |
| IEC 61340-5-1 | Protection of electronic devices from electrostatic phenomena — General requirements | The ESD control programme for an electronics area; the floor is one element of it, with footwear and grounding. |
Which product holds which certificate: certifications and approvals.
FAQs about pharmaceutical and cleanroom flooring
Is there a GMP-certified floor?
GMP applies to the facility and how it is run, not to a floor product. Choose a floor that meets the surface requirements — smooth, impervious, cleanable — and keep its data sheet and chemical-resistance table in the validation file.
Can a floor be ISO 14644 compliant?
ISO 14644-1 classifies the room’s air. A seamless, non-dusting floor helps the room hold its class; the floor itself is not certified to it.
Which epoxy for a laboratory?
SL20 for a hard, smooth, chemical-resistant floor; WE500 where low odour and low VOC matter in an occupied building.
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Specification service
Specifying for this environment?
Tell us the floor, what happens on it and when it needs to be down.
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