Urethane Cement Flooring in Titusville FL - a floor that handles heat, water and wear
If your kitchen or brewery floor peels, stains or never dries, we lay a seamless urethane cement floor made for hot water, spills and carts.
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Is urethane cement the right floor for a kitchen or brewery?
Urethane cement flooring is a thick, seamless coating that Northline Titusville Concrete Coatings installs in Titusville, FL for floors that take hot water, spills, cleaners and rolling carts every day, so you get a surface that holds up where thinner coatings let go.
Most owners call me when the floor is chipping by the fryers, the old coating has lifted near the drains, or the grout and patches never seem to stay clean. The price moves with the size of the room, the shape the slab is in, how much old material needs stripping and removal, how many drains and wall edges need detailing, and how thick the floor has to be for what hits it. The schedule mostly comes down to how many days you can close and how long the system needs to cure before you reopen. At the estimate I give you a written scope, so you can hold your own numbers up against anyone else's.
How we install urethane cement flooring
I start every one of these jobs by asking what hits your floor, from boiling water and fryer grease to harsh cleaners, pallet jacks and dropped kegs, and how many days the space can close, because those two answers pick the system and set the plan. Before the contract is signed, we settle in writing who owns the slab prep, since most failed floors I've seen went wrong underneath the coating. Then our trained crew degreases the slab, grinds or blasts off the weak top layer and any old coating, gets the prep checked, installs the floor with careful work at the walls and drains, and cleans up before you move back in.
Urethane cement isn't the answer for every slab. In a dry showroom, office or retail space with no hot wash-downs, polished concrete flooring often makes more sense, and if you want color on a floor that won't see heavy chemicals, stained concrete flooring is worth a look. I'll tell you plainly which one your space needs.
Urethane cement flooring in Titusville, from permits to who can install it
In Titusville, the city's Building Department handles permits, plan reviews and inspections, so it's the office that decides whether your floor work needs a permit. When a job does need one, we handle the paperwork and inspections with whichever city or county office covers your address, and we go over where that stands at the estimate. Brevard County counts concrete and flooring installation among its unregulated specialty trades, but it still requires construction work, including remodeling and repairs, to be done by a licensed contractor. Contractors who register with the City of Titusville file a state license or county competency card, a business tax receipt, and liability and workers' comp certificates naming the city, so those are fair papers to ask any installer about. We're based in Titusville and work across Brevard County and into nearby parts of Orange and Volusia counties.
Most of the urethane cement calls we get around here come from restaurant kitchens, breweries and food businesses that can't stay closed long, so we plan the work around your slow days and the parts of the building that have to keep running. We see the same busy kitchens and older slabs with patched-over coatings on jobs in Cocoa and Cape Canaveral.
Urethane cement floors at work
Get a written scope for your urethane cement floor
We reply within one business day, then I set a time to come out, look at the slab, test for moisture if the job calls for it and give you a written scope. The estimate is free and on site, with no pressure and no obligation.
(321) 335-1578Urethane cement questions from Titusville owners
How long does a urethane cement floor take to cure before we can reopen?
One maker's self-leveling urethane cement takes light foot traffic after 12 hours, light wheel traffic after 24 hours and reaches full cure in 7 days. Those times are measured at 77°F and 50% relative humidity, so the conditions in your room matter. We plan your closing around the full cure of the product we pick, not just the day the crew finishes.
Why choose urethane cement over epoxy for a commercial kitchen?
Urethane cement is designed for thermal shock, the sudden swing from hot to cold that a kitchen or brewery floor takes every shift. One flooring contractor rates broadcast epoxy for light industrial floors, garages and battery rooms, but calls it moisture sensitive and says thermal shock will delaminate it, splitting its layers apart. If your floor sees boiling water or steam cleaning, I'll usually point you to urethane cement, and if it doesn't, epoxy floor coatings can be the better buy.
How much does urethane cement flooring cost in Titusville?
There's no honest number until I've seen the slab, because prep and thickness drive most of the cost on this floor. A thicker troweled system costs more than a self-leveling one, and a slab that needs heavy grinding or old coating removed adds labor before any coating goes down. Your written scope spells out the system and the prep, so you can compare quotes on the same terms.
Who prepares the concrete under a new urethane cement floor?
Unless your contract says otherwise, one maker's guide makes an acceptable concrete base the job of the owner, the owner's representative or the concrete contractor, which is why we settle it in writing before you sign. One maker's sheet calls for degreasers plus shot blasting or another mechanical method to remove dirt and the weak top layer, says washing or sanding isn't acceptable, and wants concrete at least 14 days old. That last point matters if your slab was just poured.
Can I install urethane cement flooring myself?
No, this is a job for a trained crew. One maker labels its urethane cement for professional use only and warns that it causes skin and serious eye irritation and is harmful if inhaled. That maker also asks users to read its technical data sheets and Safety Data Sheets first, so ask us for the sheets on whatever product is in your quote.
How do I clean a urethane cement floor?
Clean it often and thoroughly with a neutral pH cleaner, which is what one maker recommends, because the floor is nonporous and dirt sits on the surface instead of soaking in. That maker also says walk-off mats inside and outside your doors help the floor last longer.
Get your Titusville floor on the schedule
Call (321) 335-1578 or use the form with the room's use, the slab's age and the days you can close, so I come out ready to test the right things.