Brewery Flooring Solutions — PumaCRETE

Brewery and Distillery Floor Materials

A facility owner has many flooring options for brewery, distillery and any beverage floors. These include epoxy and urethane flooring.  Through our partner,  PumaCRETE^® urethane floors,   we install heavy duty troweled urethane floors.  Applied at 1/4 inch, these systems handles impact, dragging, scraping and other physical abuse.
Not only does this tough PumaCRETE^®  urethane concrete flooring hold up to mechanical abuse, but it is also chemical resistant flooring, to withstand cleaners and sanitizers.  It has a sanitary, stain resistant finish. When wet, it provides good traction and slip resistance.  It handles hot wash downs and thermal shock.

Retrofit-Brewery and Distillery Flooring, Sloped to Drains

Converting a commercial industrial space with flat floors can be a challenge.  New floor drains must be installed, and floors must be sloped in the production areas, brewhouse, distilling areas, filling  etc.  One must weigh the costs and time required for each the following two sloping options.

Option 1:
Remove the entire slab, disposing of the concrete, re-grading as needed.  Next, the drains and plumbing must be installed.  Then the entire slab must be re-poured (usually 6 inches of concrete multiplied by $150-200/yd plus materials and labor) note:  One yard of concrete equals 54 square feet at 6 inches.  Figure approximately $4 per square foot plus labor/markup. Total will easily be $10-15 per square foot  just for the new slab (not including removal of old slab ~$4-6/sf ).  One could easily be looking at $17-20per square foot.
At the completion of this process, you end up with bare concrete again.

Option 2:
Remove 32-inch strip of concrete where drains and lines shall be installed.  Install drains, plumbing and backfill.  Grind/roughen the surface of the existing slab, apply bonding agent, and then slope to drains with 4000-5000 psi, bonded, cementitious polymer underlayment.  This entire process can be as low as $10-15 per square foot complete (depending on size/layout/complexity).  The entire cost of sloping and 1/4 inch PumaCRETE^®  urethane flooring will usually be less than just removing and replacing the entire slab.  Time savings will be significant.  4000 sq foot area can be completed in 1 to 2 weeks, finished and ready for service.
The final result is a PumaCRETE urethane floor finish, sanitary, chemical resistant, slip resistant.

Overview of our PumaCRETE^®   Slope to Drains Flooring

How do we we slope brewery floors to drains properly?
Here is the complete  Slope to Drain Installation Process

Brewery and Distillery Floor Installation

Many flooring companies are merely manufacturers, who sell their product to third party companies.  EPF controls the entire process from consulting, to manufacturing and application, and warranty. This ensures that quality control is maintained throughout the process, from concept to completion.  We are the only company that can handle drain design and installation, sloped underlayments for renovation, and PumaCRETE^® floor finish.

EPF has invested over 1 million dollars in specialty surface prep equipment. This enables our installation team to prepare your concrete, brick or tile, for proper adhesion.  All cutting, grinding and blasting equipment has special dust collection  to minimize generation of dust.  This ensures that the installation proceeds quickly, efficiently, and is cost effective. Your project team will be composed of a project estimator, project manager, field manager, team leader and skilled floor technicians.

Cleaning and Sanitizing Brewery Flooring

PumaCRETE^® shall reduce your cleaning costs, as well as reduce bacterial growth on the floors.  This flooring was developed for the brewing and beverage industries, where cleaning and sanitation are a daily concern.  This food grade flooring is sanitary, and easily cleaned. Our floors are seamless, and are available with an integral cove base at the floor wall/junction, to provide a watertight “bathtub” effect.  It is even suitable for certified clean room floors in food and beverage plants, ingredient storage areas, and allergen rooms.

This chain of command creates a team that has constant interface, ensuring all specifications and quality control are maintained.  Extensive time tested checklists have been developed over the years, which provides exacting standards for quality and efficiency, every step of the installation.

Antimicrobial Brewery Floors

PumaCRETE^® serves as effective antimicrobial flooring.   It contains an antimicrobial additive which inhibits the growth of mold and bacteria.  This shall increase the efficiency of your cleaning program.

Certifications, Inspections and Audits for Brewery and Distillery Floors

Inspections and audits of your brewery floors require the surfaces to be a dense non porous finish, free of breakage, voids, and puddles.  Puma-CRETE^® will eliminate any inspection concerns. It is USDA and FDA approved flooring, and shall assist with brewery flooring compliance with the FSMA, IFS, FSSC 22000 and BRC.  It meets GFSI guidelines for SQF floor certification.

Application Over Brick or Tile

When dealing with a failing brick or tile floor, facility owners must decide on a repair method.  Complete removal requires moving all equipment off of the area.  Then, removal and disposal of all of the bricks/tiles. Often, this portion of the process can release mold and bacteria into the air, causing more contamination.  In many cases, there is an alternative. If the entire tile or brick area has not yet been undermined (loose tiles over more than 1/3 of the area, then the existing floor may be salvaged.  EPF shall remove all loose tiles or bricks (brick or tiles under legs of equipment must remain).  Next, the removed areas are removed with high performance cementitious grout.  Next, EPF diamond grinds the surface of the tile or brick.  Then we apply PumaCRETE^® over brick or tiles.  The material is sealed around any legs. PumaCRETE^® effectively seals the entire floor and provides a watertight, durable finish over the entire area.

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For more information on our  Puma-Crete^®  brewery flooring, please contact a project consultant, for further information at 800-808-7773