Food & Beverage

Food, Beverage & Pet Food Flooring Systems

Food, beverage, and pet food facilities place constant stress on concrete floors. Daily washdowns, aggressive cleaners, temperature changes, and heavy traffic quickly expose weaknesses in poorly designed or improperly installed flooring systems.

Abate & Associates installs industrial resinous flooring systems built for real operating conditions in Ontario food, beverage, and pet food facilities.

Built With Hygiene, Uptime, and Compliance in Mind

Facilities operating under food and pet food regulations require flooring that supports sanitation programs, preventive controls, and inspection readiness. Our installs focus on cleanability, durability, and practical detailing that aligns with CFIA, SFCR, and GMP-style requirements.

This means floors that can be cleaned properly, drained properly, and maintained without becoming a recurring problem.

What We’re Solving in Food and Pet Food Facilities

Most flooring failures are not caused by the coating itself. They result from incorrect system selection, poor surface preparation, trapped moisture, and weak detailing around drains and transitions.

Common issues we see include:

• Peeling or delamination caused by moisture vapor in the concrete

• Slip hazards in washdown and wet processing areas

• Cracking and joint breakdown from thermal cycling and equipment movement

• Chemical attack from fats, oils, acids, and sanitizers

• Sanitation and inspection problems caused by poor drainage and hard-to-clean details

Systems We Install for Food, Beverage & Pet Food Facilities

We match flooring systems to how each area is actually used, including cleaning methods, temperature exposure, chemical exposure, and traffic demands.

Epoxy Flooring Systems

Epoxy systems are commonly installed in dry processing, packaging, storage, corridors, and traffic areas. They provide a durable, cleanable surface and can be finished smooth or textured depending on safety needs.

1/4" Epoxy Trowel-Down and Mortar Systems

Used where additional impact resistance is required or where existing concrete is worn or damaged. These systems create a seamless working surface without the need for slab replacement and are well suited to heavy-duty areas.

Polyurethane Cement Flooring

Typically used in wet process areas, washdown zones, coolers, freezers, and thermal shock environments. These systems are selected when performance under harsh cleaning routines and temperature swings is critical.

Decorative MMA Flooring for Select Areas

MMA decorative systems are used in certain non-critical or support areas where fast turnaround and appearance are important. Installation is planned with appropriate controls due to odor and ventilation requirements during application.

Slope-to-Drain and Drainage Corrections

Standing water creates sanitation problems, increases daily maintenance, and shortens floor life. Abate & Associates corrects drainage using cementitious or epoxy mortars and builds slope-to-drain solutions around equipment layouts and drain locations.

Safety Lines, Walkways, and Facility Marking

Clear separation of pedestrian and forklift traffic supports safer operations. We install durable safety lines, walkways, and line hatching using resin systems designed to hold up in active facilities.

Moisture Mitigation and Substrate Protection

Moisture vapor transmission through concrete can destroy a flooring system if it is not addressed. We install cementitious and epoxy-based moisture mitigation systems where required and coordinate with manufacturer technical support to match the right solution to site conditions.

Areas We Commonly Work In

Production and processing rooms, pet food processing areas, CIP rooms, wash bays, packaging lines, coolers and freezers, loading and receiving, corridors and aisleways, stairwells, locker rooms, cafeterias, containment areas, and adjacent support spaces such as battery charging rooms.

How Abate Works in Active Facilities

We understand production schedules and uptime requirements. Our team plans work around shutdowns or off-hours, performs mechanical surface preparation, completes concrete repair and detailing before coating, and phases work when necessary to minimize disruption.

Talk to Abate

If you are planning a new installation or dealing with a failing floor in a food, beverage, or pet food facility, we will recommend the right system for each area and install it with the preparation and detailing it requires.