Blog Articles on Flooring

Warehouse Flooring | Highly functional floor

Flooring for industrial buildings must meet a series of functional, aesthetic, and even legal requirements, as well as at the same time offer exceptional quality,

Concrete Power Trowels

The BEST TROWEL GUIDE. Discover which are the best trowels, what you should know before buying one, and the precautions to take into account when using them.

Acid Stained Concrete Floors: The basics

What are Acid Stained Concrete Floors? Tough, grey, and boring: that’s probably how everyone views concrete, right? Something that makes for a solid and durable

Honed Concrete : All in one Guide

What is Honed Concrete? Honed Concrete is simply a type of smooth concrete which is gaining popularity in many modern homes, due to its contemporary

Non-slip industrial flooring

Patented BECOSAN® Polished Concrete treatment. We will explain the main CHARACTERISTICS of our ANTI-SLIP INDUSTRIAL FLOORING.

Terrazzo floors | What is terrazzo?

Terrazzo floors are one of the oldest types of flooring that ais still currently being used. They provide cement surfaces with a naturally aesthetic and

Anti-dust flooring

If you have an INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE, you should know more about what ANTI-DUST FLOORS are. You guarantee years of productivity and health for your employees. Know its ADVANTAGES.

Dry polishing concrete | Recovering industrial floors

In this short article we will discuss how one might recover industrial concrete flooring by dry polishing. Concrete floors are widely used today for large

Burnished concrete, a good choice for flooring?

In this short article we provide an overview of the techniques used to harden and make more attractive a pre existing concrete floor. We also

Slurry Flooring

From experience, we know that Slurry flooring is one of the most versatile types of flooring within the industry. Although it has a strange name,

Eco-friendly flooring for industry. It’s BECOSAN®

BECOSAN® is an eco-friendly floor, specialising in the treatment of cured concrete floors making them smoother, abrasion resistant, cleaner and more beautiful than conventional concrete

What is Self Levelling Concrete

Getting concrete smooth and flat is difficult and requires great skill. Self Levelling Concrete is a much easier way to create the desired finish. Don’t

Flooring materials

The following 7 materials are the basis of almost all industrial flooring you already know.

Continuous industrial flooring

Continuous paving is the best construction solution for industrial surfaces. The industrial sector must always have floors with the best possible finish, which allows a

Reinforced concrete | All information

Reinforced concrete is a type of concrete used in industrial construction in a very recurrent way. It is characterized by having a series of reinforcements

Laser Screed Flooring – The BECOSAN® Guide

But how do you make sure that a single, large, contiguous area of concrete floor is completely flat and completely level? The answer is a

BECOSAN – ISO 90001:2015 Quality management system

To guarantee that our service complies with the highest quality management standards set by the European industry, BECOSAN® not only uses first-class products but is

CE – Declaration of performance - BECOSAN®

BECOSAN® – CE – Declaration of performance

Declaration of Performance – CE is one of the many certifications that supports our BECOSAN® polished concrete floor treatment and our company. Declaration of performance

BECOSAN® DIN 52108 Certification – Resistance to abrasion

Abrasion causes wear on concrete floors as a result of constant pedestrian and heavy machinery traffic. The BECOSAN® system is designed to increase concrete floor

DIN 52617 Certification –BECOSAN® Water absorption

BECOSAN® is an ideal treatment to improve the impermeability of concrete floors, making the need for warehouse maintenance activities less frequent. Therefore, water absorption is

Composite decking | Composite floor

Since the appearance of synthetic materials in construction, the technology regarding finishes has evolved rapidly, contributing in many ways to lowering costs. The latest advance

BECOSAN® DIN 51131 Anti-slip Certification

In recent years, it has been determined that in Spain many occupational accidents occur due to slips, factories and industrial warehouses are where this type

Reinforced concrete slab | Floor

Concrete is a widely used construction material. It’s very popular in reinforcement concrete slab building. Its composition consists of silica sand, cement, water and gravel

Reasons for using jointless concrete floors

To answer this question we must first ask why we have joints in concrete floors at all? Why not just pour the concrete over the steel

HACCP Food safety management

One of the most important industrial sectors in the world is the food production industry. From all sorts of food factories to logistic packaging and

Microcement | Useful information

Microcement is a material that originates from the mixture of the basic ingredients of concrete, except for chemical modifications, which provide the key qualities that

How to build a concrete slab | The process of building an industrial concrete slab

The construction of a concrete slab is a fundamental stage for any civil construction project is, whether domestic or industrial. This process has been greatly

Industrial floor marking | Safe industrial working environments

Industrial floor markings consist of a series of markings that identify different areas within a warehouse, supporting safety and protection measures. Industrial buildings comprise dynamic

Reformas de suelos en naves industriales

Warehouse concrete floor repair

The warehouse concrete floor repair corrects structural defects that affect the development of on-site activities. All constructions have a useful life, meaning that over time

Epoxy floor problems

The issues with epoxy floors are common, epoxy resin paint for floors isn’t always a solution for commercial and industrial floors which require special purposes,

Stamped concrete | What is it?

Stamped concrete floor is the result of an embossing and texturing process that’s currently gaining many fans around the world. This is due to the

Concrete floor restoration

An industrial floor is subject to wear and tear throughout its whole operational life. The deterioration produced by the traffic of heavy machinery, the impact

How to clean polished concrete floors

Polished concrete floor is a low maintenance structure. It’s surface generates a minimum amount of dust and is very resistant against abrasive wear and chemical

Best industrial floor paint for concrete | Options and alternatives

In this post we will talk about the different options for painting industrial floors, which usually have a concrete base. It will also help you

How to prevent moisture in concrete floors

An industrial floor in good condition, must help to minimize the humidity. Moisture excess in industrial floors is a problem that carries with it a

Concrete cracks and concrete fissures | Deterioration of a concrete floor

Concrete cracks or fissures are the most frequent damage to structural concrete elements, whether they are floors, columns, walls or beams. These are characterized by

Eliminar manchas de neumáticos en suelos industriales

How to remove tire marks from concrete floors

Tire marks, as well as chemical spills and dust formation, is one of the most common aesthetic problems in concrete floors in industrial facilities. Heavy

Repairing and modernizing industrial floors

Can we still save your industrial floor? Industrial floors that are becoming old are dirty, worn out and dusty. Mostly we can repair and save

How to polish concrete floor for the best possible finish

How to polish concrete floor step by step: Preparation. Polishing. Sealing. Finishing. Polished concrete has a modern and sophisticated appearance. Due to the polishing process,

Finishes for concrete floors

In this article we will talk about the main finishes for concrete floors, their uses and characteristics. But, first of all we tell you about

How to stop concrete dusting

It’s frequent that no matter how much care is taken in the cleaning and maintenance of an industrial installation or warehouse, the concrete floor remains sandy and dusty.

Concrete surface treatment

Carrying out surface treatment on concrete will mean a big improvement in its durability and will reduce its maintenance.

Dusty environments in industrial warehouses is an ongoing problem due to the majority of these floors not being treated. BECOSAN®’s unique and patented system is a new solution created to facilitate the maintenance for concrete floors.