Urethane Cement Flooring in Glendale, CA - a work floor that takes the hose
If your kitchen floor is cracked, peeling or slick when wet, we lay a troweled floor that takes the hose and keeps its grip.
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What is urethane cement flooring, and is it right for my kitchen?
Urethane cement flooring is a cement-based urethane floor troweled over your concrete. In Glendale, CA, we put it down in commercial kitchens, breweries and food plants where the floor gets hosed, heated and scrubbed every day.
If your floor is a patched slab or an old coating peeling where the hose hits it, you're probably weighing two things: how long you can close and what the fix will run. The price turns on the floor's size, on what the slab needs before anything goes on it, like crack repair or old coating removal, and on whether you want the floor carried up the walls. The schedule turns on when you can close and how long the floor has to sit before traffic, and your written estimate lays out the prep, the product and each step before anything gets booked.
Is urethane cement flooring right for your floor?
Busy commercial kitchens
Nightly hose-downs, hot spills and dropped pans call for a floor built to take them.
Brewery production floors
Hot washdowns, cleaning chemicals and sugary spills are everyday here, and this floor is made for them.
Food processing rooms
Dairies, bakeries and processing lines that clean with steam and degreasers need a floor that holds up.
Floors that never stay dry
A wet floor needs footing, and a troweled urethane cement surface gives grip where water sits.
How we install urethane cement flooring
I start by checking the slab's cracks and moisture, because a urethane cement floor shows whatever the concrete below it does, and a problem left in the slab ends up in the new floor. Then we grind the concrete down past old coatings and grease to clean, open concrete, repair what can be repaired and prime it. After that we trowel the urethane cement on at the thickness the room calls for, carrying it up the walls wherever you want a cove. We plan all of it around when your business can close and when it has to reopen, so the closure is settled before we start.
Not every room in a restaurant or shop gets hosed down, and a dry room doesn't need this much floor. For a dining room, showroom or office, polished concrete flooring gives you a hard, clean slab with no coating on top. Stained concrete flooring is the pick when you want color out front, and we can do both on the same job as the kitchen.
Textured finish for wet floors
This suits dish areas, wash bays and brew floors where water sits most of the day, because more texture means better footing. The trade-off is that it takes a stiffer brush to clean, and I'd still pick grip in a wet room.
Smoother finish for drier rooms
Dry storage, prep rooms and hallways that see the mop more than the hose do fine with a smoother surface. It cleans faster and still holds up to spills and carts.
Heavier build for hot, heavy areas
Around fryers, kettles, steam lines and pallet jacks, we lay the floor thicker so it handles heat and impact better. We usually only do this where the room needs it, since a thinner build is fine elsewhere.
What happens after you call about a urethane cement floor in Glendale?
Call or send the form
Call (747) 372-8604 any day from 7 AM to 10 PM, or use the form, and tell us what the space is and when it can close. We set the visit for a time that fits your hours, early or late if the kitchen is running.
I come look at the floor
I check the slab myself for damp spots, cracks and old coatings, and you tell me what the floor has to put up with. That's where we find out what the prep really involves.
You get a written estimate
It spells out the prep, the product and each step, so you can see what you're paying for and nothing about the plan is a guess. If something in the slab changes the price, you hear it here, not halfway through the job.
We install and walk it
My crew and I do the prep and the install ourselves, without handing it to anyone else. Before we pack up, I walk the finished floor with you.
Does urethane cement need a cove base?
In most washdown rooms, I'd say yes.
A cove base carries the floor up the wall in one curved, seamless piece, so there's no corner seam for water, grease and food scraps to sit in. The floor can be installed with it built in, and it's meant for rooms that need a sanitary edge, like kitchens and processing areas.
I recommend it anywhere the floor gets hosed or steam cleaned, because the line where wall meets floor is where the hose pushes water and where old floors usually start to fail. In a dry storeroom a plain edge is often enough, and we can sort out which walls need it when I'm on site.
Concrete flooring examples
Look through these examples of coated, polished and finished concrete floors to get a feel for the textures and colors the trade can offer.
Get a written plan for your urethane cement floor
Tell us the floor's size, what the space is used for, any cracks you know about and the hours you can close. We reply within one business day to set up a free on-site estimate, with no obligation.
Why Glendale food businesses call Ironwood Epoxy Flooring of Glendale
The owner looks at your floor
I come out myself to look at the floor and write the estimate, and I lead the crew that puts it down. That way the person who planned your prep is the one standing on your slab doing it.
Licensed and insured flooring work
We're licensed and insured, and California's licensing board counts preparing the surface as part of a flooring contractor's job, not just laying the floor. I learned that prep on my dad's jobs, and his view was that floors fail from underneath.
Based in Glendale since 2023
I started this business in Glendale in 2023 to keep doing the work the careful way my dad taught me. Three years in, we're still best known for getting the slab right before anything goes on it.
Backed by our satisfaction guarantee
Every floor we put down is backed by our satisfaction guarantee. When you're ready, call (747) 372-8604 or send us the details about your space.
Questions about urethane cement floors
Where does urethane cement flooring work best?
It works best on wet, hard-used work floors, and one maker calls it a smart choice for commercial kitchens, breweries, bakeries, dairies and food processing areas. It's built to take harsh chemicals and thermal shock, the sudden jump from hot to cold when boiling water hits a cool floor, and that maker says it stands up to steam cleaning, high-pressure hot water washdowns and a wide range of degreasers. If your space stays dry, it's usually more floor than you need.
How long does urethane cement take to cure before we can reopen?
One maker's sheet lists 12 hours before foot traffic, 24 hours before vehicle traffic and 7 days to full cure. Times vary by product, so your estimate names the one we're using, and we plan the install around those times and your closing. At the walk-through I'll go over what can come back onto the floor and when.
Will cracks in my concrete slab show through a urethane cement floor?
Yes, if they're still moving, because one maker states that moving joints and cracks reflect through the finished floor. A crack that's done moving can usually be repaired and covered. One that still opens and closes will show as a line, so I point those out at the estimate, not after the floor is down.
Does a food business in Los Angeles County need plan review to remodel?
If the work counts as a remodel, yes, because the county's environmental health office requires plans before a food facility is built or remodeled. The county calls it a remodel when the work needs a permit from the local building department at a facility holding a current Public Health Operating Permit. A shop selling only prepackaged foods the county doesn't count as potentially hazardous, with less than 300 square feet of display and storage, doesn't have to submit plans.
How much does urethane cement flooring cost in Glendale?
I can't give you a fair number until I've seen the floor, because most of the cost is in what the slab needs before the urethane cement goes down. Grinding off old coatings, fixing cracks, a moisture primer if the test calls for one, a cove base along the walls and a thicker build near fryers and kettles all add to it, and working around tight closing hours can too. A sound, clean slab with a simple layout keeps it down.
How do I know if my slab has too much moisture for urethane cement?
A moisture test on the slab tells you, and if the readings come back higher than acceptable, the surface may need a vapor barrier primer before the floor goes down. In the standard slab humidity test, each sensor has to settle for 24 hours before a reading can be recorded, so plan on that wait before you have results. Whatever the test shows goes into your plan before we start.
Ready to talk about your work floor?
Ask for an estimate and we'll come look at your floor, then give you a written plan before any work is booked.
Other floors we put down
Urethane cement flooring permits and slabs in Glendale
Los Angeles County Environmental Health requires plans before a food facility is built or remodeled, but its permit list names structural, plumbing, electrical and mechanical work, not flooring, so it doesn't settle whether a new floor on its own needs review. Before work starts, we check with the city or county office that covers your address and tell you what we find, so you know where things stand.
Most of the work floors we're called to here are older commercial slabs that have been patched, tiled over or coated more than once, so we plan for taking them down to clean concrete and finding out which cracks are still moving. We're based in Glendale and work across the cities around it, and we see the same tired kitchen and back-of-house slabs on jobs in Burbank and Pasadena.