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Commercial Kitchen & Epoxy Flooring Contractor in Paramus, NJ
When operating a commercial kitchen in Paramus, NJ, your floor system is your first line of defense against thermal shock, heavy impact, grease, and strict board of health inspections. Standard epoxy coatings often fail under the punishing conditions of high-volume food preparation. At High Performance Systems, we engineer and install heavy-duty resinous flooring built to withstand thermal cycling, constant moisture, and chemical exposure.
Surface Preparation: Dustless Shotblasting
A high-performance floor is only as reliable as its surface preparation. We never lay resin over untreated concrete.
Mechanical Profiling: We utilize dustless shotblasting to strip away weak concrete, previous coatings, and contaminants.
ICRI Concrete Surface Profile (CSP): Shotblasting opens the pores of the concrete slab, creating a heavily textured CSP profile essential for chemical and mechanical bonding.
Critical Anchor Detailing: Keyways & Drain Preparation
To prevent floor curling, delamination, and water intrusion around high-stress areas, proper mechanical keying is mandatory:
Perimeter Chase Cutting: We cut 1/4″ x 1/4″ mechanical keyways (chases) into the concrete around all drains, cleanouts, trench drains, doorways, and wall perimeters.
Impact & Thermal Anchoring: When the urethane cement is troweled into these keyways, it locks the system into the slab. This ensures the floor absorbs thermal expansion and contraction without popping or peeling away from drain edges.
Commercial Kitchen Flooring: Premium Sherwin-Williams Polycrete System Installation
We install industry-leading materials engineered for extreme thermal shock resistance (-40F} to 250F)
Slurry Basecoat – Sherwin-Williams Polycrete MDB: We apply Polycrete MDB (Medium-Duty Slurry Broadened), a self-leveling urethane cement slurry designed to build strength, level minor subfloor imperfections, and provide maximum impact resistance.
Aggressive Anti-Slip Broadcast: Quartz or oxide aggregate is broadcast into the wet MDB layer to create a slip-resistant texture customized for wet kitchen environments.
High-Performance Topcoat – Sherwin-Williams Polcrete TF: We seal the system with Polycrete TF (Thin-Film), a durable urethane cement topcoat that seals the aggregate, locks in chemical and hot-water resistance, and creates an easy-to-clean, sanitary finish.
Why Paramus Businesses Trust High Performance Systems
38+ Years of Expertise: Certified resinous flooring contractors serving New Jersey commercial and industrial facilities since 1988.
Rapid Turnaround & Fast Cure: Our urethane cement systems cure rapidly to minimize facility downtime and get your kitchen back in operation quickly.
USDA & FDA Compliant: Seamless, non-porous finishes with optional integral cove base to meet all health and sanitation codes.
Request a Free Estimate in Paramus, NJ
Ready to upgrade your commercial kitchen with a high-durability urethane floor system?
Call High Performance Systems today at 800-928-7220 or contact us online for a site evaluation and quote.
FAQs About Commercial Kitchen Flooring
Why is urethane cement preferred over standard epoxy for commercial kitchens?
While standard epoxy is durable, it struggles under the thermal shock caused by hot water washdowns, boiling spills, and commercial cooking equipment. Urethane cement expands and contracts at a rate similar to the underlying concrete slab, preventing delamination, cracking, or buckling under extreme temperature changes.
How do keyways around drains protect the floor from failing?
Floor drains and room perimeters are high-stress areas subject to water intrusion and mechanical impact. Cutting 1/4″ x 1/4″ keyways (chases) into the concrete creates an anchoring point. When the urethane cement is troweled into these keyways, it locks the floor into the slab, preventing peeling, curling, and edge lift around drains.
What profile is needed for proper concrete preparation before installation?
We use dustless shotblasting to mechanically profile the concrete to an ICRI Concrete Surface Profile (CSP) suited for heavy-duty resins. This removes surface contaminants, weak concrete, and previous coatings, creating an open-pore texture required for maximum mechanical and chemical adhesion.
Are Sherwin-Williams Polycrete system compliant with health sand safety standards?
Yes. Sherwin-Williams Polycrete MDB and TF systems create a seamless, non-porous surface that inhibits bacterial and mold growth. They are fully compliant with USDA, FDA, and local Board of Health sanitation standards. An integral cove base can also be installed to eliminate hard-to-clean $90^\circ$ floor-to-wall joints.
How long does a commercial kitchen floor installation take to cure?
Urethane cement systems offer rapid cure times to minimize facility downtime. Depending on temperature and specific formulation, the floor can often accept light foot traffic within 8 to 12 hours and full operational capability within 24 hours.