How we work around live racking and picking
- Free on-site survey. Call (404) 480-0962 or request one online. We check joint condition, test the slab for moisture, and map the aisles.
- Phasing plan around your operation. We agree which bays and aisles release when, and how quickly each returns to traffic, before anyone arrives on site.
- Joint repair and preparation. Spalled joint edges are cut back and rebuilt, cracks are filled, then the slab is ground to a clean, level profile.
- Polish or coat. The slab is densified and polished to the agreed sheen, or the specified coating is built up over prepared concrete.
- Striping and handover. Aisles, walkways and zones are set out and striped, then we walk the floor with your operations lead before the racking goes back.
Warehouse flooring in Norcross: what facility managers ask
How much does warehouse floor coating cost in Norcross?
It is priced per square foot on the finish specified and the condition of the existing slab, and every facility is surveyed and quoted for free. Large continuous floors price better per foot than the same area broken into small rooms, so distribution buildings tend to be among the more economical jobs we do. Joint repair, crack filling and line striping are itemized separately, so you can see exactly what slab condition is adding and phase it if the budget needs it.
Should we polish the slab or coat it?
For most distribution floors, polishing is the better answer. It hardens the concrete you already own, stops dusting, and leaves no coating layer that can delaminate under forklift traffic. A coating earns its place when you need chemical resistance, color coded zones, or a particular cleanability standard. We will tell you which applies to your building at the survey, including when the honest answer is that you do not need a coating at all.
Why do our floor joints keep breaking up?
Almost always because the joint edges are unsupported. A hard wheeled forklift crossing an unfilled or spalled control joint hammers that unsupported edge, and once it starts breaking down the damage spreads and takes your wheels with it. The fix is to cut the damaged edge back, rebuild it, and fill the joint with a semi-rigid filler that carries the wheel across the gap instead of letting it drop into it.
Can you do this without shutting the warehouse down?
Yes, and it is how most of this work gets done. We phase aisle by aisle or bay by bay, work nights and weekends, and contain each area so picking carries on elsewhere in the building. Polished concrete has no long cure wait, so a finished aisle is generally back under traffic the same day. Return to traffic times for every phase are agreed in writing before we start.
