Understanding FeRFA Flooring Standards: Choosing the Right Resin Floor for Your Facility

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When it comes to resin flooring, knowing exactly what your site needs and making the right investment can appear complicated and time consuming, especially given the flooring and coatings related jargon.

At New Guard Coatings, we’re often asked a whole range of questions regarding flooring, including things such as:

• “Which resin floor type is best for food manufacturing facilities?”
• “What coating thickness do I require to withstand for forklift traffic?”
• “Which is the best coating option if I have limited downtime in my facility?”
  
  

For anyone responsible for floor coatings, including facilities managers, project managers, warehouse operators, engineers and architects; FeRFA standards provide a trusted framework for selecting the correct coating system before starting your project.

FeRFA’s classification system answers all of the above by grouping resin flooring into eight clear categories, from simple floor seals to heavy-duty screeds. Below we breakdown these categories into a simple easy-to-follow table which explains the differences. The classification ultimately helps both end users / applications and specifiers speak the same language. Each category is defined by the overall coating thickness and durability, and the typical area of use.

FeRFA Resin Flooring Classification Table:

When working with our customers we always recommend considering five key points, as these can vary massively depending on the given industry – from manufacturing to logistics, or engineering to food facilities.

1. Traffic

Pedestrian? Trolleys? Forklifts? Continuous heavy loads? Often categorised as light, medium or heavy.

2. Expected Lifespan (life to first maintenance).

Short-term refurbishment or long-term infrastructure investment?

3. General Exposure

Is there anything over and above the traffic requirements? Such as cleaning chemicals, oils, acids, solvents?

4. Hygiene Requirements

Is the area inspected, washed down, or regulated? Is there a low oudor requirement?

5. Finish Appearance

How do you want the floor to look? Is there a particular colour or gloss level?

Whether you’re upgrading a warehouse, fitting out a food production facility, or simply trying to decide between a quick coating for a special visit or something more long-term – we are always happy to help. A correct product choice or specification saves time, reduces maintenance costs, and if required, ensures compliance with industry standards. At New Guard Coatings we can offer you:-

• Technical advice based on FeRFA standards
• Guidance on product selection
• Support for specifiers, buyers, contractors and end users
• Access to and choice from trusted, high-performance resin flooring brands
  
  

From proposal to delivery, you’ll have reliable, practical advice tailored to your project’s needs – optimising both your cost outlay and saving you time!

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