I am on the ground floor of a converted telephone exchange in London and want to rip out the existing laminate floor and pour me some resin. I was thinking it would ge great if all the electrical points could be sunk in, and underfloor heating laid. I am after either a high gloss finish, or a softer rubberized finish in white/off white. However I've found no providers of such floors to domestic clients. Does anyone know any in the UK, or have advice about what types to go for, or further points. There's virtually nothing out there on the web!
all I can think is serious off gassing...bad idea...but kind of a cool concept...
also keep in mind there is a reason that they dont let you walk on basket ball courts...dirt and smooth surfaces are bad news together if you want the to stay looking nice...
perhaps think about using a precast resin sheet like 3 form, it would be expensive but so is resin
i've actually been through this process on a residence...turns out we couldn't find any new poured resin floors that satisfied the requirements. instead, we went old-school and used a poured polyeurothane floor. not sure about the uk- but we covered a 2000 square foot area with a robinson floors pulastic polyeurothane...its really quite nice. its typically a gym floor, so there is a final coat that has a dimpled texture for slip prevention, but we omitted that and the surface is a nice high-gloss. and if it rips or tears, patches are simple.
one thing: don't plan on being in the place for about week. the process uses some pretty toxic activators...
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I am on the ground floor of a converted telephone exchange in London and want to rip out the existing laminate floor and pour me some resin. I was thinking it would ge great if all the electrical points could be sunk in, and underfloor heating laid. I am after either a high gloss finish, or a softer rubberized finish in white/off white. However I've found no providers of such floors to domestic clients. Does anyone know any in the UK, or have advice about what types to go for, or further points. There's virtually nothing out there on the web!
Many thanks!
all I can think is serious off gassing...bad idea...but kind of a cool concept...
also keep in mind there is a reason that they dont let you walk on basket ball courts...dirt and smooth surfaces are bad news together if you want the to stay looking nice...
perhaps think about using a precast resin sheet like 3 form, it would be expensive but so is resin
Yeah and what if you have a short circuit? How are you going to replace a "section" of resin.
anyone ever use "bioshield" products? pretty expensive shit.
we just use a custom resin company here in NY - mostly for shower seats, sinks, bathtubs... ect
020 7439 0203
these guys do domestic projects - i'm looking at them at the moment for a project at my place
i've actually been through this process on a residence...turns out we couldn't find any new poured resin floors that satisfied the requirements. instead, we went old-school and used a poured polyeurothane floor. not sure about the uk- but we covered a 2000 square foot area with a robinson floors pulastic polyeurothane...its really quite nice. its typically a gym floor, so there is a final coat that has a dimpled texture for slip prevention, but we omitted that and the surface is a nice high-gloss. and if it rips or tears, patches are simple.
one thing: don't plan on being in the place for about week. the process uses some pretty toxic activators...
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