For warehouse floor repairs in Manchester, Contact Flooring is about as local as it gets: our head office is at Radcliffe Fold Farm in Hyde, Greater Manchester. We are industrial concrete floor repair contractors near Manchester who repair cracked slabs, broken joints, potholes and worn resin coatings in warehouses, factories and distribution centres across the city region, and we have over 20 years of experience in industrial flooring.
Because our team is based in Tameside, a survey in Trafford Park, Openshaw, Oldham, Stockport or Bury is a short journey, and so is a return visit to check a repair or carry out the next phase of a programme.
Industrial floor repairs in Manchester and Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester has a huge mix of floors: older mill and warehouse buildings with concrete that has been patched many times, and large modern sheds along the M60, M62 and M56 carrying heavy forklift traffic around high racking. The damage we see most often includes:
- joint edges broken away by hard pallet truck and forklift wheels;
- cracks that have widened and started to spall;
- holes in loading bays and at roller shutter doors;
- impact damage around racking legs;
- old epoxy coatings worn through or peeling off unprepared concrete.
Each floor is different, so our first job is to understand how yours was laid, how it is used and why it has failed. That decides whether the answer is crack injection, a mortar repair, cut and patch, joint rebuilding or a new surface over the whole area.
Close to our head office in Hyde
Being based on the eastern edge of Manchester makes a practical difference on repair work:
- Surveys are straightforward to arrange, including a second look at the floor once racking or stock has been moved.
- Phased programmes are easier to run. If your warehouse can only release one aisle or one bay at a time, we can work through it over several visits rather than all at once.
- Evening and weekend working can be planned around your shift patterns so the operation keeps moving during the day.
Nearby case studies
Household distribution centre, Northwich, 165m2
A major distribution company in Northwich, Cheshire, first contacted us to repair an area under a newly erected canopy on top of an exterior substrate. Our survey found that the concrete had suffered many different types of repair over the years and that a new screed finish was the better answer. With heavy forklift and pallet truck use, success came down to preparation. The wet substrate was dried with space heaters for over a week and moisture tested, the surface was taken back 1-2mm and then ground, repair mortars were installed, and a 6mm polyurethane screed was laid across the full 165m2 in one day. Read the Northwich case study.
It is a good example of a repair enquiry that became a resurfacing job once the floor had been properly assessed, and of why we survey before we quote.
Cafe area for a sports products supplier, Stockport, 40m2
A smaller job, but one where detail mattered. In a glass-fronted area that would show every imperfection, the concrete was mechanically prepared and grooves were cut to anchor the system before a 6mm polyurethane screed was installed in mid grey and back rolled for texture. Read the Stockport case study.
Repair now or resurface later?
Many Manchester warehouses run a floor for years with small patches of damage that gradually join up. Local repairs are the right call while the slab is sound and damage is confined to joints, cracks and impact areas. When repairs start to cover a large share of the floor, or a coating is failing everywhere, it can be better value to repair and then resurface. Our concrete floor repairs and renovation page sets out the differences, and our main warehouse floor repairs page covers the methods in more detail. If you are planning a full new floor, see our resin flooring contractors in Manchester page.
Common questions
Where are you based?
Our head office is in Hyde, Greater Manchester (SK14 3AQ). We cover the whole of Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Lancashire and the rest of the UK.
Can you repair our floor in stages?
Yes. Being close by makes phased work practical. We can repair a bay or an aisle at a time as your stock and racking allow.
We were quoted for a repair but the floor looks worse than we thought. What then?
We will tell you what the survey shows. Sometimes, as in Northwich, a new screed or coating over a repaired substrate is the better long-term option. Sometimes a targeted repair is all that is needed.
Book a survey in Manchester
Call our Hyde office on 0161 726 5095 or request a quote to arrange a site survey.
