When specifying a high-performance flooring solution for demanding commercial, industrial, or architectural environments in the Greater Toronto Area, decorative and industrial quartz systems provide an unmatched combination of structural resilience and design flexibility. At AK Level & Polish Inc., we engineer advanced commercial flooring and industrial flooring quartz systems built to meet rigorous mechanical and compliance standards.
Below is an engineering and compliance overview of our concrete quartz flooring systems.
1. Advanced Engineering & Multi-Layer Construction
A professional quartz floor is not a simple topcoat; it is a multi-stage engineered composite:
- Concrete Surface Preparation: Mechanical diamond grinding or shot-blasting establishes an ICRI CSP 3 to CSP 5 profile to guarantee permanent mechanical bonding.
- Moisture Mitigation & Priming: High-solids epoxy primers seal the subfloor and block moisture vapor transmission.
- Color Quartz Broadcast: Ceramic-coated quartz aggregates are broadcast to full saturation (100% rejection) into base resin matrices, creating an exceptionally dense structural wear layer.
- Protective Topcoating: Encapsulated with high-performance, UV-stable polyaspartic or urethane topcoats to resist chemical attack, staining, and thermal shock.
2. Core Technical Specifications & Mechanical Performance
Our quartz flooring systems are tested and proven against rigorous ASTM standards:
- Compressive Strength: $12,500\text{ to }17,500\text{ psi}$ (ASTM D-695 / C-579) for heavy load-bearing durability.
- Flexural Strength: $4,500\text{ to }6,250\text{ psi}$ (ASTM D-790 / C-580) to resist dynamic rolling loads.
- Hardness: $75\text{ to }80$ Shore D (ASTM D-2240) for high indentation resistance.
- Bond Strength: $>400\text{ psi}$ with 100% concrete substrate failure (ASTM D-4541 / D-7234).
3. Life Safety and Regulatory Compliance
- Slip Resistance: Achieves a static coefficient of friction between 0.8 and 0.9 (ASTM D-2047), exceeding ADA standards for wet and dry safety.
- Fire Rating: Classified as Class A for surface burning characteristics (ASTM E-84 / NFPA 101).
- Hygiene & Water Absorption: Exhibits $<0.04\%$ water absorption (ASTM D-570), forming a completely non-porous, seamless barrier that eliminates mold, bacteria, and grout-line contamination.
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