Resin Flooring in Brighton
Brighton's resin floors are mostly working floors in small spaces: independent shops in the Lanes and North Laine, café and restaurant kitchens, and the units and stores that serve them. Floor space is tight and trading hours are long, so the system is chosen around how long a floor can close.
Where this works
- Independent shops in the Lanes and North Laine
- Café, bar and restaurant kitchens
- Seafront hospitality and venue floors
- Stores, workshops and light industrial units
- Residential garages and utility rooms
How we install it
- 1Plan around the trading day
A small shop or kitchen usually cannot close for a week. We agree which areas can shut and when, then pick the system: epoxy where a few days are available, polyaspartic or acrylic MMA where the floor must reopen the next morning.
- 2Test the slab
Pull-off strength and moisture readings come first. Older buildings near the seafront often have uneven or patched floors, so repairs are priced from what the tests show rather than guessed.
- 3Prepare mechanically with dust control
Diamond grinding or captive shot blasting with vacuum recovery, which matters in a shop or flat block where neighbours stay open. Cracks are resin stitched and joints carried through.
- 4Build, seal and hand back
The system goes down to specification with aggregate broadcast where grip is needed, then sealed. Each area is handed back before the next is opened.
Shops and hospitality in the Lanes and North Laine
Brighton is known for independent shops, cafés and restaurants packed into the Lanes and North Laine. Those floors take heavy footfall, spills and grit from the street, and they are often small enough that a whole floor can be done overnight with a fast-cure system. In kitchens, PU concrete with a coved junction is the build for hot water and wash-down. See commercial kitchen flooring and resin floors for shops for each specification.
Epoxy, polyurethane and industrial floor coatings in Brighton
For stores and light industrial units around the A23 and A27, epoxy resin flooring is usually the economical answer, and polyurethane flooring is used where heat or cleaning chemicals are part of the job. Our industrial floor coatings page covers the heavier specifications in detail.
Listed buildings and conservation areas
Brighton and Hove has a very high concentration of listed buildings, close to a thousand within a couple of kilometres of the centre, and conservation areas including North Laine, Kemp Town, Brunswick Town and the Old Town. A resin floor inside a listed shop can need listed building consent from Brighton and Hove City Council, so check before booking. Around the town centre about two thirds of homes are flats, and in flats microcement is usually a better fit than resin; see our Brighton page for that.
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Frequently asked
Do you lay resin floors across Brighton and Hove?+
Yes, across the city including Hove, Kemptown, Preston, Patcham and the Marina, from our Sussex base.
Can a Brighton shop or café stay open while the floor is done?+
Often. Small floors can be done overnight with polyaspartic or acrylic MMA, and larger ones are phased so part of the space keeps trading.
Which resin is best for a restaurant kitchen?+
PU concrete at 6 to 9 mm with a poured cove where the floor is hosed. It takes steam cleaning and hot water that would break down a thin epoxy coating.
Do I need permission for a resin floor in a listed building?+
Possibly. Internal works to a listed building can need listed building consent, so check with Brighton and Hove City Council first.
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