Commercial & Industrial Floor Maintenance
A new floor is an investment. How long it lasts depends almost entirely on what happens after installation. The right cleaning protocol, the right maintenance schedule, and timely recoating at the correct interval can extend the life of a commercial or industrial floor by decades. The wrong cleaning chemicals, deferred maintenance, and recoating applied too late — or too early — accelerate deterioration and increase long-term costs significantly.
DTI provides floor maintenance programs for commercial and industrial facilities nationwide — from scheduled inspections and cleaning protocol guidance through topcoat recoating and full system restoration.
Completed Projects
Sweetgreen
Fast-casual restaurant kitchens require a consistent maintenance program to keep urethane cement and sealed concrete floors performing at spec. DTI established a maintenance protocol for Sweetgreen's kitchen and dining floors — including compatible cleaning product specifications, recoat intervals, and anti-slip additive reapplication schedules for the kitchen floor zones.
PetSmart
Retail pet care environments combine steady foot traffic with animal-related contamination and frequent chemical cleaning. DTI established a maintenance program for the Davis location that addressed cleaning product compatibility with the installed floor system and scheduled topcoat inspection intervals to catch wear before it reached the base coat.
Why Maintenance Programs Matter
Most commercial flooring systems fail not because the wrong product was installed — but because no maintenance program was put in place after installation. Three specific failure patterns DTI sees repeatedly:
Many commercial cleaning products contain solvents, high-pH degreasers, or bleach-based compounds that degrade epoxy and polyurethane topcoats over time. Facilities using incompatible cleaning products see their topcoat break down in 12–18 months instead of 5–7 years. DTI provides a written cleaning product specification for every installed floor — listing compatible products and concentrations by floor zone.
Every topcoat has a service life. When a topcoat is allowed to wear through to the base coat, moisture, chemicals, and contamination reach the epoxy layer directly — accelerating deterioration significantly. Recoating on schedule, before wear-through occurs, is a fraction of the cost of a full system replacement.
High-speed burnishing restores sheen on polished concrete and sealed floors — but burnishing at the wrong speed or with the wrong pad type on an epoxy or resinous system causes heat damage and surface degradation. DTI specifies correct burnishing equipment and pad selection for each floor type.
Services
Scheduled floor inspections to assess topcoat wear, joint condition, coating adhesion, and surface cleanliness. DTI provides a written condition report with recommended action items and timeline — giving facility managers the information to plan maintenance budgets rather than react to failures.
Written cleaning specifications for each floor zone in the facility — compatible cleaning products, concentrations, application method, and frequency. Provided as standard documentation on every new DTI installation and available as a standalone service for existing floors.
Reapplication of polyurethane, polyaspartic, or epoxy topcoat over an existing base coat system in good condition. Recoating is the most cost-effective way to extend floor life — significantly cheaper than full system replacement and able to restore appearance and chemical resistance to near-new condition when performed on schedule.
Anti-slip aggregates in kitchen, washdown, and wet-environment floors wear down over time. DTI reapplies anti-slip additive as part of recoating scopes or as a standalone surface treatment when slip resistance has degraded below acceptable levels.
High-speed burnishing to restore sheen on polished concrete and sealed floors. DTI specifies pad type and machine speed based on the installed floor system — preventing the surface damage that results from incorrect burnishing equipment.
Annual or biannual maintenance contracts for commercial and industrial facilities. Includes scheduled inspections, cleaning protocol updates, minor repair, and recoating on the correct interval for the installed system and traffic class. Planned maintenance programs eliminate emergency repair costs and extend system life predictably.
Maintenance Intervals by System
General guidelines — actual intervals depend on traffic class, chemical exposure, and cleaning frequency.
| Flooring System | Inspection Interval | Recoat / Reapplication Interval |
|---|---|---|
| Broadcast epoxy — commercial traffic | 3 years | 5–7 years under normal conditions |
| Broadcast epoxy — heavy industrial / forklift | 18 months | 3–4 years |
| Polished concrete | As needed for sheen | Guard sealer every 1–2 years; burnish as needed |
| Urethane cement | 2 years | 4–5 years (food service environments) |
| Sealed concrete | 1–2 years | Sealer reapplication every 2–3 years |
Supplies & Maintenance Specialist
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Guards, sealers, cleaning products, and burnishing pads available through DTI's supply store.
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Contact DTI's maintenance team directly to schedule service or discuss a program:
David Philip