warehouses & distribution floors built for Gahanna
Gahanna's warehouse and light-industrial space along Hamilton Road and Agler Road handles steady retail-supply and delivery traffic feeding the east-side commercial corridors. The buildings run pallet jacks, delivery carts, and light forklifts across the slabs all day, and bare concrete dusts, cracks at the joints, and stains where delivery vehicles park. The dust settles on boxed product, the cracks widen under wheel loads, and a floor without lane striping creates close calls between equipment and people on foot. A high-build epoxy or polyaspartic system seals the slab, stops the dust, and handles daily traffic. We connect Gahanna warehouse managers with a vetted local installer who phases the install so the business keeps running.
Quick facts about warehouse & distribution floors
- Forklifts and pallet jacks are the main wear source — the system needs a high-build body coat and an abrasion-resistant topcoat.
- Concrete dust is a product-contamination risk; sealing the slab stops it at the source.
- Expansion joints and cracks should be repaired with a rigid polyurea filler before coating, or the coating cracks along the joint line.
- Built-in OSHA line striping for forklift lanes and pedestrian paths lasts far longer than taped lines.
- Light foot traffic in ~24 hours; full forklift traffic in 48-72 hours (faster with a polyaspartic topcoat).
Typical warehouses & distribution projects in Gahanna
These are examples of the kinds of jobs we handle — not real client cases. Your floor gets its own free walk-through and written estimate.
Hamilton Road retail-supply warehouse
~20,000 sq ft · Day shift
- The problem
- Pallet-jack traffic had worn the bare slab dusty and rough. Joint cracks were spreading and the floor was hard to keep clean.
- Recommended system
- High-build epoxy with joint repair and a urethane topcoat for daily traffic.
- Install plan
- Grind and repair cracks, coat in sections so the business keeps operating, finish with an abrasion-resistant topcoat.
- Downtime approach
- Sectioned — one area at a time, the rest stays open.
Agler Road distribution unit
~14,000 sq ft · Two shifts
- The problem
- Delivery-vehicle oil had stained the dock approach, and the slab was dusting onto packaged goods on the shelves.
- Recommended system
- Chemical-resistant epoxy with an oil-tolerant primer at the dock.
- Install plan
- Grind out oil, prime the dock, coat the full floor in three sections over a weekend.
- Downtime approach
- Weekend install — full traffic back Monday.
Light-industrial warehouse
~9,000 sq ft · Day shift
- The problem
- Cart traffic had polished the slab slick, and the floor had no marked pick paths, causing congestion at the packing area.
- Recommended system
- High-build epoxy with a polyaspartic topcoat and a pick-path stripe.
- Install plan
- Grind, coat in two sections, stripe pick paths and packing zones after cure.
- Downtime approach
- Two sections — full traffic by the next day.
Planning your install in Gahanna
Gahanna warehouses are often smaller and occupied, so we work in sections rather than closing the whole building. We plan the sequence around your delivery and operating schedule, and because the spaces are tight, we sort cart and pallet-jack routing before day one so you can keep working around the install. Winter installs are fine in heated units, but we verify the slab is warm enough for a solid bond. Most Gahanna warehouse floors need no permit for the coating, but if your unit is leased we confirm landlord approval during the free walk-through.