Protéger un sol d'atelier en béton lissé des agressions chimiques

Project details

Tanhurst Estate is located on the western slopes of Leigh Hill in the stunning Surrey Hills. Already a successful holiday cottage business, the owners started an exciting new family venture in 2020 from the estate’s main farm - a vineyard.

1.8 hectares of Pinot Noir were originally planted, followed by a further 11,000 Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier and Pinot Noir Précoce vines in 2021. It takes at least three years for the vines to mature sufficiently to produce the first harvest, so while the family patiently waited for the vines to grow, they tackled the next important step, building and setting up the winery.

A winery is a complex facility and needs a lot of careful planning to make sure it functions as well as it can. Before building their winery, Colin Grimes, Owner at the Tanhurst Estate winery, researched design requirements and the problems that can arise if the building is not built properly.

It became clear that if the flooring wasn’t right from the onset, it would be very difficult to put it right later on. In addition to being easy to clean and maintain, winery floors must be able to cope with varying temperatures and be durable enough to withstand daily wear and tear as well as heavy loads from the  wine-making equipment.

After the main building work had been completed, Colin noticed that the concrete floor surface had been damaged, particularly in two areas where a digger bucket had scraped the floor, causing deep surface scratches. The floor was also generally very dirty from the building work and dust and mud had worked into the cracks.

“I had been told that I needed a chemical resistant epoxy resin for the floor so I started to look for suppliers. Watco came up immediately. I had no experience of using an epoxy resin and was worried that I would have to do some major repairs to the floor first. I was impressed with the website and the company’s long history of experience, but the major bonuses were that Watco came out to advise me and then supplied me with everything I needed to clean, repair and paint the concrete floor.”

Notre solution

Le Solid’sol Spécial Acide est une peinture bi-composante et épaisse de 220 microns. En effet, elle est 100% solide, ce qui veut dire que sa densité reste la même avant et après séchage. 

Une seule couche suffit pour obtenir une surface de couleur uniforme, résistante mécaniquement et chimiquement. C’est d’autant plus appréciable de ne pas devoir monopoliser la surface trop longtemps en fonction du temps de pause et, ainsi, de ne pas immobiliser l’activité trop longtemps. 

Pour faciliter la mise en peinture, la société Rodet a utilisé notre Kit Peinture qui comprend tout ce qu’il faut pour une application simple et efficace : 

• 1 mélangeur à peinture spécialement adapté à la taille de nos bidons de peintures bi-composantes
• 1 rouleau de 31 cm avec manche télescopique pour une application debout, permettant ainsi une application rapide et sans fatigue
• 1 rouleau de rechange
• 1 bac à peinture avec grille d’essorage métallique perforée
• 1 brosse de 13 cm et un pinceau de 3,7 cm pour dégager les angles

Grâce à ce kit, la société Rodet a vraiment trouvé nos peintures faciles à appliquer. Elle a ainsi obtenu en peu de temps une surface esthétique, propre et résistante. Et elle est enchantée du résultat.