Insights & Technical Guides

Floor Engineering Blog

Expert knowledge on industrial and decorative flooring. Installation techniques, material science, maintenance, and trends.

Trends

Design signals, client demand shifts, and the finishes shaping the next wave of floor specification.

Modern flooringTrends

November 2025 | 5 min

2026 Industrial Flooring Trends

Sustainability takes center stage in floor design.

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Material Guides

System primers for resin chemistry, screeds, and build-ups that determine how a floor performs in service.

Epoxy flooringMaterial Guide

January 2026 | 12 min read

Epoxy vs. Polyurethane: Complete Technical Comparison for Industrial Facilities

Comprehensive analysis of chemical resistance, mechanical properties, and lifecycle costs.

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Self-leveling floorMaterial Guide

November 2025 | 11 min

Self-Leveling Screeds: Deep Dive

Binder types and achieving perfect flatness.

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Installation

Moisture control, crack prep, cure windows, and site execution details that prevent expensive failures later.

Concrete substrate testingInstallation

January 2026 | 8 min

Substrate Moisture Testing: Methods and Limits

Why 90% of coating failures trace back to moisture.

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MMA fast-cure flooringInstallation

December 2025 | 7 min

MMA: When 2-Hour Cure Is Critical

Applications where fast-cure is the only solution.

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Concrete repairInstallation

October 2025 | 8 min

Concrete Crack Repair Methods

Techniques before coating application.

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Mechanical substrate preparationSubstrate Prep

May 2026 | 11 min

Mechanical Substrate Preparation: Six Methods Compared

Shot blast, captive blast, diamond grind, vacuum grind, scarify, scabble — CSP outputs and IL site constraints.

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ICRI CSP profile chipsSubstrate Prep

May 2026 | 9 min

ICRI CSP 1–10: Which Profile for Which Coating

The 0.5 mm rule, the 10 replica chips, and the verification protocol that keeps the warranty valid.

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Pull-off adhesion testSubstrate Prep

May 2026 | 7 min

Pull-Off Adhesion Test: ASTM D7234 and EN 1542

The only quantitative proof the concrete will hold the coating. 1.5 MPa or the warranty is void.

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Concrete defects under floor coatingSubstrate Prep

May 2026 | 8 min

Six Concrete Defects That Kill Floor Coatings

Laitance, curing residue, oil, hollow areas, efflorescence, exposed rebar — detection and treatment before the primer goes down.

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Maintenance

Cleaning chemistry, inspection rhythms, and recoat timing before everyday wear becomes a system failure.

Floor maintenanceMaintenance

January 2026 | 6 min

Industrial Floor Cleaning Protocols

Correct chemicals and methods by material type.

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Floor recoatingMaintenance

November 2025 | 6 min

When to Recoat Your Floor

Signs your industrial floor needs attention.

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Underfloor heating and microtoppingMaintenance

May 2026 | 7 min

Underfloor Heating Beneath Our Floors: Compatibility and Start-Up Schedule

Which of our systems work with hydronic and electric underfloor heating, the maximum temperatures, the first heat-up schedule, and the crack risks to watch.

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Architect working with a floor specificationFor Architects

May 2026 | 9 min

Pre-Tender Floor Checklist: 40 Points for Architects

What needs to be in the tender so the contractor cannot cut the invisible corners: substrate, loads, chemistry, IL specifics, acceptance criteria, and warranty terms.

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Comparisons

Trade-offs in thickness, service life, repair strategy, and cost before you lock a system into the specification.

Microtopping vs epoxy comparisonComparison

February 2026 | 8 min read

Microtopping vs Epoxy: Which Is Right for Your Space?

A detailed side-by-side comparison of aesthetics, durability, cost, and best-use scenarios for two popular seamless flooring systems.

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Terrazzo textureComparison

December 2025 | 9 min

Terrazzo vs. Microtopping Analysis

Understanding the technical differences that matter.

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Floor system decisionDecision Guide

May 2026 | 14 min

How to Choose a Floor System: 11 Criteria in Priority Order

Substrate, use case, loads, downtime, aesthetics, slip class, chemistry, temperature, UV, cost, certifications — in the order that decides the spec.

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15 Israeli floor project examplesDecision Guide

May 2026 | 16 min

15 Israeli Use Cases: Recommended Floor Systems

Penthouse, coastal villa, food production, pharma, cold storage, gym — each with a working spec and two alternatives.

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Mis-specified floor system failureDecision Guide

May 2026 | 9 min

Five Expensive Mis-Specifications: What NOT to Do

Why epoxy fails in food, why microtopping fails in warehouses, why MMA fails in apartments — and what to specify instead.

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Decision tree for floor systemsDecision Guide

May 2026 | 7 min

Five Questions to Your Floor: Decision Tree

The text version of the System Selector wizard. Walk five questions in order — the shortlist narrows to one product.

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Floor.DSGN Encyclopedia

Field reference for practitioners

Detailed engineering notes on concrete diagnostics, repair, waterproofing and polymer systems. ICRI/ACI/EN standards, with real Israeli site cases.

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