Facility spec sheet
Auto and Fleet Shop Floor Costs in Ottawa: A Spec Sheet
Get quotes for this facilityA repair bay floor sees vehicles, fluids and solvents, and the products used to coat it may be flammable themselves. The spec sheet sets the published prices beside one data sheet's vehicle times; the questions below cover oil in the slab and the Fire Code before work starts.
The spec sheet
Commercial epoxy
Published price About $8 to $15 per sq ft installed (lighter systems from about $5)
Nothing facility-specific in our sources.
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Get quotes for commercial epoxyPolyaspartic / polyurea
Published price About $6 to $15 per sq ft installed (commercial work)
Nothing facility-specific in our sources.
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Get quotes for polyaspartic / polyureaUrethane cement
Published price Too few published prices for a range
Nothing facility-specific in our sources.
Data sheet figures · About this system
Get quotes for urethane cementPrices are published ranges, not quotes. Times, moisture limits and how the ranges were set: costs page.
Rules that apply here
- Ontario Fire Code 4.1.5.2
Open flames, sparks or heat are not permitted where flammable or combustible liquids are stored, handled or used, unless controlled in a manner that will not create a fire or explosion hazard. SDS Section 9 gives each product's flash point.
- Safety data sheets (OHSA s.38(1.1))
The employer makes SDSs readily available to workers who may be exposed, including your own staff who stay on site.
Ask before you sign
- How the contractor will assess oil and fluid in the slab, and the prep they propose
- The data-sheet vehicle return time for the product quoted
- Which products are solvent-based, their SDS flash points, and the plan for pilot lights and heaters
- Whether bays can be done in turns so the shop keeps working
More on each system: Commercial Epoxy Flooring · Polyaspartic and Polyurea Coatings · Urethane Cement Flooring
Coatings IQ answers for this facility
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Quick answers
Can an oil-soaked bay floor be coated?
Whether it can depends on how the contractor deals with the oil and on what the product's data sheet allows over the prepared surface. Ask for both in writing before signing.
How soon can vehicles use a polyaspartic repair bay floor?
The polyaspartic data sheet we read lists light traffic at 24 hours and vehicles at 7 days. Plan around the data sheet for the product quoted, not a marketing claim.
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