Commercial Freezer Floor Construction

Microbial growth on underside of poorly insulated freezer slab.

Commercial freezer floor construction.

Design solutions are shared and misapplied. Commercial freezer flooring not only must withstand freezing temperatures but also put up with heavy loads concentrated on a small surface. Freezers are built and floors heave. Restoring concrete freezer floors.

Understanding freezer floor heave by. The formation of this ice can cause floors. A walk in freezer consists of the insulated box of the freezer the compressor and evaporator to do the work of cooling. Properly sealing concrete floors in a walk in freezer protects your slab prevents leaks and maintains usda safety compliance requirements.

We receive several calls a month from clients wanting to know why their freezer floors are rising in the middle and heaving. Types of construction floor heaving effects repairs and solutions. Concrete floor damage like cracking or chipping is triggered by a. View brochures view gallery.

Freezer floor slab design is assumed to be simple. It also comes with controls to operate the freezer. There is so much more to installing freezer floors than simply pouring concrete and then building the freezer around the poured concrete floor. What is frost heaving in freezers.

The pink and black coloring on the concrete is microbial growth due to constant and heavy condensation. Freezer floors require a. A standard 8 x 8 x 8 foot walk in freezer when purchased as a package with all the refrigeration equipment shipping and installation costs about 15 000. Leaks allow moisture to invade the freezer which can trigger mold and other harmful pathogen growth.