Epoxy FlooringWarehouse & GarageSeamless Resin
Seamless epoxy resin flooring across Harare for warehouses, workshops, garages and showrooms — installed over properly prepared concrete, because that is the only way resin lasts.
Service overview
Epoxy flooring has a poor reputation in parts of Zimbabwe, and it is deserved — but not because the material is bad. It is because resin flooring is unusually unforgiving of shortcuts, and the shortcuts are invisible once the floor is down.
A resin floor is a chemical bond to concrete. If the slab is sealed, polished, oily or damp, there is nothing for the resin to key into. It will look excellent on handover and lift in sheets a year later. That is why we mechanically prepare every slab by diamond grinding or shot blasting, and why we test for moisture before ordering material.
Epoxy flooring in Harare is what we specify where a floor needs to be hard, chemical resistant, dust-free and easy to clean: warehouses, workshops, garages, showrooms, storerooms and interior living areas that suit a seamless finish.
Where a floor faces thermal shock, hot wash-down or significant structural movement, epoxy is the wrong answer and we will tell you so — that is a job for a polyurethane system.
Why Tawaka
Six controls, all of them applied before or during installation, all of them impossible to correct afterwards.
Our process
Seven stages. The first three decide whether the floor survives.
We assess surface strength, existing coatings, contamination from oil or curing compound, joint condition and moisture. The results determine the system, not the other way round.
Diamond grinding or shot blasting across the full area with dust extraction, opening the concrete to a consistent profile so the primer can key into it.
Cracks routed out and filled with resin mortar, spalled areas rebuilt, joints detailed correctly, and any blowholes filled so they do not pinhole through the finish.
A penetrating primer sealed into the prepared slab, with a damp-suppressant primer specified where moisture testing requires it.
Self-levelling resin poured and spike-rolled to release air, or coating applied by roller, at the specified thickness. Flake broadcast into the wet base coat where a flake system is specified.
Sealer topcoats applied, anti-slip aggregate broadcast where grip is required, and line markings, walkways and hazard zones set out within the system.
Floor protected during cure, released to foot traffic then vehicle traffic at the correct intervals, walked with you, and handed over with maintenance guidance.
Applications
The same chemistry, specified very differently depending on what drives over it.
Homes across Harare where a seamless, oil-resistant, easily washed floor makes more sense than tiles or bare concrete.
Facilities where the floor is part of the operation — load-bearing, chemically exposed and cleaned constantly.
Materials & systems
"Epoxy floor" covers a range of build-ups with very different capabilities. We specify from the loading, the exposure and the cleaning regime.
| System | Typical thickness and use |
|---|---|
| Roller-applied coating | 300–500 microns. Light-duty storerooms, plant rooms and areas needing dust-proofing and easy cleaning on a budget. |
| Self-levelling epoxy | 2–3 mm. The standard smooth seamless floor for warehouses, showrooms and interiors. Flows out flat and hides minor substrate variation. |
| Epoxy flake system | 2–3 mm plus flake. Decorative speckled finish for garages, showrooms and utility areas. Disguises marking and adds light texture. |
| Anti-slip epoxy | Base system plus broadcast aggregate. Wash bays, ramps, walkways and any area regularly wet underfoot. |
| Heavy-duty epoxy screed | 4–6 mm+. Trowel-applied for forklift traffic, impact loading and heavy industrial abrasion. |
| Damp-suppressant primer | Applied where slab moisture testing requires it, allowing installation over slabs that would otherwise reject a resin system. |
| Resin mortar repair | Rebuilding spalled areas, filling routed cracks and reinstating damaged joint arrises before the floor is laid. |
| Coved skirting | Resin cove formed at the wall junction, removing the dirt-trapping corner and allowing floors to be hosed into a drain. |
| Line marking | Contrasting resin bands and symbols installed within the system so they do not wear off under traffic. |
Benefits
Recent related projects
Completed
Industrial · Pomona, Harare
Seamless epoxy system installed over a mechanically prepared slab. Dust-free, chemical resistant and rated for daily forklift traffic, delivered in phases so the facility kept operating.
Completed
Residential · Highlands, Harare
Decorative epoxy flake system in a domestic garage — seamless, oil resistant and sealed under clear protective topcoats for easy washing.
Completed
Residential · Harare
Seamless resin floor poured through a large open-plan living area and coved to the skirting, leaving no joints to collect dirt.
Questions answered
Practical answers from our team in Harare. Still unsure? Ask us directly.
Almost every epoxy failure comes down to one of three things: inadequate mechanical preparation, moisture in the slab, or incorrect mixing of the two components.
We diamond-grind or shot-blast every slab back to a sound open profile, test for moisture before ordering material, and mix strictly by weight with a forced-action mixer and a timed pot life.
Yes. We check the slab for moisture, surface strength, contamination from oils or curing compounds, and existing coatings. All four change the specification.
Quoting an epoxy floor without testing the slab is guessing, and it is the reason so many resin floors in Zimbabwe delaminate within a year.
Light foot traffic is normally possible around 24 hours after the final coat, vehicle traffic after roughly 72 hours, and full chemical resistance develops over about seven days.
Cure times depend on ambient temperature. In cooler months we extend them rather than releasing the floor early.
Sometimes. If the existing system is well bonded and compatible, we can abrade and overcoat. If it is delaminating, contaminated or of unknown type, it must come off.
We take core samples or do adhesion pull tests where there is doubt, because overcoating a failing floor simply buys a few months.
A flake or chip system broadcasts coloured vinyl flakes into a wet base coat, then seals them under clear topcoats. It gives a speckled decorative finish that also hides dust and minor marking.
It is popular for domestic garages and showrooms, and the flake layer adds a slight texture that improves grip compared with a plain gloss floor.
A smooth gloss epoxy is slippery when wet, so we do not specify it for wash-down areas or ramps without modification. Anti-slip aggregate is broadcast into the topcoat where grip matters.
We match the aggregate grade to the use — fine for showrooms and walkways, coarse for wash bays and loading ramps.
Yes. Epoxy is a rigid system and it bridges only very fine hairline cracks. A moving structural crack will telegraph through.
Where a slab has active movement we either detail the joint properly or recommend a flexible polyurethane system instead.
Yes. Walkways, forklift routes, hazard zones, bay markings and safety symbols are set out and applied as an integral part of the floor, not painted on top afterwards.
Because the markings sit within the system, they do not wear off under traffic the way surface-applied paint does.
It depends on the system. A roller-applied coating is a few hundred microns; a self-levelling floor is typically two to three millimetres; a heavy-duty screed can be six millimetres or more.
Thickness is specified by the loading and abrasion the floor has to take, not by budget alone.
Epoxy gives a seamless, impervious, easily cleaned surface which suits many food environments. However, where there is thermal shock from hot wash-down or steam, polyurethane performs better.
We would discuss a polyurethane system for those areas rather than defaulting to epoxy.
Usually yes, by phasing the floor in sections so part of the facility stays in use while another section cures. This extends the programme but avoids a full shutdown.
We plan the phasing with you around your operational priorities before work starts.
Sweep or scrub regularly, wash with a neutral detergent, and deal with spills promptly. Avoid dragging sharp steel edges across it.
Refresh coats can be applied years later to restore appearance without removing the base system.
Where we work
We work from 33 Western Road, Greendale, and cover Harare and the surrounding suburbs. Travel time matters on a project like this — being local means we can get back to site quickly if something needs attention after handover.
Outside these areas? Tell us where the property is and we will let you know honestly whether we can deliver our standard there.
Related services
Most projects need more than one trade. We run them under a single contract so the sequencing is our problem, not yours — see all services or browse our completed projects.
Tell us the property, the suburb and roughly what needs doing. We will visit, measure properly and send an itemised quotation — no obligation.