Commercial Freezer Floor Construction

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Commercial freezer floor construction.

A walk in freezer consists of the insulated box of the freezer the compressor and evaporator to do the work of cooling. Types of construction floor heaving effects repairs and solutions. Understanding freezer floor heave by. What is frost heaving in freezers.

Freezer floor slab design is assumed to be simple. Freezer floors require a. In this case the minimal insulation in the freezer floor became saturated with water from floor washing operations further reducing its insulating value. Robert d judson pe.

Leaks allow moisture to invade the freezer which can trigger mold and other harmful pathogen growth. There is so much more to installing freezer floors than simply pouring concrete and then building the freezer around the poured concrete floor. The formation of this ice can cause floors. Design solutions are shared and misapplied.

As the earth below a freezer drops below freezing the moisture in the soil will freeze form ice and expand. We receive several calls a month from clients wanting to know why their freezer floors are rising in the middle and heaving. Restoring concrete freezer floors. Properly sealing concrete floors in a walk in freezer protects your slab prevents leaks and maintains usda safety compliance requirements.

The pink and black coloring on the concrete is microbial growth due to constant and heavy condensation. Commercial freezer flooring not only must withstand freezing temperatures but also put up with heavy loads concentrated on a small surface. Microbial growth on underside of poorly insulated freezer slab. Concrete floor damage like cracking or chipping is triggered by a.