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Flooring Solutions for
Grain & Feed Storage Facilities

Q: What type of flooring is best for grain flat stores and feed warehouses?

Grain and feed facilities generally use a reinforced concrete slab with surface systems selected for each area. Bulk zones may receive heavier resurfacing to cope with scraping and bucket work, while bagged feed and finished product areas often use polished concrete to support racking, forklifts and straightforward cleaning.

Q: Can you upgrade floors between harvests without disrupting intake capacity?

Yes. Flooring upgrades are typically phased so that individual stores or lanes are refurbished in turn, allowing other areas to remain in use. The programme is planned alongside crop and production schedules to maintain sufficient intake and storage capacity.

Q: How do new floors help with grain hygiene and assurance schemes?

Improved floors reduce rough patches and debris traps, making sweeping, vacuuming and inspection more effective. This supports hygiene plans and assurance requirements by making it easier to control dust, fines and spillages within grain and feed storage areas.

Q: Will the floor cope with loaders, sweep augers and regular scraping?

When slab design and surface specification are chosen for the traffic and scraping pattern on site, the floor can cope with loaders, sweep augers and repeated bucket work for many seasons with only routine maintenance.

Q: Can you improve floors around pits, tunnels and aeration channels?

Yes. Failed concrete around pits, ducts and channels can be removed and rebuilt, with levelling systems used to provide smoother access for machinery and easier cleaning while protecting openings and covers.

Q: How long before a new or refurbished grain store floor can be brought back into use?

New or refurbished floors need a defined curing period before they are exposed to heavy vehicles and bulk storage. Guidance on timings for light traffic and full loading is provided for each project so stores can be brought back into service safely.

Warehouse Flooring Solutions designs and installs concrete slab floors for grain stores, polished concrete bays and grain store resurfacing systems for flat stores, silos, intake pits and feed warehouses across the UK. Floors are planned around intake, handling, conditioning and loading so grain and feed can be moved and stored safely.

20 +

Years
Experience in Grain & Feed Flooring

Grain and compound feed facilities need floors that work with pits, tunnels, conveyors and bulk walls while still coping with loaders, sweep augers and lorries. We install and upgrade floors that support your quality schemes, assurance audits and day to day housekeeping, building on approaches used in wider agricultural storage buildings.

Our Expertise

Flooring Needs in Grain & Feed Storage Facilities

Grain and feed sites often combine outdoor intakes, below-ground pits, flat stores, silos, blending areas and finished product warehouses. The floor has to accept tipping trailers, stand up to loaders pushing grain against walls, carry bulk heads and provide cleanable surfaces around conveyors and transfer points. In feed mills and bag stores, surfaces must support pallet racking and forklifts whilst remaining straightforward to sweep and keep free from spill residues.

Many operators use purpose-designed grain store slabs with suitable falls and reinforcement beneath bulk storage areas. Where older concrete is still structurally sound but worn, concrete resurfacing solutions can restore a smoother finish in loading lanes and pushing zones. For bagged feed and finished product warehouses, polished concrete flooring can provide a lighter, cleaner environment closer to logistics hub standards.

Need to carry loaded trailers, artics and telehandlers without progressive rutting or slab failure.
Floors must tolerate bucket work, sweep augers and repeated grain pushing against retaining walls.
Requirement for sensible falls so wash water and rain are directed away from stored material.
Compatibility with intake pits, tunnels, ducts, aeration channels and expansion joints.
Surfaces that are practical to sweep, scrape or vacuum to support hygiene and assurance schemes.

Flooring Problems in Grain & Feed Storage Facilities

Over time, flooring in grain stores and feed warehouses can suffer from the combined effects of loading, scraping, moisture and traffic. Defects that begin as small annoyances can eventually affect loading times, cleaning routines and even product quality if not managed.

Rutting and settlement in tipping lanes and in front of bulk walls or grain doors

Concrete breaking away at wall bases where loaders have pushed grain repeatedly

Damaged joints that jar tractor tyres, forklifts and pallet trucks every time they cross

Low areas that hold water or leachate near pits, ducts or tunnel entries

Surface wear that produces fines and dust, increasing the amount of sweepings and clean-up work

Patch repairs and thin toppings lifting, leaving rough patches that catch on buckets or handlers

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How We Upgrade Floors in Grain & Feed Storage Facilities

STEP 1

Site Visit and
Handling Pattern Review

We visit your grain or feed site and review intake, storage and loading with your team. We look at how trailers tip, where loaders push grain, how bagged feed is moved and how water enters and leaves the building. Particular focus is given to cracking, damaged joints, low spots and any areas you already flag as awkward to clean or drive over, whether flat stores, feed warehouses or linked agricultural sheds.

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Floor Design,
Levels and Surface Specification

We then propose a scheme that may combine new grain store slab construction in key tipping or bulk zones, targeted concrete resurfacing systems where the base remains sound, and polished concrete bays in bag stores and finished product warehouses. Levels, falls, joint repairs and thresholds are planned together so machinery can move without constant jolts and so wash water, spillages and rain are managed sensibly within the building and out onto the yard.

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Installation,
Phasing and Handover

Work is planned around harvest, intake periods and feed production schedules. We phase upgrades so individual stores or lanes can be taken out of service in turn while others remain available. Failed concrete is removed, the new slab or resurfacing system is installed, and areas are finished ready for sweeping and your own hygiene checks before grain or feed is reintroduced. This approach helps you maintain intake capacity while improving the condition of the floor over time.

BS 8204

Floors are constructed and checked in line with BS 8204, helping loaders, forklifts and pallet trucks move smoothly and supporting controlled falls towards drains, sumps or yard levels where appropriate.

BS EN 206

Concrete works follow BS EN 206 guidance for mix design and curing, giving slabs the capacity to support bulk walls, grain pressures, vehicle loads and any resurfacing or polishing systems applied above the base.

CSCS Certified

Our operatives hold CSCS cards and are used to working in live yard environments, respecting traffic routes, under-cover working areas and site safety procedures at grain stores and feed mills.

SMAS Worksafe

SMAS Worksafe accreditation confirms compliance with SSIP schemes, supporting structured safety management on flooring projects across agricultural storage, feed manufacturing and rural industrial sites.

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Grain & Feed Storage Facility Flooring
Common Questions

What type of flooring is best for grain flat stores and feed warehouses?

Most grain and feed facilities perform well with a properly specified reinforced concrete slab laid to suitable falls, with surface systems chosen for each zone. Bulk storage and loading lanes may use heavy-duty resurfacing systems that cope with scraping and bucket work, while bagged feed and finished product areas often benefit from polished concrete finishes similar to those used in agricultural storage sheds. The aim is a floor that supports machinery, hygiene and inspection routines.

Can you upgrade floors between harvests without disrupting intake capacity?

Yes. We normally phase works so that specific stores, lanes or bays are refurbished in turn while others remain in use. Planning is carried out with your team to align the programme with quieter periods, crop rotation and feed production schedules. This approach allows you to retain enough intake and storage capacity while still improving the sections that cause the most difficulty during busy seasons.

How do new floors help with grain hygiene and assurance schemes?

A level, sound floor makes sweeping and vacuuming more effective and reduces areas where dust, fines and residues can collect. By removing failing patches, rebuilding damaged joints and installing appropriate resurfacing systems, cleaning teams can cover more area in less time and monitoring for spillages becomes simpler. This supports your HACCP plans, assurance records and any scheme requirements for cleanliness and contamination control within stores and feed warehouses.

Will the floor cope with loaders, sweep augers and regular scraping?

Provided the slab thickness, reinforcement and surface specification are chosen correctly, the floor can cope with loaders, repeated scraping and the use of sweep augers in flat stores. Slab design takes account of axle loads and turning patterns, while selected resurfacing solutions can provide a dense surface that stands up better to bucket contact than basic yard-grade concrete. This combination helps keep the store serviceable over many seasons with fewer reactive repairs.

Can you improve floors around pits, tunnels and aeration channels?

Yes. Many older stores suffer from cracked concrete or broken edges near pits and ducts. We can remove failed material, rebuild the slab around openings and install levelling systems to provide smoother access for machinery and easier cleaning. Careful detailing around covers and channel edges helps reduce water ingress and stops loose material from falling into tunnels or ducting during routine work on the store floor above.

How long before a new or refurbished grain store floor can be brought back into use?

The time before reuse depends on slab thickness, ambient conditions and the products being stored. New concrete floors need a defined curing period before they are exposed to trailers, loaders and bulk grain, while resurfacing systems have their own cure times. We set out clear guidance for each project so you know when light traffic, cleaning and then full loading can safely restart, and we plan the programme to fit with your harvest or feed production timetable wherever possible.

Flooring Solutions for Grain & Feed Storage Facilities