Commercial Freezer Floor Construction

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Commercial freezer floor construction. Robert d judson pe. Types of construction floor heaving effects repairs and solutions. Microbial growth on underside of poorly insulated freezer slab. Freezer floor slab design is assumed to be simple.

The pink and black coloring on the concrete is microbial growth due to constant and heavy condensation. Freezer floors require a. There is so much more to installing freezer floors than simply pouring concrete and then building the freezer around the poured concrete floor. Restoring concrete freezer floors.

Design solutions are shared and misapplied. What is frost heaving in freezers. 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.

In this case the minimal insulation in the freezer floor became saturated with water from floor washing operations further reducing its insulating value. As the earth below a freezer drops below freezing the moisture in the soil will freeze form ice and expand. Concrete floor damage like cracking or chipping is triggered by a. The formation of this ice can cause floors.

Understanding freezer floor heave by. Properly sealing concrete floors in a walk in freezer protects your slab prevents leaks and maintains usda safety compliance requirements. A walk in freezer consists of the insulated box of the freezer the compressor and evaporator to do the work of cooling. We receive several calls a month from clients wanting to know why their freezer floors are rising in the middle and heaving.