What it costs: Synthetic resin floors | Features

Synthetic resin flooring and duty classes: (BS 8204–6 type, name, description and thickness)
	Capital cost	Lifecycle cost	Expected service life
	(£/m2)	(£/m2 over 60 years)	(years)
Pedestrian or light commercial and industrial use: light to medium duty
Floor seal; two or more coats; solvent or water-borne; up to 150µm	7.5–10	222	1–2
Floor coating; two or more coats; solvent free; 150–300µm	11–14.5	221	1–3
High build floor coating; two or more coats; solvent free; 300–1,000µm	12–16	175	2–7
Multi-layer flooring; aggregate-dressed systems, multiple floor coatings or
flow-applied (sandwich systems); %3E2 mm	24–31.5	319	2–5
Flow applied flooring; smooth surface (self-smoothing or self-levelling flooring); 2–3mm	25.5–34	328	3–8
Resin screed flooring; trowel-finished, heavily-filled systems; %3E4mm	38.5–51	334	5–12
Severe loads and impact: heavy to very heavy duty
Heavy duty flowable flooring; smooth surface; 4-6mm	42.5–56.5	353	5–10
Heavy duty resin flooring; trowel-finished, aggregate filled, impervious; %3E6 mm	51–67.5	312	10–12