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Expertise

Expansion joints, Concrete floor coatings, bubbles, craters, floor repair, industrial flooring, garage floor seals, building maintenance, and floor paint,

Experience in the area

Harvey Chichester is a well published principal of Durall Industrial Flooring, a company with more than 40 years experience in developing special flow-coatings for industrial and residential floors. Automotive and shopping centers, breweries, food processing plants, manufacturing plants, airplane hangars, car washes, kennels, warehouses, printing plants, residential basements, pool decks, and condominiums are among some of the facilities in which he has installed floors. http://www.concrete-floor-coatings.com During that time, his team of chemists has produced continual improvements to over 500 products, including the acclaimed Dura Seal and Dura Poxy lines of epoxy floor coatings. He has managed installations in all 50 states, 5 Canadian provinces, and 7 countries.

Organizations

Durall Industrial Flooring

Publications

Aricles appear in over 3500 locations on the web.

Education/Credentials

MBA Marketing, BSB Finance minor Management, BA Economics minor Sociology, 7 years working beside Bench chemists at Durall Industrial Flooring.

Past/Present Clients

Iowa Beef, Pillsbury, General Mills, Banta Printing, 3M, Control Data, UFE, Land O Lakes, Thousands of residential garages, warehouses, machine shops, and automotive centers

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Recent Answers from Harvey Chichester

2012-05-12 concrete floor:

If you do not remove the adhesive it my soften and your coating will come off.  If the adhesive is black use mineral spirits with a little water and scrub off.  If it is Carmel colored flood with hot water

2012-05-08 Waterproofing Concrete Balcony:

You can smooth out the problems with your floors and seal out the rainwater by using 100% epoxy and color quartz.  This will provide high ware slip resistant surface for you.  Go to www.concrete-floor-coatings

2011-12-10 Patio concrete seal and tile?:

I am not familiar with radonseal.  I do know that if you seal your floor with a two part epoxy it qualifies as a class II laboratory floor and no gas can pass through it. If you go to WWW.concrete-floor-coatings

2011-10-11 gaps in old timber floor:

I do not have experience with the products you mention.  We have had good luck in warehouse restoration to condo.  The clogged the bottom of the cracks with sand.  They just poured large grain sand on

2011-04-24 Garage door:

I think you have to adjust your chain to stop sooner.  There is an adjustment screw or dial.  What is happening is that the door opener pushes against the bottom and thinks it is an obstruction that it

 

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