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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

2009-10-29 rain leak in sunporch:

It is best to seal along the out side edge of your base plate. If you can not you may be able to do a good job with an epoxy grout cove. You can buy it for about $98 at www.concrete-floor-coatings.com

2009-10-08 paver question:

Keith, There could be an advantage to using 100% solid epoxy to hold down your paver. The epoxy is not effected by water, produces a permanent seal and will not crush. You will want to scrub the underling

2009-09-17 basement walls:

Dear Josh, We have had good luck coating your type of walls with 100% epoxy and an airless sprayer. We wash the walls with a stiff brush and high alkaline cleaner followed by acidic cleaner and scrub

2009-08-23 subfloor:

Dear Randy, I think that you are getting some mold or mildew in your wood composite flooring causing odors when it gets moist. I would coat the floor with a two part epoxy to seal out the odor. Now

2009-08-15 garage floor:

Dear Debra, Have you ever walked on concrete in your socks and found that they were all dusty after you crossed? Concrete breaks way into dust over time. Your floor probable came up because your painters

 

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