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Frequently Asked Questions 1. We are moving into a new laboratory. Can you provide a flooring system for us? Summit provides a full line of floor and wall surfaces to fit all industrial applications. Summit seamless surfaces can include antimicrobial additives to control the growth of fungi, bacteria and viruses or to limit hazards from static spark and electrical conductivity. 2. Can you repair deteriorated concrete surfaces? Deteriorated concrete surfaces on aisles, ramps, and walkways - including cracks, open joint or spalls - create obvious materials handling and personnel hazards. Summit, using skim coating and epoxy injection, can put such concrete in better-than-new condition. Summit repaired surfaces can be coated using a variety of both decorative and application-specific materials. 3. What types of Industrial Flooring coatings do you offer? · Epoxy
resurfacers 4. What types of Decorative Flooring to you offer? · Quartz,
Aggregates and Sealers for company logos, high strength and top
coats to resist chemicals, stains and bacteria 5. What is a Secondary Containment Coating System? Secondary Containment is an emergency short-term storage system designed to hold release from hazardous waste storage tanks. Such systems also provide protection from spills caused by operational errors, such as overfilling. 6. Why do I need a Secondary Containment Coating System? The US Federal code of Regulations (CFR), Title 40 Section 264 (for existing tanks) and Section 265 (for new tanks) defines secondary containment. Title 40 Sections 264 and 265 require secondary containment structures, under hazardous material storage and handling facilities, to fully contain and hold hazardous materials whether from a minor pump seal leak or the catastrophic rupture of a large tank. The EPA expects a secondary containment system to stop the movement of waste, solid or liquid, from passing through the containment structure at any time. The secondary containment system must contain, detect and collect these materials until proper removal and disposal can take place. 7. If we have a spill, how long do we have for clean up? Clean up of a spill is usually required within at least 72 hours. 8. We have a concrete Secondary Containment structure. Why do we need a coating system? Concrete is porous, and the EPA "believes that most secondary containment concrete structures vaults or otherwise will require an impermeable coating or lining that will prevent migration of waste into the concrete." Concrete surfaces are under constant attack from a variety of elements, including: temperature changes, mechanical abrasion, flowing particulate abrasion, harsh acids and chemicals, ultraviolet rays and several other natural forces. 9. What type of facilities require Secondary Containment Coating Systems? · Chemical
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