Meat & Poultry · Small & Custom Plants
Flooring for Small, State-Inspected & Custom Meat Plants
Small plants and custom processors face the same blood, fat and hot washdown as the big packers, often in older buildings, on a smaller budget, with no room to shut down for weeks. PumaCRETE urethane concrete flooring gives you the same system the large plants use, with options that fit a smaller operation: buy materials direct, have your own crew trained on site, or have it installed.
$8–15
Installed cost per sq ft
35°F
Cures in operating coolers
24 hr
Return to washdown
5-yr
Written warranty
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What small plants are dealing with
Old concrete in old buildings
Many small plants run in converted buildings with pitted, cracked slabs and poor drainage. Prep, patching and slope corrections happen in the same project.
Every room under one roof
Kill floor, cut room, coolers, smokehouse and retail counter can sit within a few walls. One system covers every zone, with thickness and texture set room by room.
Inspection-ready floors
Whether you run under USDA, a state program or custom exemption, inspectors look for floors that are cleanable and in good repair.
Limited downtime
Small plants can’t lose a busy season. PumaCRETE returns to washdown about 24 hours after the final coat and cures in coolers down to 35°F.
Recoating costs that add up
Epoxy looks cheaper until it needs recoating every few years. Urethane concrete is a one-time installation with a 20+ year service life in wet, hot environments.
No in-house flooring crew
Most small plants don’t have one. You can hire installation, or have a factory trainer teach your staff or a local contractor on your first room.
Recommended system by zone
One urethane concrete system, configured for the room you’re standing in. Thickness, texture and cove are set zone by zone. Add 1/8 in for integral cove.
| Zone | Recommended system | Key exposures |
|---|---|---|
| Kill floor | 401-HF, 3/8 in + cove | Blood, hot washdown, impact |
| Cut and wrap room | 401-HF, 1/4 in, slip-grade | Fat, cold, knives and saws |
| Coolers and freezers | 401-HF, 1/4 in (cold cure) | 35°F install, condensation |
| Smokehouse and sausage kitchen | 401-HF, 3/8 in (thermal) + cove | Heat, brine, grease |
| Retail counter and customer area | 401-HF, 1/4 in, decorative finish | Foot traffic, spills, appearance |
| Offal, hide and waste room | 401-HF, 1/4 in + cove | Organic acids, washdown |
Fitting the work to a small plant
Phase it room by room
Do the kill floor this year and the cut room next. Each room is a complete, warrantied installation.
Schedule around your busy season
Work is planned around hunting season and holiday rushes, the busiest times for custom processors.
Your crew, trained by the factory
Order materials direct and a PumaCRETE trainer certifies your crew or local contractor on your first room. See on-site training.
Federal, state and custom-exempt plants
- Meets 9 CFR Part 416 sanitation performance standards, which state “equal to” programs mirror
- Suitable for custom-exempt operations under 9 CFR Part 303
- Seamless, coved, non-porous surface inspectors expect to see
- OSHA-compliant slip resistance for wet floors
Performance data
| Property | PumaCRETE 401-HF |
|---|---|
| Compressive strength | 9,500 psi (ASTM C579) |
| Tensile strength | 1,450 psi (ASTM C307) |
| Flexural strength | 3,200 psi (ASTM C580) |
| Bond to concrete | Exceeds substrate (ASTM D7234) |
| Abrasion resistance | 0.06 g loss (ASTM C501) |
| Impact resistance | >160 in-lb (ASTM D2794) |
| Service temperature | -40°F to 248°F |
| Thermal shock | Pass, boiling-to-ambient cycles |
| Wet coefficient of friction | 0.6–0.9 (tunable) |
| Vapor pressure tolerance | Up to 25 lbs through the slab |
| Minimum install temperature | 35°F (operating coolers) |
| Standard thickness | 1/4 in (3/8 in in thermal zones) |
Standard 1/4-inch PumaCRETE 401-HF system. Full test data is on the technical data sheets.
Three ways to buy, direct from the manufacturer
Every system on this page is made by PumaCRETE and sold direct, with no distributor markup.
Buy the materials
Urethane concrete, primers, topcoats and cove kits shipped direct from the manufacturer to your plant. No distributor markup.
Buy it installed
Turnkey installation by factory-trained crews, with material and workmanship warranties from a single source.
Train your own crew
A factory-employed PumaCRETE trainer certifies your maintenance team or local contractor on your slab: prep, mixing, troweling, cove and testing.
Frequently Asked Questions
Small & Custom Plants FAQ's
No. The conditions on a small kill floor (blood, fat, hot washdown, dropped tools) are the same as in a large plant. A floor that lasts 20+ years usually costs less over time than recoating epoxy every few years.
Yes. You can buy PumaCRETE materials direct from the manufacturer, and a factory-employed trainer will work with your crew or local contractor on site during the first installation.
Yes. Smaller producers often buy materials direct and have their own crew or contractor trained on site by PumaCRETE. See the small and custom meat plants page for options.
Yes. The floor meets the same sanitation standards inspectors apply under USDA, state programs and custom exemption: seamless, cleanable and in good repair.
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