Parlour/Tank room wall coatings?

[AlfM]

As the title what are people coating the walls (concrete panels) of the parlour with and also the tank room (blocks).

Also what are the best ideas for the ceiling of the tank room to avoid moisture damage and mould.

Thanks

 

[pappuller]

As the title what are people coating the walls (concrete panels) of the parlour with and also the tank room (blocks).

Also what are the best ideas for the ceiling of the tank room to avoid moisture damage and mould.

Thanks

If you've got smooth face inwards, why not leave it as it is ? It will meet dairy regs

 

[Scholsey]

Less is better as what ever you put on starts peeling off it gets pulled up in a dairy/farm assurance inspection whereas plain sealed concrete is fine.

 

[organicguy]

Coat of fibre glass resin with colour, like a coat of varnish without the cost of fibre glass.

 

[farmboy]

We’ve just fibreglassed the whole lot on our new parlour/dairy. I had it in my old one and still looked good after 20 years. For the ceiling in the wash room have got upvc cladding, the tongue and groove type stuff.

 

[Agrispeed]

My dairy has a wall of just blocks and fibre cement roof. Had to fill in the gaps in the roof, but otherwise fine with the dairy inspector.

I also have 2 walls of concrete panels, both rough and smooth side and a parlourboard wall. blocks or panels are the best IMO, parlour board is a bit of an arse as stuff can leak behind and work its way up the wall behind. You can write on it though, which is pretty handy. You can paint with chlorinated rubber paint which gives a nice finish but you will use a lot (and its expensive) and also end up high as a kite doing it!

 

[Blue.]

I’ve pvc cladding on a stone wall and the concrete block walls I rendered them,milk never comes into contact with either so it’s never altered in 18 years.

 

[dairyrow]

Apologies. Won't start on new one anybody tried stokboard? Would it stick the pressure washer and the chemicals? Just thought with thicker panels. You could do away with all the joiners of the PVC panels.

 

[Bald n Grumpy]

Stokboard is heat sensitive and will distort

 

[Bald n Grumpy]

Sorry to hijack thread but does anyone have any suggestions for resurfacing a dairy floor. Any sort of pourable resin products available? Obviously needs to be quick drying
Tia

 

[upnortheast]

Lots of resin products on the market. - https://www.polycote.com/uk/floors/concrete-repairs/
Biggest problem might be getting the existing floor perfectly dry before laying the resin.

 

[Wisconsonian]

Be careful of applying polyurethane products in a dairy. My experience is the surface is never dry enough and the moisture from deep in the concrete is enough to ruin the application. Epoxy is usually better in that it won't foam up like polyurethane, but you want to consider the surface drying time before application, as well as the drying time after application, and how well the product will deal with the moisture that will always be present in some amount.

 

[Cluster_monkey]

What’s a ball park figure for fibreglassing on a parlour wall?

 

[devon6400]

Coat of fibre glass resin with colour, like a coat of varnish without the cost of fibre glass.

have you done this? if so have you any pictures?

 

[Tarw Coch]

What’s a ball park figure for fibreglassing on a parlour wall?

It was in the £20/£25 m2 region 10 years ago