Choosing suitable flooring for your walk-in refrigerator is not always an easy decision to make. Some flooring types are perfectly suited to this demanding setting while others do not have the durability and resilience you need. With that said, we thought we’d put our vast experience to good use by creating this comprehensive guide to your walk-in cooler flooring options. 

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It might surprise you to know that you may not necessarily need a walk-in cooler floor at all. It really depends on what you’ll be using your cooler for and where it’ll be installed. Some walk-in coolers will be shipped with flooring already installed, while in other cases, you might get by perfectly well without one. If you have a cooler without a built-in floor, you should be aware that you’ll require sealers, or ‘screeds’, to join the walls of the cooler to the floor to keep it airtight.  

If your cooler will only be accessed by foot traffic and is going to be installed on a concrete floor that’s in contact with the ground, it may not be necessary to invest in specialist flooring. If you plan to install the cooler on wooden floors or floors that aren’t on grade, you’ll need a specialist walk-in floor to avoid the damage caused by condensation. Similarly, if you plan to use pallet jacks or carts to transport heavy items into and out of your cooler, you’ll require a hardwearing cooler floor.