Has throwing the big game party fallen upon your shoulders? If so, you need to make sure it’s one to remember.

Do you have everything you’ll need to avoid fumbling on Championship Sunday? If not, this checklist is for you.

Hosting the best game day get-together may seem like a difficult task to pull off. Our ultimate carpet bowl party checklist, however, will lead you to a triumphant game day this year.

Before kickoff, you need to make sure that the house is clean and prepared. Start house cleaning and prepping with these tips in mind:

Has your home been themed with the favorite team branding? Here are some items you’re going to want include: Coasters (make them out of AstroTurf to get creative) Banners Table runners Streamers Are the kids at the babysitters? Let’s face it, you can’t be loud and obnoxious when the little one is taking a nap. How’s the carpet look? If you can’t get the museum of stains out of the old carpeting, you may want to pick up some fresh flooring. Presentation is important after all. Is all the shopping done? Make sure to get all of the food and drink you’ll need prior to Championship Sunday. Has the party room and kitchen been straightened up? You can’t have a messy dining area. Do you have someone to help clean up after? Trust us, it is going to be a pain to clean up on your own.

If you do need to get the carpet changed, we have you covered. Book a free estimate and take advantage of our Carpet Bowl Savings before it’s too late! We will even install it for you the next day, jut in time for the big game.

After the house has been taken care of, it’s time to get the food, drink and items you’ll require. This is what you’re going to need:

Coolers and Buckets – If you have some room to fit them, get some coolers or buckets to store your cold drinks. Make sure to place them in easy access spots for your guests. Ice – This is self-explanatory, but you’ll need ice to keep your drinks cold. Make sure to stock up so you don’t run out. Beer – Please drink responsibly, but beer is a popular beverage at any game day party, especially if you are expecting a big crowd. If you have a home bar in your basement, make sure to stock it up. Soda, Cider and Sparkling Water – There are many great alternative drinks you can serve if you are not into alcoholic beverages. Cider is great for guests who have a gluten allergy and sparkling water can be mixed with flavored syrups to create a variety of delicious beverages. Soda is a give in; we all know it. Serving Trays, Plates, and Dishes – Try to get dishes based off of your preferred football team if possible. For example, silver and blue for the Detroit Lions (hey, we have to show some support). Party Food – Sandwiches, chips and dip, wings, pizza and chili. You can’t go wrong with these. Food Station – Set up a food area for guests to pick and choose what they want. That way everything gets taken and you don’t have to run around serving everyone. You can also place a tablet here with the game on so no one misses a second of the action when filling their plates. Extra Tips

Pace your snacks. The game is going to be long, so bring things out at a steady pace to ensure your guests have room for everything you’ve prepared.

If you plan on promoting your event via ads, flyers and the like, be aware of the patent the NFL has on the event name (super you-know-what). Using the actual title of the game can get you a cease and desist letter in the mail.

Your game day party will be a blast with the help of these guidelines. Hopefully, the team you’re rooting for will win. That will be the perfect finish.

Enjoy the bowl this year and be safe!

 

 

FloroCrete Urethane Mortar, installed with skill by FloorCare USA of WI.

With our cutting edge R&D and QC laboratories, floor coating engineering and manufacturing capabilities, regional factory technical representatives, and full network of local, approved specialty contractors, you can be assure that you’re getting the optimal concrete floor resurfacers for your facility.

Durable & Long-Lasting

Epoxy Mortar is designed to be used as a heavy-duty coating for creating seamless floors in manufacturing plants, mechanical rooms, warehouses, commercial kitchens, restaurants, garages, and service areas where heavy use, such as forklift traffic will apply.

Epoxy mortar systems and other troweled flooring solutions can offer incredible benefits to building owners, depending upon their needs.

When combined with graded sand or quartz sand and troweled into place, Epoxy Mortar provides a high-build system that is 100% solid, highly impact resistant, chemical resistant, and very resilient.

In addition, our products are available with FDA-registered antimicrobial protection and meet USDA requirements for food production facility flooring. We offer everything from quick-fix concrete crack repair kits to complete floor resurfacing; no matter the need, we have the ideal product.

Our Epoxy Mortar Flooring Systems FloroBuild PT/HT

The heavy duty FloroBuild Epoxy Mortar System can be used as a concrete resurfacer to patch and completely level slabs, create mild inclines and build integral floor-to-wall cove bases. FloroBuild PT/HT repairs moderate to severe spalling, pitting and other forms of deterioration that concrete floors are subject to. They also provide sanitary, skid-resistant and highly impact resistant surfaces, exhibiting impressive compressive strength and load capacity. FloroBuild adds performance, longevity and durability to concrete, offering outstanding lifecycle value.

FloroBuild XT FloroCryl Build MMA Mortar

When a fast curing acrylic MMA resin-based resurfacer is desired, FloroCryl Build is the answer. This three component MMA flooring system is ideal for areas that are subject to high mechanical and chemical wear. Florocryl Build is an easily cleanable floor that can be made with smooth or slip-resistant finishes.

FloroCrete HD Cementitious Urethane Mortar

With thermal shock and steam-cleaning resistant properties, superior acid and alkali resistance, and quick one-coat troweled installation, FloroCrete HD is an ideal solution for facilities requiring a solvent free, low odor, heavy duty, one-step mortar that can withstand abrasion and chemical exposure. It allows moisture to move through it at a safe rate, and it can be installed from a 1/4” to 3/8” thickness (6.0 to 9.5 mm).

 

Beautiful FloroBuild Flooring Installation by Hubbard & Associates, Inc. of NC.

Every manufacturing operation presents unique challenges that call for precise flooring solutions. In addition to adding visual interest to industrial facilities, warehouses, or factories, industrial epoxy and other high performance resinous floor coatings can help improve workers’ productivity, as well as support their health and safety.

Like many design and engineering decisions, site conditions play a key role in the type of floor coating that should be applied. For instance, food and beverage production plants, storage facilities, laboratories, and pharmaceutical plants require high performance and sanitary floor surfaces that are easy to clean and resist abrasion, staining and deterioration from chemicals.

Why Choose Epoxy Floors?

Benefits of applying epoxy coatings and other high performance flooring in industrial manufacturing facilities include:

Chemically Resilient: Well-designed epoxy floor coatings and other resinous finishes can survive exposure to strong chemicals, solvents and exposure to extreme pH. This is ideal for manufacturing facilities that may use such substances on a regular basis. Depending upon formulation, once the high performance coating components cure, the resulting solid polymer surface can be incredibly strong and prevent chemical and physical breakdown. Safety: Epoxy and other resin-based finishes have customizable skid-resistance to help prevent slips and falls. Some offer static control properties and most have a “self-extinguishing” fire rating. By nature, resinous flooring does not promote the growth of harmful mold, however additional antimicrobial additives, such as FloroSeptic can help further inhibit the spread of pathogens. These and other factors will help uphold both the safety of your employees and your structure. Cost-Effectiveness: Concrete floors coated with resinous finishes, such as epoxy, last longer and resist substantial wear, thus saving facilities money and allowing managers to devote resources to other aspects of the business. Time-Saving: In most cases, epoxy flooring and other resinous systems can be installed relatively quickly, reducing or, depending upon scheduling, even eliminating lost production time. Inexpensive and Easy Cleaning: Once concrete has been properly prepared and coated in a high quality resin or epoxy floor covering, it is no longer porous. That means dirt, chemicals and other substances remain on the surface and the floor is easier to clean. Lack of grout lines means quicker sanitation and fewer man hours scrubbing. Plus, many resinous finishes, such as Florock Floors, never need waxing. Visual Appeal: Florock offers a wide variety of floor coatings in an array of colors, patterns, and even customized logos to fit each facility’s specific style. Brightness: Many of our customers prefer a high-gloss option for coatings, which can enhance lighting due to reflection. Light-colored floors can also help brighten the space and occupants’ mood. Easy on Forklifts and Vehicles: A properly coated concrete floor has a safe, monolithic surface, free of unevenness, cracks and potholes. This helps keep forklift loads level, vehicle suspension systems and tires intact. As the result of well-selected epoxy or resinous floor, the money and time spent maintaining and repairing truck loading equipment can be greatly reduced. Eco-friendly: Epoxy and other resin-based flooring can be a green option for your business, eliminating the installation cut-off waste of tile and rolled goods. Facility managers like knowing that the majority of today’s liquid flooring components contain zero VOC, and that products from leading manufacturers contain no heavy metals. In addition, Florock is formaldehyde and phthalate-free, offers recycled glass aggregate blend options and furnishes recyclable packaging for many products. The infrequent replacement and sheer long-term durability of epoxy flooring and other fluid-applied alternatives add to their environmentally-friendly benefits.

Floropoxy ESD, correctly installed and grounded by National Engineering of FL

As electronic devices become more powerful, facilities have experienced a greater need for static control flooring. Consider this excerpt from an article published in the July/August 2014 edition of Facilities Engineering Journal:

“A person walking across an insulative tile floor can build-up static electricity resulting in electrostatic discharges (ESD). When a hand touches a doorknob, it can take 3000 to 3500 volts to feel a sudden shock. In 1971, Intel’s 4004 microprocessor equaled about 2300 transistors. At the end of 2008, Intel’s Dual Core Itanium 2 smashed the 2 billion transistor equivalency barrier.

In 2011, Astronaut Buzz Aldrin commented that today’s hand held smartphone has more processing speed than NASA’s Apollo 11 guidance system computer. Hand held touch screen phones are much faster, with colossal memory in comparison to the lunar bound Apollo 11 computer.”

Without the proper static control flooring and epoxy coatings, any facility that deals with active electronic equipment and components, volatile gases, powders, liquids, or other substances may be exposing themselves to adverse ESD-related events.

Minimize the Risks of ESD

Our proven static control flooring and coatings provide the additional safeguards you need to help protect your employees and your facility. They’re frequently chosen by industries such as:

Semi-conductor and electronics Aerospace and avionics Data centers and mission critical operations Pharmaceutical plants and biotechnology labs Healthcare, hospitals and medical research Automotive and other high-tech manufacturing

We occasionally receive inquiries from customers regarding the static control capabilities of unsealed concrete. There are several potential problems with the presence of an untreated concrete floor in static risk environment. Most of these issues lie in lack of control over the floor’s properties, for example:

A facility’s Safety Manager may test the concrete and get a result deemed acceptable (resistance in the range of 1.0 x 106) However, this result can be greatly altered as people move across the floor. In many instances, the body voltage generation test over bare concrete flooring will fall outside the allowable range. In general, tests for body voltage generation are better indicators of floor performance in a critical space. The moisture content of concrete can vary greatly over time. Since the electrostatic resistance of concrete strongly depends upon its moisture content, ESD tests of concrete slabs can vary from day to day, from rainy season to rainy season. And more recently poured slabs will generally have lower resistance than decades old concrete. Uncoated concrete flooring, due to sheer size, layout and internal metal reinforcement is difficult to ground properly, even if moisture could be completely controlled.

The bottom line? A properly installed and grounded static control epoxy floor coating (as part of a facility-wide safety program) can help alleviate these issues.