Cannabis Grow Facility Flooring

As with any emerging industry, general acceptance and market growth govern cannabis cultivation. As a result, local governments pay more attention to how cannabis grow facilities are built and managed. In addition to the everyday business issues of building safety, Concrete Grinding, employee working conditions, and tax contributions. Elected officials are increasingly under pressure from constituents to analyze the overall effect of facility growth on their communities.

High energy consumption for lighting in the grow room and increased water consumption is only part of the equation. The temperature and humidity required for a breeding facility can be equivalent to an indoor swimming pool. While heat and humidity are ideal for cannabis growth, they provide ideal conditions for fungus and other unwanted microorganisms to grow and multiply. Therefore, fumigation often plays to maintain plant health in a humid room climate.

The enrichment of indoor air with carbon dioxide (CO2), a common practice that increases crop yields, brings with it another set of health and safety considerations in densely populated urban environments. In addition to these challenges, many cannabis-growing facilities produce plants intended for pharmacological or nutritional purposes.

This requires scrutiny from regulators for the benefit of the consuming public. As a result, grow room managers and owners must stay abreast of industry developments regarding local and state regulations on their setup, general operations, and products.

Grow Rooms: Bare Concrete Floors

As an elementary building material, concrete is still the commercial and industrial construction leader. However, despite the many benefits of Stained Concrete Floor, they can pose significant challenges specifically for cannabis grow spaces if left unprotected.

• Raw, untreated concrete is inherently porous and readily absorbs liquids and moisture from the environment. As a result, substances found in grow rooms such as fertilizers, fungicides, and other chemicals can seep through the porous concrete floor slab into the soil and groundwater. Whether organic or synthetic, levels of such substances can be very harmful to the environment.

• Whether in an existing or newly constructed facility, it is not uncommon for the vapor barrier of the suspended ceiling to be compromised during construction. When this occurs, moisture from the soil beneath the floor slab can penetrate the concrete and move osmotically upwards, creating a phenomenon known as Moisture Vapor Transmission (MVT). The resulting moisture and water vapor become increasingly alkaline as they rise through the Self-levelling Concrete slab. MVT can cause blistering and other damage to floor coverings.

• Warm temperatures, regular watering of plants, and high relative humidity levels maintained in many grow rooms can weaken the structural integrity of unprotected grow room panels.