Advice Pages

From repairing cracks and holes, to levelling floors, our advice pages will guide you through the process to make the job easier.

Essential refurbishment cannot be avoided during the colder months. Find out what can go wrong and how to do it right. 

Read our advice on how to apply our waterproof coatings and repair products to make your roof watertight as quick and easy as possible.

As well as looking unsightly, badly maintained or damaged flooring can contribute to poor productivity, increase housekeeping costs, and present a safety risk to people working in or visiting a facility.

Cold weather maintenance is essential to the upkeep of your commercial premises. That's why we have created a range of paints and repair mortars that are specially formulated to cure even in the coldest conditions.

There is concrete evidence that if you don’t maintain your flooring, cracks can spread and ruin your business. We can ensure damage control so your productivity is not impacted and costly repairs are avoided.

When it rains, it pours and this time of year is awash with long, wet days. If you identify a leak during a regular roof check, you know it's best to make sure repairs are completed quickly, preventing splits cracks or holes from causing further damage.

Winter weather can be harsh and make repair work challenging. Our range of industry-leading formulas can prevent extreme weather from causing lasting damage and help keep your site safe. 

The Concrex family has evolved to cover almost any repair, anywhere. Learn more about the formulations we offer to guarantee a repair that will be virtually indestructible, every time.

Maintaining your exterior concrete floor creates a safer and more efficient working environment with a fresh look. Our range of concrete repair products quickly and easily fixes cracks and holes, while our industry-leading paints and line marking solutions add long-lasting protection.

Almost a third of facilities management professionals agree that a lack of general maintenance and repair often poses a safety risk and over a quarter have been impacted by slips, trips and falls recently. As we move into winter and the weather turns, these challenges are only set to get worse.

Watco Flowpatch is one of our bestselling epoxy repair mortars, with an easy to mix, pourable formulation. Choose from multiple formulas in our Flowpatch range to repair your floors fast and return your floor to full use in just two hours.

Get ready for winter with our range of specialist roof coatings, designed to provide long lasting strength and protection. Click the button to find out more about how to prepare and repair your roof.

In our FREE guide to achieving the best floor, we outline three crucial steps to getting the best results from your floor, explain why they're important, and provide expert advice.

Keeping on top of daily maintenance can be a struggle. The task list can be endless as new problems appear. Use our checklist for quick and easy floor inspections. We’ll help you spot the damage and find the product solutions to fix it.

Our free guide gives expert information on tackling common flooring repair problems with Watco’s high performance solutions. Gain valuable insights into risks both inside and outside your premises, ensuring safety underfoot.

We offer a wide range of external paints and coatings to protect your concrete and asphalt surfaces against all types of wear and tear. Continue reading to learn more about the differences between our formulations and find a solution that matches your needs.

Improve safety and appearance around your premises with our durable line marking tapes, paints and sprays. 

Essential refurbishment cannot be avoided during the colder months. Find out what can go wrong and how to do it right. 

Floors and walls by nature, are a breeding ground for dirt, germs and bacteria. Our innovative range of products are specially formulated to tackle dirt and reduce, if not completely eliminate, bacterial growth.  

Paint technology is constantly evolving but whatever project you’re working on, you want to be sure that the paint you use is the right paint for the job, and will provide a durable, long-lasting finish.

All Watco products are designed to give first class results, every time. But for the best Watco floor we recommend following this guide.

Ensure your premises is protected from rising damp and leaks and spillages.

We design and formulate unique products that solve very specific flooring problems that other paints can't.

Flexicoat and Safety Grip Flex, our most popular flexible floor coatings, are now back and better than ever thanks to their all-new polyaspartic formulations.

Our range of asphalt repair products will quickly and easily transform worn or damaged pavements, loading areas, external yards, car parks and driveways, while our tough and durable paints and line marking products will keep your external areas looking their best.

Warehouses, garages and reception surfaces subject to wear and tear will benefit from our professional and high-performance paints, which are designed to repair and protect any floor used for light and heavy traffic.

Our best-selling Watco products are now available in 190 RAL colours, allowing you to adapt your premises to make it a safer environment for staff and the public, and ensure any hazards are clearly visible.

In a facility where heavy machinery is sharing floor space with workers on foot and there’s potential hazards around every corner, it’s important to have a clearly defined line marking system for both safety and efficiency.

Make your floors, steps and ramps safe. Our anti slip products and coatings provide slip resistance to a range of surfaces and areas.

Snow and ice can make surfaces slippery and potentially hazardous underfoot. Find out more about the anti slip solutions we offer. 

Making floors, steps and ramps safe - inside and out. Find out more about our anti slip product range.

Paints, coatings and GRP all offer anti slip protection but how do you decide which is the best option? Watco’s anti slip range offers versatile solutions to suit any surface and location. Our guide will help you decide which solution and product is best for you. 

You're on safe ground with Watco. Slips and falls on your site can lead to costly repairs, avoidable injuries, and unnecessary downtime. Our range of anti slip products checks all the boxes, helping to make any surface significantly safer.

Facilities Managers feel they make mistakes because of increasing workloads. Errors due to time constraints can lead to damaged surfaces which then become a source of trips, slips and falls. Ensure your workplace is safe with our market-leading solutions.

Find out how you can reduce accidents and increase the efficiency of your premises with principles such as lean warehousing and the 5S system.