Warehouse Line Marking in Preston: 2,299 Metres Marked Out in Nine Working Days

Marking out a new warehouse floor is exacting work at the best of times. Doing it for a manufacturer that produces resin flooring systems itself adds a little pressure. In late August 2026, Will Hoyle, our Sales Director, received a tender from Barnfield Construction, one of our principal contractor customers, to install line marking and demarcation throughout a new industrial building in Preston: the Kerakoll build. Kerakoll, the end user, are a leading Italian building materials manufacturer that produces a variety of resin flooring systems.

A tender that needed a fast start

We returned the tender promptly, and Lee Sunderland, our Contracts Director, headed to site for a prestart meeting. Barnfield required fast mobilisation to stay on schedule. On this occasion we could accommodate it, and once we received notification that we had won the tender, our teams were on site the following Monday.

Masking out 2,299 metres, and an optical illusion

Lee briefed the teams on site, and the task ahead wouldn’t be straightforward. The first job was masking out 852 linear metres of demarcation lines and 1,447 linear metres of warehousing lines, 2,299 metres in total.

Judging those lines was the hard part. The drawings were complex, and the building’s appearance worked against us: looking down the middle created an optical illusion that made the set-out hard to read by eye. Masking took several days. Once it was done, UltraSyntec and Barnfield Site Management confirmed the masked lines were correct before any resin went down.

That check matters. On a floor this size, a line in the wrong place isn’t a cosmetic problem; it’s permanent.

Epoxy demarcation lines, 100mm wide

Over the next few days, the team installed the 100mm-wide demarcation lines using KDR Resin Systems’ EpoLinemarker, an industry-leading epoxy line-marking paint. Unlike tape, epoxy line marking bonds to the floor surface, so it withstands forklift traffic and daily cleaning rather than lifting at the edges.

We take the same approach across our warehouse line marking work nationwide, and we specify resin rather than tape on any floor that must stay compliant every day.

Walkways, crossings and 149 warehouse locations

Once the team had applied the demarcation lines, it moved to the second phase:

• A 426m2 pedestrian walkway, segregating foot traffic from vehicle movements
• 9 zebra crossings, marking the points where the two cross
• 32 walking men signs, reinforcing the pedestrian route
• 149 warehouse numbers, identifying individual storage locations

People tend to underestimate the numbering. In a building this size, accurately communicating a location is a genuine challenge, and clear signage solves it before it becomes a daily problem.

What the markings give Kerakoll

Through the investment in line markings and safety demarcations, Kerakoll will reap the benefits in three ways:

• Safer movement. The markings separate pedestrian and vehicle traffic in a busy warehouse and reinforce strict site safety procedures.
• Clearer organisation. Marked bays encourage staff to position stock consistently and correctly.
• More efficient operations. Clearly marked locations let teams communicate locations accurately, which is challenging in large spaces without them.

If you are working out a colour scheme or a set-out from scratch, our guide to warehouse floor marking covers the standards and colour coding behind these decisions.

Nine working days, start to finish

The team completed all the work in 9 working days, and Barnfield and Kerakoll were thrilled with the results.

Our thanks to the team at Barnfield Construction for trusting us again with critical works.

Make an Enquiry

Planning line marking for a new industrial build, or marking out an existing warehouse floor? Talk to the team about a permanent resin solution for your site.

Call 01422 377708 or email info@ultrasyntecltd.co.uk