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Warehouse & Factory Line Marking
Line marking is how a warehouse keeps forklifts out of pedestrian areas, keeps fire equipment accessible, and keeps stock where it belongs. It is also the cheapest way to make a tired floor look like a managed one.
What we mark
- Aisle and traffic lanes — boundaries between pedestrians and vehicles
- Pedestrian walkways — protected routes, ideally physically separated where the layout allows
- Hazard zones — battery charging areas, chemical stores, gas cylinder points, loading edges
- Storage bay and racking markings — racking uprights, floor-level stock positions, clear aisle widths
- Fire and emergency equipment zones — kept clear of stock, with the correct markings
- Vehicle and equipment parking — consistent positions that people actually use
- Pedestrian crossings — where people and vehicles must cross
Before we paint anything
Line marking looks simple and is easy to get wrong. The marking itself is the cheap part; deciding where the lines go is the work.
We will look at:
- Actual traffic flow, not just the floor plan. Where do people walk currently? Where do they cut corners?
- The forklift turning radius and the clear aisle width your racking requires.
- Existing concrete joints and cracks — lines laid across a moving joint will crack.
- Surface condition. Marking on a floor that is about to be coated is wasted money.
Marking on coated floors
If you are installing epoxy or polyurea, get the marking done as part of the same job. Lines applied after coating sit on top of it and can be scuffed or picked up by pallet trucks. Lines applied into the coating during application become part of the floor and wear at the same rate as everything around them.
If your floor is already coated and the lines are gone, we can re-mark the existing coating — but we will tell you whether a full recoat would be better value than re-marking a floor that is nearly due anyway.
Questions
Warehouse & Factory Line Marking — common questions
Do line markings have to follow a standard?
WorkSafe Victoria sets the duty to manage risks in your workplace, and in practice line marking is one of the controls a workplace is expected to have in place — particularly around pedestrian and vehicle interaction.
We will mark to whatever standard your site operates to, and we will work from your existing layout so the lines land where your traffic actually is.
What do you use so the lines last?
On bare concrete, thermoplastic or a painted line marking system depending on the traffic and the surface.
On a freshly coated epoxy floor, we paint the lines into the floor rather than laying tape over the top, so they cannot peel or lift.
The line fades with UV exposure and traffic. We will tell you at handover what to expect and when to expect a refresh.
Can you re-mark over existing lines?
Usually, but we check whether the old paint has bitten into the concrete or whether the lines have been covered by a new coating.
If the floor has had epoxy applied over old lines, those lines can show through the new coating. That is better dealt with properly at the coating stage than touched up afterwards.
Can you do it overnight?
Yes. Line marking cures quickly and is normally a night or two of work depending on the area and the surface.
If you are having epoxy installed as well, it is far cheaper to include the marking in the same shutdown rather than come back separately.
Do you mark up a layout we already have?
Yes, and that is the normal approach. Send us your site plan or floor plan and we will mark to it.
If you do not have one, we can produce the layout and you approve it before anything is painted on the floor.
Related work
Other services we provide
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Epoxy & Polyurea Floor Coatings
Industrial floor systems built for forklifts, spills and hard use, from primer through to the finished topcoat.
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Commercial & Industrial Repainting
Interior and exterior repaints for warehouses, factories and commercial buildings — planned in zones around your operation.
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Planned Maintenance Programmes
Scheduled repaint cycles across multiple sites, budgeted up front, so facilities never become reactive.
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