A new subfloor and vinyl plank in one hospital elevator in Chandler, and stainless-plated threshold repairs on two more elevators across four floors.
The project
Hospital elevators carry beds, carts and equipment all day, and the floors take the worst of it. At a hospital campus in Chandler, Diamondback replaced the complete floor of one elevator and, on the same campus, repaired the damaged door thresholds of two more elevators on four floors. It's typical of the commercial flooring and facility work orders we handle for healthcare clients.
A full floor replacement
- Set up ICRA containment with HEPA-filtered negative air machines
- Removed the existing elevator flooring, subfloor included
- Installed a new subfloor
- Installed new vinyl plank flooring and trimmed it out
- Cleaned the car and removed the containment
Threshold repairs on two more elevators
Where the elevator floor meets the landing, every wheel crosses the joint. On each damaged floor we:
- Removed the row of vinyl plank at the door
- Chipped out the broken concrete
- Primed the area and poured back a rapid-setting concrete mix
- Installed a 14-gauge stainless steel plate overlapping the two different substrates, so the joint between them can't break down again
Short outages
An elevator out of service in a hospital is felt on every floor it serves. Rapid-setting concrete and a plate that goes down in one visit keep each repair to a short window, and the full replacement was done as a single, contained job.
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Before & after
Real photos from this project, straight from our crew's field uploads.
