Static Control Flooring for Electronics, Manufacturing, and Mission-Critical Facilities

Yes. Static control flooring and ESD (electrostatic discharge) flooring are the same product category — the terms are used interchangeably across the industry. “Static control” tends to be the procurement and facility-specification term; “ESD flooring” is the more common engineering term and matches the language of ANSI/ESD S20.20, the program-level standard. Both describe flooring engineered to manage static charge — preventing accumulation, dissipating to ground at a controlled rate, or eliminating it quickly — to protect static-sensitive electronics, equipment, processes, and personnel.

System selection comes from the standard governing your facility’s ESD program and the sensitivity of what’s being protected. Under ANSI/ESD STM 7.1 floor testing, conductive systems test below 1.0 × 10⁶ ohms ohms-to-ground for the fastest discharge — required by ammunition, ordnance, certain mil-spec aerospace, and high-sensitivity component programs. Static-dissipative systems sit between 1.0 × 10⁶ and 1.0 × 10⁹ ohms, balancing controlled discharge with personnel safety; this is the most common system for electronics manufacturing, data centers, and general ESD-controlled assembly. Anti-static systems sit above 1.0 × 10⁹ ohms and prevent charge accumulation rather than discharging quickly. The standard governing your facility (ANSI/ESD S20.20, IEC 61340-5-1, MIL-STD-1686, or NAS 412 for aerospace) tells you the band. We help confirm the system against your ESD program documentation before the install.

Yes. Craftsman is an authorized installer for Sherwin Williams and Protective Industrial Polymers (PIP) — the two manufacturers most commonly specified in U.S. commercial and industrial static control flooring. Authorized installer status means manufacturer-backed system warranties, factory-trained and certified crews, validated submittal packages, and direct factory technical support during install if a question comes up. We don’t represent ourselves as installers for systems we aren’t authorized on; if a project specifies a system outside our authorized lines, we say so up front.

Every install ships with a complete closeout package: surface preparation documentation, moisture testing per ASTM F2170 and F1869, resistance testing per ANSI/ESD STM 7.1 (point-to-point and ohms-to-ground), system testing per STM 97.1 and 97.2 where personnel-system testing is in scope, grounding verification with continuity readings, manufacturer certificates of compliance, and ANSI/ESD S20.20 program-level attestation. For defense or aerospace projects, MIL-STD-1686 program references and NAS 412 surface integrity documentation are tied to the project scope. For pharmaceutical and cleanroom work, IQ/OQ-ready documentation is formatted to drop into the facility’s validation package. Documentation is part of the install — we don’t bill it as an extra.

Yes. TI build-outs are a routine context for static control flooring installs. We coordinate with the landlord, the GC, and the tenant’s facility or operations team on schedule, access, and break-in protocols. For new tenants moving into leased industrial or flex space, the install is sequenced with the rest of the TI work to hit the move-in date — surface prep window protected, cure schedule respected, resistance testing built into the closeout rather than improvised at the end. For active-facility retrofits replacing failed or wrong-spec flooring, work is phased around production campaigns, shutdowns, or after-hours windows. The crews running the work are W-2 Craftsman employees, which keeps the COI, safety documentation, and access paperwork that landlords and property managers require simple and consistent.

We install Static Control Flooring nationwide.