FeRFA types 1 to 8: what your resin floor quote actually means Key takeaways FeRFA classifies resin floors into eight types by build-up and thickness, running from a floor seal at up to 150 microns through to heavy duty resin flooring above 6mm. The current classification is the October 2024 edition. FeRFA is the Resin […]
Monthly Archives: August 2026
School flooring compliance: fire, accessibility and acoustics Key takeaways Three document sets touch a school floor: Approved Document B and Building Bulletin 100 for fire, Building Bulletin 93 for acoustics and Approved Document M with BS 8300-2:2018 for access. None of them is a flooring standard. There is no universal school fire class. Corridor and […]
Flooring and CQC Regulation 15: what inspectors actually check Key takeaways Regulation 15 is titled “Premises and equipment” and sits in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014. It requires premises to be clean, secure, suitable for the purpose for which they are used, properly used, properly maintained and appropriately located. […]
Warehouse floor regulations: what an HSE inspection looks at Key takeaways The law that governs a warehouse floor is Regulation 12 of the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, titled “Condition of floors and traffic routes”. It sets a qualitative duty, not a number. BS 7976-2 was withdrawn on 25 February 2022. The pendulum […]
ESD floor testing: what gets measured, to which standard and how often Key takeaways BS EN IEC 61340-5-1:2024 is the current edition, published in the UK on 30 June 2024. It supersedes the 2016 version. Any specification or test report still citing the undated standard should be checked against the 2024 text. 61340-5-1 is an […]
BREEAM and commercial flooring: what the assessment needs from your floor Key takeaways BREEAM UK New Construction moved to V7 on 30 September 2025 and V7.1 resources are current. The 2018 scheme, commonly called V6, is legacy and applies only to projects already registered under it. Check which version your project is registered against before […]
Fire ratings for commercial floors Key takeaways Floor coverings are classified for reaction to fire under BS EN 13501-1:2018 on a scale of A1fl, A2fl, Bfl, Cfl, Dfl, Efl and Ffl with s1 or s2 smoke sub-classes where the class allows them. The “fl” suffix means the classification applies to floorings specifically. There is no […]
Sustainable commercial flooring Key takeaways Sustainability in commercial flooring is an evidence exercise, not a materials preference. What counts on a project is documentation a third party has verified, not a manufacturer’s claim. The environmental product declaration is the central document. An EPD is a verified statement of a product’s environmental impact across its life […]
Stadium flooring Key takeaways A stadium is a building that stands empty most of the week and then takes fifty thousand people through it in ninety minutes. The floor is specified for the peak, not the average. Concourses are the hardest working surface in the building: crowd surge, spilled drink, food waste and pressure washing, […]
Sports hall flooring Key takeaways Sports hall floors are specified against EN 14904, which sets measured requirements for shock absorption, ball bounce, slip resistance and rolling load rather than leaving performance to description. The main division is between area-elastic floors, which deflect over a wide area and point-elastic floors, which deflect locally under the point […]