Commercial wood effect vinyl flooring Key takeaways Wood effect is a design decision with technical consequences. Everything that matters about the floor – slip rating, wear layer, format, seam type – is decided after the look is chosen, not before. The commercial ranges and the domestic ranges look almost identical and behave completely differently. Wear […]
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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 […]
Laboratory and cleanroom flooring Key takeaways Laboratory flooring is specified against a named list of chemicals at real concentrations and contact times, not against a general chemical resistance rating. Seamless is the governing principle. Welded sheet vinyl and resin systems both achieve it, but the detailing at coving, drains and thresholds is what decides whether […]
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Flooring for offices Key takeaways An office is a set of zones, not one floor. Reception, open plan, meeting rooms, tea points and circulation each have different demands and a single finish across all of them will fail somewhere. Acoustics drive more office flooring decisions than wear does. Many office floors are replaced because the […]
Data centre flooring Key takeaways Most of the flooring work in a data centre is invisible. The critical surface is the sealed slab underneath the raised access floor, not the panels you can see. That slab is a plenum. Air is drawn across it and into server intakes, so dust released from an unsealed or […]
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Non slip stair flooring and stair nosing Key takeaways Commercial stairs need a slip-resistant tread and a defined gripping step edge, which usually means a safety vinyl finish fitted with contrast stair nosings. Stair nosing marks and grips each step edge and a visually contrasting nosing is what building accessibility guidance expects on a public […]
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Choosing commercial flooring: safety vinyl, LVT, rubber and resin compared The best commercial floor is the one that suits how an area is used, not the one that wins on any single measure. The main contract options are safety vinyl, luxury vinyl tile, rubber and resin and each is strong in some situations and wrong […]
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How to clean and maintain safety flooring A safety floor only performs as intended if it is cleaned the right way, because the thing that makes it grip is also what makes it hold dirt. The aggregate that gives the slip resistance traps grease, soap film and body oils and if those are not lifted […]
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How safety flooring is installed A safety floor is only as good as the way it is laid, because the slip resistance, the waterproofing and the hygiene all depend on the installation being right. The work runs in a set order. First the subfloor is prepared and moisture-tested, then the sheet is bonded, the seams […]
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Safety flooring regulations and the law There is no single law that says “install safety flooring”, but several do require floors to be safe and slip-resistant, which for many commercial areas amounts to the same thing. The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 require floors to be suitable and, so far as is reasonably […]