Flexible sheet floor finishes
Linoleum, vinyl and rubber flooring materials are all featured here, together with a generous helping of health and safety. Good flooring can bring good building design to life, and make a huge positive difference to those who use it. Here, five flooring specialists offer their own unique perspective on the subject.
The Karndean Designflooring one-day introduction to fitting vinyl tile training course allows RIBA members to gain a comprehensive understanding of design floor fitting techniques, sub-floor preparation, adhesives and floor planning.
Karndean Designflooring offers a wide variety of colours, textures and durable finishes – all guaranteed to last from 12 to 20 years. Karndean specialises in both the design and innovation of residential and commercial flooring. It’s here to help you achieve the look and performance you expect, without the practical drawbacks.
Tarkett’s seminar considers the importance of avoiding slips, trips and falls when specifying flooring. It includes statistics relating to slips and trips, covers HSE slip guidelines, looks at the different British and European Standard test methods, examines the importance of maintenance in minimising slips and trips, and discusses why one should use slip resistant floor coverings and how they work.
Tarkett offers a comprehensive range of resilient products, including vinyl floorings, linoleum, specialist sports flooring and engineered wood products. Tarkett offers designers and specifies the widest experience and understanding of resilient flooring technology and innovation, and provides sustainable flooring solutions that combine visual style with dependable cost-efficient performance.
Polyflor’s presentation and discussion deals with general issues relating to the specification of safety floor coverings, including: reasons for specification, applications, understanding slip resistance and test methods, relevant industry standards, and detailing and maintenance.
Polyflor is the UK's leading manufacturer of commercial vinyl flooring, widely used in healthcare, education and high street locations. Polish-free smooth floorings, safety flooring and decorative luxury vinyl tiles – as well as specialist floorings – are all offered, with 25 BRE A+ rated ranges.
Forbo Flooring Systems’ CPD provides an understanding of how linoleum is different from other floor coverings, and why it's suitable for specification across a wide variety of applications and sectors due to its unique environmental credentials, performance properties and aesthetics.
Forbo Flooring Systems has a comprehensive product offer for commercial, public sector and residential interiors, including linoleum, project vinyl, carpet tiles, flocked flooring and fully integrated entrance systems delivering 'total solutions' for every project, assuring quality and accountability from a single supplier.