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Recofloor vinyl flooring recycling scheme wins an Award for Excellence
Recofloor has been recognised for its extensive waste vinyl flooring recycling work with a prestigious award in the Letsrecycle.com Awards for Excellence in Recycling & Waste Management 2016. The unique Take Back and Recycling initiative, founded in 2009 by UK flooring manufacturers Altro and Polyflor, impressed the judges for tackling…
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Join Recofloor at this year’s ‘Bacon Butty’ events
Recofloor has launched its 2016 series of ‘Bacon Butty’ events where flooring contractors and fitters can find out more about the UK’s award-winning vinyl flooring recycling scheme while enjoying welcome refreshments. Free goodies, including travel mugs and T-shirts, along with bacon or egg rolls will be on offer at…
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Gradus Launches SqMile Exec Carpet Tile Range
Contract interiors specialist Gradus has designed a new range of contemporary carpet tiles, which reflect current design and colour trends within both the commercial office and education markets. The SqMile Exec range features an attractive stripe design and a choice of complementary plain colours that coordinate and can be used…
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BAL rapid set adhesives and grout – case study
Project Name: 6-bedroom mansion Location: Hale Barns, Cheshire Description: High quality tiling throughout six-bedroom, five-bathroom property in the heart of Cheshire. BAL products used: ADHESIVES: BAL Rapidset Flexible, BAL Supercover Rapidset Flex, BAL Supercover Rapidset, BAL Single Part Flexible GROUT: BAL Micromax2 (Gunmetal) OTHER: BAL Fibrebase, BAL Bond SBR Tiles: Purestone…
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Gradus works with UK slip resistance group to make stairs safer
As a member and key contributor to the UK Slip Resistance Group (UKSRG), contract interiors specialist Gradus has provided valuable input into a new guide that aims to make stairs safer. The new guide entitled “What Makes Stairs Safer?” offers an overview of the key aspects involved in creating safe…
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SikaFloor makes the grade at Welsh Bottle Plant
For a new production line floor at a bottling plant in Wales, a specialist floor surface system from Sika has delivered long term performance and excellent durability whilst meeting the demanding hygiene regulations within the food and drink industry. The Radnor Hills Mineral Water Company in Knighton produces more than…
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Interfloor’s revamped Gripperrods range is Best of British
Leading flooring manufacturer Interfloor has revamped its Gripperrods ® carpet gripper range to give retailers a highly competitively priced British-made quality product that stands out from the competition. Interfloor’s ‘Regular’ carpet gripper is now being manufactured as ‘Gripperrods ®Standard’ gripper at its Dumfries factory using high quality birch wood and is…
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An enduring choice with floorwise rubber crumb underlay
With Endura and Optima, floorwise has swept-up rubber crumb underlay, providing commercial locations with lasting durability and impressive performance. Featuring floorwise’s proprietary UHD+ density, Optima (8mm) and Endura (6.75mm) provide unmatched recovery rates thanks to the very best in materials and construction, promising supreme all-round performance. Helping to combat…
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UltraFloor launch new flowable bulking concrete
UltraFloor are delighted to announce the launch of Fill IT, a rapid setting, rapid drying flowable bulking concrete for internal and external use. The addition of this exciting new product to the UltraFloor range provides a quick and cost-effective alternative to the labour and time intense traditional method of mixing…
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Kährs creates natural habitats for endangered Stag Beetles
Kährs has revealed its latest environment project, which forms part of its wide and diverse ecological approach, and as a part of its ESG (environment, social and governance) work. The wood flooring manufacturer is now creating oak ‘hotels’ for endangered stag beetles, located in rural settings close to its Swedish…
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New CAT trade price list
Accessory manufacturer C.A.T. have produced their most comprehensive Trade Price List to date. Issue 15 contains 130 pages of C.A.T. products and prices along with informative information and profile images for easy reference. For a copy please contact [email protected]. The trade price list is also available online with…
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The Campaign for Wool International – Carpet and Rug Wool Award Winners 2016
The first Awards in recognition of design, quality and innovation within the carpet and rug industry were held at the end of march at Stamford bridge, London. There were over one hundred entries across the fifteen categories and the standard of entry was very high. The Judges John Bain, formerly Design Director…
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Safe restoration with FILA solutions
FILA’s surface care range includes a variety of treatments for floor renovation – from robust, textured porcelain, to original quarry tiles and encaustics. All products are designed to provide high coverage and performance, whilst providing a safe application and protecting original surface characteristics. To deep clean porcelain and ceramics –…
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Airpot insulated floors in new homes promise comfort and reduced heating bills
To solve the nation’s housing shortage, more than 250,000 new homes are desperately needed across the UK every year for many years to come. And with cavity wall and roof insulation the accepted norm in new build properties, the emphasis now is on making cold, non-insulated flooring a thing of…
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Dalhaus Dalsouple launches DalUni ultra smooth rubber flooring tiles
The new Uni range from Dalhaus Dalsouple features ultra-smooth, ultra-tactile rubber flooring tiles that are beautiful enough for a high end design environment yet tough enough to withstand the heaviest traffic. Choose from our palette of 26 richly saturated solid colours, from the practical to the playful. DalUni comes in 610mm…
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Coba Plan.a installed at City of Glasgow College’s new Riverside Campus
COBA Flooring’s Plan.a aluminium entrance matting has been installed in the main eight storey building at City of Glasgow College’s stunning new Riverside Campus, home to some 2000 marine and engineering students, and 250 staff. The ultra-modern building features an attractive atrium and Plan.a has been installed in its main…
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Gerflor wins ‘designers Oscars’ with Creation 70
The Creation 70 range, designed by international flooring and interiors specialist Gerflor has been awarded the ‘Red Dot Award: Product Design 2016’ by a worldwide panel of 41 experts made up of architects, designers and journalists. With more than 17,000 entries each year The Red Dot Award is one of…
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Kährs joins ‘nature-inspired’ interior design at Wansford Marina
Kährs Oak Essex has been specified and supplied – by Wisbech-based Simply Interiors – throughout an award-nominated new-build development in Cambridgeshire, by Hatch Properties. Exclusive Wansford Marina consists of six detached properties with their own private moorings. Kährs rustic-contemporary wood floor design was chosen to reflect the homes’ nature-inspired interiors…
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Solus Ceramics adds a touch of flavour to Ricoh Arena
Leading tile supplier, Solus Ceramics has added a touch of flavour to the newly refurbished The Mill Bar & Brasserie in the Ricoh Arena, Coventry with the installation of its innovative Craft and Cyrus tile ranges. The Ricoh Arena prides itself on being able to offer the ideal…
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New Build Office gets First Class Flooring
Commercial floor and wall covering specialists, A Cumberlidge Ltd, have delivered a first class finish to a brand new office development for VolkerRail on the J3 Business Park in Doncaster. Contracted directly by Alan Morris, owner of J3 Business Park, construction commenced on the purpose-built building in September 2015 and…
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Muddy Footprints No More!
With the UK’s changeable weather it is hard to avoid wet and mud indoors so keeping wood flooring in top condition is a priority. Osmo is answering the need for a good floor cleaner and protector with its environmentally friendly range of quality products. Osmo’s cleaning and maintenance wax-oils help…
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Fermacell flags up its flooring credentials
A new brochure on its range of flooring systems has been published by Fermacell Leading building boards manufacturer Fermacell has launched a comprehensive guide to planning and installing its dry flooring systems. The 64-page A4 manual details how Fermacell’s dry flooring systems are a practical and cost-effective alternative to conventional wet screed…
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Intelligent Reinforced Levelling Compound by Saint-Gobain Weber
The high performance, fibre-modified weber.floor 4310 fibre flow floor levelling compound by Saint-Gobain Weber is proving to be the perfect answer for the fast and efficient renovation of existing floors, and floating floor construction, in domestic and commercial applications. weber.floor 4310 fibre flow is a pump-applied screed formulated from special cements, aggregates, binders and…
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CRUK advises retailers on recycling carpet waste
Retailers can gain advice from Carpet Recycling UK on the best recycling routes for carpet fitting waste and uplifted post-consumer carpets at the 2016 Buying Groups’ National Flooring Show in Solihull on May 10 and 11. Visitors to CRUK’s stand at the Cranmore Park event can find out how clean…
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UltraTile helps Bella Italia create bold new Mediterranean design
Bellas nationwide are getting a fun and fab new makeover! Creating this colourful, quirky new Italian style dining experience is commercial wall and floor tiling contractors, The Great Northern Tiling Company (GNTC), using UltraTile adhesives. A TTA member and esteemed UltraTile partner, GNTC secured the commercial contract for the Beckton…
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