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Wagner Moisture Meters Offers New Species Tables for Bamboo
Wagner Moisture Meters Offers New Species Tables for Bamboo With the increased popularity of bamboo as an economical and ecological flooring choice, moisture meter manufacturers for wood flooring applications have also been addressing this new and exciting material. Bamboo is a grass, not a true wood, and numerous factors…
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Forbo helps combat work fever indoor allergies from flooring
Forbo Flooring Systems has partnered with Allergy UK to produce a comprehensive report, ‘Work Fever’, focusing on the prevalence of indoor allergies within the work environment, to support the charity’s promotion of healthy indoor environments. Allergy UK carried out the research amongst office workers – primarily allergy sufferers – to…
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Ultra Floor furnish
Ultra Floor’s new innovative flooring compound Level IT three and primer, Prime IT N have been used to transform part of an IKEA store in Warrington. The outlet, based on the Gemini Retail Park in Warrington, was IKEA’s first UK store which opened its doors in 1987. IKEA, the world’s…
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Tarkett helps realise artistic vision for University
Tarkett helps realise artistic vision for University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre The new purpose-built University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre in London has been designed to address the treatment needs of cancer patients in the 21st Century. Offering outpatient and day care services, each floor of the five-storey…
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PPC APPOINTS NEW CONTRACTS MANAGER
PPC APPOINTS NEW CONTRACTS MANAGER The Preparation Group, surface preparation specialists, has appointed Rebecca Crowe as Contracts Manager. Rebecca joined the company 7 years ago as Projects Coordinator; organising projects and supporting customers as a key member of the contracting team. She will now be responsible for managing the…
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FAIR PLAY
Jaymart ups its game in the world of cricket. Recent cricket clubs who have been bowled over by Jaymart’s safety rubber flooring “Bladerunner” include: • Rugby Cricket Club, Rugby, Warwickshire • Lancashire County Cricket Club, Old Trafford, Manchester • Gloucester City Cricket Club, Gloucester who have joined Essex County Cricket…
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Only Standing For the Best – Grip Rock matting
Only Standing For the Best – Grip Rock Matting News Highly slip resistant Grip Rock matting, supplied by international matting manufacturer Plastic Extruders Ltd, is being used at the Zaxos Grill in Vouliagmeni Square in Athens, Greece to provide kitchen workers with an anti-slip surface, even when covered with cooking…
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Safety matting lights up the way – Heronair Matting News
Safety matting lights up the way – Heronair Matting News Heronair matting, manufactured by Plastic Extruders Ltd, is now available with a 10cm photoluminescent centre strip which enables it to highlight an effective escape route in the event of light failure. Located along the centre of the matting, the integral strip…
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Dickies sponsor Midwest Husaberg
Dickies sponsor Midwest Husaberg at the Enduro World Championships Midwest Husaberg UK Enduro Team, sponsored by Dickies celebrated a successful season with the highlight that both Alex Rockwell and Jamie McCanney had podium finishes at the last Enduro World Championships. After the summer break the Enduro World Championship headed…
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“Estillon presents the new Roberts catalogue with new products”
“Estillon presents the new Roberts catalogue with new products” Estillon presents the new Roberts catalogue with new many products. In this new edition you will find a wide range of profiles and tools for all your floorcovering installation projects. It also includes the most important carpet underlays and flooring systems.…
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Chic mottled Quartzite joins RAK’s contemporary tile range
RAK Ceramics has introduced a new porcelain tile to its surface collection. New Quartzite is a rectified tile available in both rectangular and mosaic formats. Mottled grey and copper tones, combined with a textured finish, create a chic tactile surface which can be continued across both walls and floors. Both…
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Promoted to Cabinet Office – Jaymart Matting
Jaymart’s prestigious aluminium based “Street-King” entrance matting system has long been established as a firm favourite, and was the matting of choice for the Cabinet Offices at Whitehall where its effective performance is minimising levels of dirt being transported through the corridors of power. Listed below are just a few of other recent installations: •…
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Arboritec Floor Oil Miracle
Arboritec Floor Oil Miracle If your looking for quick drying times; 15-30 minutes between coats and dry in 12 hours and massive coverage; 30-50m2 per litre look no further then Arboritec Floor Oil Miracle is a 2-component based on urethane oil for finishing wood and parquet floors! Which comes in 6…
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Fermacell’s underfloor heating overlay system provides superior results
Underfloor heating is becoming an increasingly popular feature, with systems being installed in more than 85 per cent of self-build projects. There are a number of reasons why demand for underfloor heating is on the rise, especially in the self-build and conservatory markets, which include the ability to allow an…
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Uncoupling system made easy using Ultra Tile
Long-standing Ultra Tile customer, Ebberns Tile Centre recently completed a testing tiling installation using the renowned ProFlex SP+ES and an uncoupling system. The project involved subfloor preparation to include levelling with Ultra Floor Level IT two. Level IT two combines excellent flow characteristics with strong adhesion properties through the inclusion…
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Ultra Tile – ProRapid RS has been used to install JD Sports Store
The project was completed by TTA member and long-standing Ultra Tile account, The Great Northern Tiling Company. They secured the contract to tile the store’s shoe section and also the changing rooms area. 600 x 600 black porcelain tiles were chosen to compliment the store’s branded interior, and were fixed…
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OSMO’S MULTI-PURPOSE WOOD FILLER
As the new build market continues to remain static, refurbishment projects are still a strong revenue potential for contractors working in the building industry today. An integral element is the rejuvenation of flooring and Osmo UK continues to invest in product development for this market. Osmo’s Wood Filler is the…
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Assessing the slip resistance of flooring
Assessing the slip resistance of flooring Date of publication: 2012 ISBN: N/A Series code: GEIS2 Download Free This technical information sheet looks at test methods for assessing floor resistance and describes the tests HSE and HSL use in more detail. It is aimed at employers who need to measure…
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RR497 – A study of the slip characteristics of applied epoxy resin flooring
The aim of the current study was to assess the slip resistance of a wide range of epoxy flooring systems. These types of floors are commonly found in a variety of commercial premises, however to date there has not been a systematic study of the slip characteristics of these floors.…
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Architects / Designers
Where better to make that right choice of flooring than at the very beginning of the design process taking a balanced view of cost, durability, aesthetics and safety targeting those areas that get foreseeably wet. Getting it right by design is a giant step forwards in reducing slip injuries. …
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Are you at risk, what you can do?
Without sensible safeguards, you will be at risk of a slip or trip. And it’s not necessarily that you have to be doing anything out of the ordinary either to be at risk. The activities causing over 60% of all accidents are: walking or running on premises or outside (not…
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What causes slips and trips – flooring advise
Slip and trip accidents can happen for a number of reasons, but all too frequently we jump to conclusions about why they happen rather than really looking for the true cause or, we decide that it is just one of those things and do nothing. The following should help you…
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Government to act on apprenticeship review
Government to act on apprenticeship review The Government has pledged to revamp the apprenticeship system and make it more beneficial to SMEs following recommendations in a review published last week. The Government hopes to make the system responsive to SME needs and to help them take on apprentices after the…
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Online security should be top of business agendas
Online security should be top of business agendas, says Government Business leaders should be taking a more direct interest in protecting their businesses from cyber threats, the Government has warned. In a bid to get more chief executives and chairs to take responsibility for the online security of their business…
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Businesses urged to appeal ‘unfair’ finance rejections
Businesses urged to appeal ‘unfair’ finance rejections Small businesses that feel their application for finance has been unfairly rejected should take advantage of the appeals process, the Forum of Private Business (FPB) claims. The campaign comes after the latest quarterly ‘SME finance monitor’ from the British Bankers’ Association (BBA) revealed…
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