Flooring
Innovation
Under floor building services: ground control
An M&E contractor on a south London civic centre project has come up with a neat way of packaging all the services together at floor level. Stephen Kennett gets down to the detail
Floor performance: 'the difference between a surgeon’s knife hitting the right or wrong spot'
You know how it is: you’re just about to cut out some tissue around the jugular vein when the floorboard moves under your feet. Oops… Stephen Kennett reports on what designers are doing to stop floors vibrating
Dry stone flooring
Stanhope was sick of waiting around for screed to dry, so it asked some suppliers to work out a way of doing without it. Thomas Lane kicks off a flooring special by explaining how they did just that.
On repeat: standardised flooring
What if all aspects of flooring were as standardised as linoleum? Chloe Stothart reports on a drive to create a general specification for floor cassettes that could have consequences for all off-site modules
Eco-terraces: Urban jungle
Eco-terraces are the next big thing in rooftop developments – but, says Stephen Kennett, it pays to have green fingers. Where’s Alan Titchmarsh when you need him?
Flooring costs
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What it costs: Flooring
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What it costs: Synthetic resin floors
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What it costs: Pervious paving
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Tread carefully
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What it costs: Textile floor coverings
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What it costs: ceramic tiles
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Whole-life costs: Basements
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Whole-life costs: Concrete vs steel
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Costs: Entrance flooring systems
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Costs: Concrete repairs
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Costs: Floor coverings
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Costs: Acoustic flooring solutions
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Costs: Sealant joints
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Costs: Wooden floors
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Lifetime costs: Part M access
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LIfetime costs: durable floors
Products
Flexible tile grout
Saint-Gobain Weber has introduced weber.joint pro, a water-repellent, flexible tile grout, to its range of tile preparation, fixing and finishing products
Finnframe flooring system
Metsä Wood’s Finnframe flooring system has been updated to improve its acoustic and thermal performance
Heavy-duty vinyl
Polyflor’s new Polysafe Ecomax heavy-duty vinyl flooring combines the construction of Polyflor XL with safety aggregates to offer an engineered safety surface
Levelling screed
Flooring systems by Saint-Gobain Weber have been specified for the Republic of Fritz Hansen store in London
Anti-static flooring
Sika supplied 13,500m2 of Sikafloor 262 AS Thixo for the assembly hall at the Mini plant in Oxford
Bespoke station solution
Flowcrete and Total Protection were asked to produce a bespoke flooring solution for Farringdon station
Low-shrinkage concrete
Bardon Concrete has launched Bardon ExtendTM, a range of low-shrinkage concrete solutions for flooring applications
Vinyl for domestic renovations
Gerflor’s Easitex flooring is ideal for renovation projects and features
Particleboard
Over 12,500m2 of Kingspan access flooring is being installed in the new civic headquarters and customer service centre for York council
