All Building articles in Specifier 30 January 2009
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Features
Pre-installed floors
Yorkon Off-site Building Systems has launched a high-performance floor for high traffic areas and heavy, variable loads
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FeaturesParquet-effect floors
The grade I-listed Stowe House, home to Stowe School, has refurbished its period Garter Room, which included laying a porcelain parquet-effect floor
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FeaturesSprung sports hall flooring
St Joseph’s College in Ipswich has fitted Altro Mondoflex sprung sports flooring in its new sports hall.
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Linoleum flooring
Forbo Flooring Systems has launched the Touch range of linoleum floor coverings. The renewable coverings are made from a blend of linoleum and cork and are claimed to have good acoustic properties.
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White rubber flooring
The Rubber Flooring Company has launched the Grid flooring range designed by Wayne and Geraldine Hemingway.
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What it costs: Synthetic resin floors
These hardwearing floors come in a baffling array of types, but fear not: Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans is here to simplify matters
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Stone-effect carpeting
Addagrip has launched Addatex Stone Carpet, an internal flooring finish made from a mix of natural or synthetic aggregates and bound in a clear epoxy resin. The Stone Carpet provides a smooth, decorative floor finish
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FeaturesFloor 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
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Gas and damp barrier
Z-Led has developed Protect GDB10 Gas and Damp Barrier which both stops methane, carbon dioxide and radon from entering a building and also provides a damp-proof membrane