SCREEDS, RESINS AND COATINGS


FeRFA Classification system for resin flooring


TYPE NAME DESCRIPTION INTENDED DUTY


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Floor seal Applied in two or more coats. Generally solvent or water borne.


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flooring and surface preparation, has led FeRFA to take on the role as the training provider for these sectors. Until FeRFA’s direct involvement, no relevant qualification route was available to operatives involved in this skill activity, nor any formal and accredited training courses.


Working with Construction Skills, FeRFA developed two new qualifications - NVQ Level 2 Resin Flooring and NVQ Level 2 Prepare and Profile Substrates. Both of these qualifications are available via two routes; the first via onsite assessment by a FeRFA Assessor for experienced operatives, and the second via a two year apprenticeship scheme run by FeRFA. The apprenticeship scheme is the ideal route for any newcomer to the industry, involving both offsite and onsite supervised training.


Today, FeRFA, the Resin Flooring Association, represents the major product manufacturers, specialist resin contractors, surface preparation


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Floor coating


High build Floor coating


Multi-layer flooring


Applied in two or more coats. Generally solvent free.


Applied in two or more coats. Generally solvent free.


companies and specialist service providers within the UK Resin Flooring, and has 94 members. Representing these members and providing them with services and benefits is an essential part of FeRFA’s role. FeRFA members have met the standards required and comply with the association’s code of practice. This is the best third party reference a company can have and gives clients, specifiers and end users confidence that they are dealing with professional and skilled companies. Over the 40 years, FeRFA has become a stamp of quality to be relied upon, and has a long and successful future ahead representing the resin flooring industry.


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Aggregate dressed systems based on multiple layers of floor coatings or flow-applied floorings, often described as ‘sandwich’ systems.


5


Resin screed flooring


Trowel-finished, heavily filled systems, generally incorporating a surface seal coat to minimize porosity.


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Resin screed flooring


Trowel-finished, heavily filled systems, generally incorporating a surface seal coat to minimize porosity.


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Heavy duty flowable flooring


Heavy duty Resin screed flooring


Having a smooth surface.


Trowel-finished, aggregate filled systems effectively impervious throughout their thickness.


DUTY* DESCRIPTION LD


MD HD light TYPICAL


THICKNESS up to 150 μm


light to medium


medium


medium to heavy


150 μm to 300 μm


300 μm to 1000 μm


> 2 mm


medium to heavy


2 mm to 3 mm


medium to heavy


> 4 mm


heavy to very heavy


very heavy


4 mm to 6 mm


> 6 mm


(Light duty) light foot traffic, occasional rubber tyred vehicles


(Medium duty) regular foot traffic, frequent fork lift truck traffic, occasional hard plastic-wheeled trolleys


(Heavy duty) constant fork lift truck traffic, hard plastic wheeled trolleys, some impact


VHD (Very heavy duty) severe heavily loaded traffic and impact 21


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