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quite like it before. I will certainly be recommending it to other customers who require comfort and toughness.” Following on from the success of the first installation, Alan Phillips, Team Manager for Wales requested a further 40m2
of Altro Flexiflow, this time in the stretching gym in the high altitude training area, which is used to help players prepare for games in South Africa, for example. He said: “It’s essential any flooring meets the needs of the players. I liked the matt finish of the flooring and the performance it delivers providing a cushioned feel underfoot. I was also really impressed that Altro worked with us to colour match our team colour.”
Gareth Skeet, Business Development Manager at the Vale Resort, commented, “The new Altro flooring is already making a huge difference in terms of comfort, warmth and overall wellbeing for players. The old tile flooring outside the cryotherapy chamber was very uncomfortable, hard and cold underfoot, and it became a priority to raise comfort levels here because temperatures within the cryotherapy chamber can get as low as -1600
SIKA SETS NEW TRENDS IN DECORATIVE FLOORING
Sika is helping UK architects and interior designers to achieve greater design freedom with the introduction of its seamless Decorative and Comfort Floor ranges.
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C – so ensuring players are warm and comfortable as they dress and undress is key.
“I have seen the new flooring and spoken to players and the feedback is very positive indeed – much warmer, softer and more comfortable. Everyone is very pleased. The feedback about the flooring in the stretching gym in the high altitude area has also been very good, the new floors are softer underfoot, which in high impact areas is very important for players’ health and comfort. “The colour is great too, perfectly matching the team red. We couldn’t be happier with the result – we have some very high-tech equipment here to help us train and develop the best possible players, and having high-tech flooring is a very important part of that process. “Gary and his team from GR & RG
Finishers have done a great job for us over the years. They have also created some fantastic graphics of the WRU feathers logo in reception and outside the cryotherapy chambers using different coloured Altro flooring. Very skilfully done, it looks superb.”
Altro Flexiflow has superb green credentials – it contains very few Volatile Organic Compounds and has more than 50 per cent renewable natural oil content, making it much kinder to the environment. It can easily be refreshed by applying a new topcoat dressing to replace only the wear layer. This means there is no need to uplift and replace the main body of the floor, thereby extending its lifecycle.
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he result of 40 years’ flooring expertise, Sika’s high performance epoxy and polyurethane resin flooring systems push the boundaries in liquid applied vinyl
to new levels, offering a sustainable, cost effective and seamless solution with thousands of design possibilities. From bold single colours to granite, decorative quartz, decorative flake and marble effects, the stylish range lends itself to new build and refurbishment projects across a wide range of commercial sectors including retail, offices, healthcare, leisure, education and food and drink.
The Sika Comfortfloor® range, for example, is ideally suited to commercial and public buildings where personnel stand for long periods of time, or where reduction in footfall noise and horizontal noise transmission is required. This seamless system is easy to apply and can be built up to serve individual comfort, acoustic, design, colour and cost requirements, with optional finishes, smooth and anti-slip coatings, covings, floor to wall coatings, and incorporation into underfloor heating systems. Mark Bushell, National Sales Manager Flooring and Refurbishment at Sika, said: “The introduction of our seamless flooring ranges signals an exciting new era in commercial flooring design and installation. We’ve listened to the needs of our customers and have developed an impressive alternative to traditional sheet vinyl, lino, tile and timber flooring solutions. The Decorative and Comfort Floor ranges are simple to apply, and leave nothing to desire from a technical, practical or aesthetic regard. They can even be refreshed to further extend the life cycle”. Sika’s commercial flooring systems are available to download in a number of formats including BIM and NBS Plus.
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The innovative manufacturer has also developed an online flooring estimating tool to help customers calculate the required area and build up of their chosen flooring system.
For more information about Sika’s commercial flooring ranges please visit
www.sikaflooring.co.uk
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