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Flowcrete on Track at Derby Roundhouse Forbo Helps to Achieve BREEAM ‘Excellent’
Specialist flooring Forbo Flooring Systems’ unique
company Flowcrete Marmoleum
®
flooring has been
has delivered a high installed at Queen Margaret
performance floor that University in Edinburgh, helping to
delivers an industrial look achieve a BREEAM rating of
with ease of maintenance ‘excellent’ for the main building and
at the Roundhouse, the combined students’ union and
part of Derby College’s sports centre. Marmoleum
®
is a
new flagship site based linoleum floor covering available in
in renovated railway an extensive colour palette, made
buildings in the city. from sustainable raw materials.
Eight hundred square The floor covering features Forbo’s
metres of Flowcrete Topshield
™
finish, a water-based
Flowtex were installed surface that ensures incredible
between the restored rail tracks which radiate from the original turntable durability and low maintenance
within the building. The seamless resin flooring creates a concrete-style costs, which made Marmoleum
®
finish and was chosen to keep with the functional design of the building. an ideal choice for the project as it
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5-Star Building Boards from Marley Eternit A Wide Range of UFH & Screeding Projects
Marley Eternit has Selfbuild & Contract
launched an exciting Floors primarily lay
direct mail campaign to flowing screed and
highlight the benefits underfloor heating for
for hotel owners and clients building their
operators of using its own homes. Formed
Hydropanel fibre by two friends with
cement building board. over 28 years of
Hydropanel is a drywall construction industry
construction cement experience, we have a
board that offers water very strong focus on
and impact resistance customer service and
along with fire and have built our
noise performance, business on individual
all essential in a busy recommendation.
hotel environment. The campaign is aimed at creating new business As a company we
opportunities for stockists and contractors. Hydropanel’s water resistant undertake a wide range of underfloor heating and screeding projects,
properties mean that even if water does soak through a wall, it retains its large and small, from cellar conversions, refurbishments and extensions
integrity, preventing the tiles from dislodging. to entire houses and apartment blocks.
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