A SMOOTH TRANSFORMATION
Stopgap 1200 Pro Smoothing Underlayment provides the perfect solution for flooring refurbishments says
F.Ball & Co. Ltd.
In order to ensure a long-lasting, smooth base for the installation of floorcoverings, a smoothing underlayment should be applied over the subfloor. Ordinarily, contractors would have to take time to ensure that a subfloor is suitably primed and old adhesive residues have been removed.
However, thanks to the innovative formulation of F. Ball and Co. Ltd.’s Stopgap 1200 Pro Smoothing Underlayment, contractors can install the underlayment straight over a subfloor without needing to remove old adhesive residue including bitumen and carpet tile tackifiers.
Removal of residues would normally be undertaken by mechanical methods such as scrabbling, scraping, shot/ grit blasting and grinding. Mechanical methods ensure the removal of surface contamination but can be costly and time consuming.
Ideal for refurbishments, Stopgap1200 Pro utilises the latest cement technology, to deliver a high quality finish, offering both durability and longevity. With a setting time of only 60 minutes, Stopgap 1200 can be ready to receive a new floorcovering after only four hours, guaranteeing that a high quality floor finish can now be completed to tight deadlines, even in areas of residue- contaminated subfloors.
Stopgap 1200 Pro can be used for patch filling timber floors prior to overlaying with plywood. Solvent and ammonia
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free, it is suitable for use in clinical and biologically sensitive areas such as hospitals, laboratories, clean rooms. Stopgap 1200 Pro is even suitable for application over damp, clean, uneven concrete and sand/cement screeds, prior to application of Stopgap waterproof surface membranes or Stopgap Isolator Membrane.
The smoothing underlayment offers superior flow characteristics and can be used over a wide range of other subfloor types including Stopgap waterproof surface membranes, sand/cement screed, concrete, granolithic, terrazzo, asphalt, steel, old vinyl asbestos tiles, epoxy and polyurethane resins, ceramic and quarry tiles.
Neil Sanders, Technical Director at F. Ball and Co. Ltd., commented: “Stopgap 1200 Pro has become one of the most popular floor preparation products on the market; its combination of high performance properties and reliability means that contractors can use this product for almost any job and be confident that they will get the best possible results every time.”
A refurbishment, that made use of Stopgap 1200 Pro smoothing underlayment, was undertaken at a contemporary leisure centre café, in Winchester. The smoothing underlayment provided the ideal solution for contractors who faced a challenging subfloor that was contaminated with adhesive residue. The product allowed
for a new luxury floor to be installed at River Park Leisure Centre café with unrivalled speed and ease.
A moisture test undertaken by contractors from Flooring Division of Hampshire Interiors Limited revealed that the floor was suitably dry to continue without the need to install a waterproof surface membrane, therefore, a 3mm application of Stopgap 1200 Pro was installed directly onto the existing subfloor, ensuring the subfloor was smooth enough to receive a floorcovering, once dry.
Andy Rogers, Manager of the Flooring Division of Hampshire Interiors Limited, said: “We use a lot of F. Ball products, particularly the adhesives. The technical representatives have such a good knowledge of how to use the products and are really straightforward to deal with, so we know that we’ll always get the backup that we need to guarantee a great job.”
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