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DIAMOND GRIPPER HOLDS TOP SPOT It’s no surprise that Diamond Gripper remains the go-to gripper product for installers up and down the country, with floorwise sticking to its ethos of quality and value in every accessory brought to market.
Offering exceptional hold thanks to extra width and an increased number of zinc-coated rust-resistant pins, this product is certainly worthy of its place in the versatile floorwise product portfolio. Diamond Gripper, available in pre-nailed options for concrete, wood and dual- purpose, offers assured performance that surpasses the competition, the additional width also helping to speed up projects with reduced chance of damage to walls and skirting.
Richard Bailey, Managing Director, floorwise, explained: “We’ve seen a number of imitations come onto the market in recent months, but it’s worth emphasising that none can match the value that Diamond Grippers brings with its impressive specification. Diamond Gripper is not only easy to work with, it also offers reassurance that stretch-fit installations will be a success at the very first attempt.
“We’ve also noticed a swell in the amount of thin gripper options available at the lower end of the market, with a reduced ply and pin height that can spell trouble for installations using 10mm underlay or thicker. Inferior grippers result in inefficient use of resources, and can even mean a second call-out to site, but in Diamond Gripper installers have the opportunity
to avoid such pitfalls, saving both time and money.”
The perfect partner for five-metre wide and power stretching installations, Diamond Gripper is available now through floorwise distributors across the UK and Ireland.
www.floorwise.co.uk
MAPEI WOOD FLOORING PRODUCTS
USED IN PRESTIGIOUS DEVELOPMENT Mapei UK has specified and supplied products for the installation of wood flooring on an area of 13,000m2 throughout the prestigious Berkeley Homes Abell & Cleland Westminster apartment development.
The apartment building comprises 1, 2, 3 and 4 bed apartments and penthouses which have been completed to the highest specification and using Eco-rated products from Mapei’s range of resilient products, for substrate preparation ready to receive the engineered wood flooring.
Jason Mortenson, project director from Berkeley Homes (Central London) commented: “We have used Mapei’s Eco
prim T primer with great success, giving us a high-quality base before starting our flooring works with the key benefits of being safe, sustainable and easy to use”
Mapei’s Eco prim T is a water-based and low VOC solvent free primer for interior use, ideal for priming before installing levelling compounds. At Abell & Cleland, Eco Prim T was used throughout before applying Latexplan Trade to level and smooth the substrate, ready to receive floorcoverings.
Ultrabond Eco S940 1K is Mapei’s one-component, solvent and isocyanate-free sililated polymer adhesive with extremely low emissions of VOCs can be used with all types and sizes of engineered wood flooring, hence it’s suitability for the installation at Abell & Cleland. Throughout all apartment flooring in the development, Mapesonic CR sound proofing matt was laid directly below the wooden flooring to offer a 17db sound deadening reduction.
The project director from Loughton Contracts Plc, the flooring contractor responsible for the supply and installation of floor finishes at Abell & Cleland, said: “The Mapei products were easy to handle and move about with the difficult daily logistical issues we faced, and confidence in application during install was high.”
Mapei’s dedicated Specification Centre is based in the heart of Clerkenwell and provides detailed specification and technical assistance for your project.
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