TOOLS, EQUIPMENT & MACHINERY DOWN AT THE ZOO
When world famous Chester Zoo updated its restaurant to reflect rich and interesting heritage behind the park, the original pine floor was updated with tools and products from Pallmann.
Chester Zoo is one of the United Kingdom’s leading tourist attractions with over 2 million visitors a year, it is home to 11,000 animals. Open 364 days a year, it is amongst the world’s leading zoological conservation projects and was named as Best Zoo in the country and 6th in the world by TripAdvisor users.
Most of the visitors will enjoy a meal or a drink at June’s Pavilion, named after June Williams, who is credited with the development of the zoo with a long and rich history, which saw her and her husband build many new developments over time, including the existing aquarium and original cafeterias.
It was June’s father George Mottershead who originally founded the zoo, which marks its 80th anniversary this year. George began collecting exotic animals in the back garden, when she was aged just four in 1930, and it was his dream to create a zoo without bars. This meant that June was surrounded by animals growing up and they were considered part of the family. This unusual and captivating story was dramatised in the highly acclaimed TV show, Our Zoo, which was shown last year.
June’s Pavilion was redesigned and the menu refreshed to bring the restaurant into a new era. The zoo’s heritage is reflected in the restaurant which features prints from over the years taken from June’s own collection of photographs. The pine floor was looking in a poor way after the traffic from millions of pairs of feet throughout all seasons of the year had worn away the original coating.
Mike Philbin from NU LIFE FLOORCARE of Stockport was chosen as the renovation contractor to carry out the work, due to the company’s vast experience in the floorcare market, and was tasked with the job of bringing the floor back to its original glory.
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As a PALLMANN Parkettprofi contractor, NU LIFE specified PALLMANN Pall-X Extreme, a two component lacquer, fast curing and extremely tough for this very challenging environment. Additionally like other Parkettprofi contractors he was able to offer a two-year warranty on his work. The work was carried out using PALLMANN Cobra belt sanding machines and PALLMANN Gecko edge sanders over a seven-day period in January. NU LIFE met the time deadlines and the restaurant was re-opened on time with a superbly renovated floor.
Crucially Mike Philbin with the support of technical services at PALLMANN built an ongoing maintenance programme which will ensure that June’s Pavilion floor stays looking great for many years to come.
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