SMOOTHING UNDERLAYMENTS
CHALLENGING SUBFLOORS
Subfloor preparation is often a taxing job, not only is it laborious but also time-consuming and costly. Here,
F.Ball and Co Ltd. present Stopgap 1200 Pro, the professional smoothing underlayment, which ensures minimum preparation and maximum performance.
When starting work on any flooring project, F. Ball advises contractors to take the time to thoroughly assess the composition and condition of the subfloor, to avoid the common pitfalls that can lead to a substandard floor finish. Certain types of subfloor will present particular challenges to flooring contractors, particularly during refurbishments, where the removal of any existing floorcovering might leave behind old adhesive residues. Such residues, including bitumen and carpet tile tackifiers, could potentially damage the integrity of a new flooring project.
In the past, flooring contractors needed to remove all contaminants before installing new subfloor preparation products, in order to achieve the optimum bond with the subfloor. This often included time-consuming and costly methods such as grit blasting, scabbling or grinding. However, a high performance, professional alternative is now available that saves valuable time and money.
F. Ball and Co. Ltd's Stopgap 1200 Pro is a minimum preparation, maximum performance smoothing underlayment, specially designed for use directly over old adhesive residues, including bitumen and carpet tile tackifiers. The high performance self-smoothing product
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provides flooring contactors with a professional, cost-effective solution to challenging floors, without the need for mechanical preparation or priming.
After less than two years on the market, Stopgap 1200 Pro is already F. Ball's second highest selling smoothing underlayment and a firm favourite with flooring contractors. Shortlisted as a Finalist in the 2015 Tomorrow's Flooring Awards and voted Product of the Year by flooring contractors in the 2014 Flooring Industry Awards, F. Ball and Co. Ltd's Stopgap 1200 Pro is the ideal product to use during flooring refurbishments.
Utilising the latest cement technology, the latex-free, no ammonia smoothing underlayment achieves fast setting and drying times for preparing sound internal subfloors. Stopgap 1200 Pro has a working time of 20 minutes, a walk-on time of just 60 minutes, and is ready to receive new floorcoverings from four hours. Furthermore, the product is low odour and protein-free making it ideally suited for use in clinical and biologically sensitive environments including hospitals, schools and laboratories.
Mark Stephenson, of B & P Flooring, used Stopgap 1200 Pro at the Ainsley Ward of Longton Cottage Hospital,
and said: “Stopgap 1200 Pro needs minimum preparation but gives maximum performance. In a situation like a hospital contract, where there's a real need to get the job finished to a high standard, as quickly as possible, I can't imagine ever wanting to take my chances with a different product."
Contractors working in settings as varied as Cornwall College Camborne Campus, Rudyard Sailability charity boathouse, The Hop Farm family attraction and the Abbey Sands seafront apartment complex in Torquay all specified Stopgap 1200 Pro as the most professional smoothing underlayment available to deal quickly and efficiently with challenging subfloors.
Mechanical methods of subfloor preparation such as grit blasting or scabbling are time consuming and costly for flooring contractors, but recent product developments, such as Stopgap 1200 Pro, mean that problem floors can now be overcome quickly and efficiently. Fast drying, professional smoothing underlayments that can accommodate adhesive residue will create both time and cost saving benefits for contractors, without compromising the promise of a high quality finish.
www.f-ball.co.uk www.tomorrowsflooring.com
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