TOMORROW’S PRODUCTS We take a look at some of the latest products in the flooring industry... F. BALL LAUNCHES STOPGAP 1200 PRO
F. Ball and Co. Ltd. has launched Stopgap 1200 Pro, the minimum preparation, maximum performance smoothing underlayment, specially designed for use directly over old adhesive residues, providing flooring contactors with a professional, cost-effective solution to challenging floors, without the need for mechanical removal or priming.
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. It offers superior flow characteristics and can be used over a wide range of subfloor types including sand/cement screeds, concrete, granolithic paving and ceramic tiles, as well as under and over Stopgap waterproof surface membranes. It is also suitable for patch filling timber floors prior to overlaying with plywood. Furthermore, Stopgap 1200 Pro is low odour and protein-free, making it ideal for use in clinical and biologically sensitive environments such as hospitals, schools and laboratories.
F. Ball’s Marketing Manager, Richard Harris, commented: “The launch of Stopgap 1200 Pro strengthens our commitment to developing and manufacturing high quality, user friendly products for the contract flooring market. We continue to utiilise the latest advancements in cement technology to provide efficient, cost- effective flooring solutions for any installation.”
Stopgap 1200 Pro, packaged in a 20kg sack and 5litre bottle, can be applied ‘unfilled’ to maximum thickness of 10mm and filled with a graded aggregate in applications of
COMBINING STYLE AND SUSTAINABILITY
Global carpet tile manufacturer, Interface, is now offering its most sustainable carpet tiles with greater choice than ever before. More than
365 colours and 20 styles across the company’s diverse product range are now available with 100% recycled yarn for a greatly reduced environmental
impact and customers can even choose from new colours in the popular Biosfera collection, as well as several brand new ranges and ‘100% recycled yarn’ versions of their best- selling products.
Interface was the first company in the industry to develop a product with 100% recycled nylon yarn, when it introduced the best- selling Biosfera I in 2011. Featuring products with half the carbon footprint of a typical carpet tile, recycled materials in the backing and a minimal amount of yarn, Biosfera I is the result of Interface simply redesigning its products to reduce their largest environmental impact. Steve Hamilton, Director Northern Europe, UK and Ireland, commented: “We
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know that our customers want to buy sustainable products – the popularity of Biosfera proves this – and we are now delighted to be able to offer them what we believe is the biggest, brightest and most stylish range of sustainable carpet tiles on the market today. So, whatever our customers are looking for – whether structured, brightly coloured, patterned, random design or Microtuft products – we have the carpet tiles with 100% recycled yarn to match their needs. Buying sustainable products shouldn’t mean compromising on colour and style – and now it doesn’t have to.”
www.interface.com
up to 30mm. This product is CE marked and also complies with the GEV EMICODE standard EC1 Plus for very low emissions.
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