compliant safety flooring are highly sophisticated with slip resistance generated through use of aggregates such as quartz, aluminium oxide, silicon carbide and recycled natural aggregates incorporated in the full performance layer. This ensures that slip resistance is provided throughout the guaranteed life of the product.
“It is also important that slip resistance does not impinge on the flooring’s
overall look and subsequent ease of cleaning.”
To meet HSE requirements, a safety floor must achieve a result of 36+ in the Pendulum Wet Test with a surface roughness of 20 + microns. These tests are portable and can be used to take live readings on site to demonstrate slip resistance over the life of the floor. Specification of safety flooring must not be made solely against Ramp Test (DIN 51130) R value ratings such as R10 as this is an ex-factory method of assessing slip resistance that takes no account of wear and maintenance carried out to the floor over time. Hence, a product with a rough emboss but no embedded particles may be sold as a pseudo safety flooring with an ex-factory R10 rating but in time the emboss will wear, leaving a smooth floor that is not slip resistant in wet conditions.
It is also important that slip resistance does not impinge on the flooring’s overall look and subsequent ease of cleaning. Dispelling the myth that safety flooring is difficult to clean, the development of protective maintenance enhancements such as Polyflor’s exclusive Polysafe PUR polyurethane reinforcement means improved maintenance benefits, optimum appearance retention and life cycle maintenance cost savings.
The key to specifying the right safety floor for your space is to seek advice from a trusted flooring manufacturer who can advise on suitable products that will perform safely for years to come and can demonstrate conformance to the industry standards.
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