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d workplace settings. Here, F. Ball advises on selecting the optimum carpet tile tackifier for illustrates with a recent case study.
therefore applied F. Ball’s Stopgap Fill and Prime over 400m² of the total floor area: all of the wooden raised access panels and a small section of the metal flooring.
“F. Ball and Co. Ltd. undertakes a range of tests to assess the performance, strength and durability of the bond formed
between a multitude of different floorcoverings and the company’s adhesives.”
Stopgap Fill and Prime is a cement-based primer with a thixotropic consistency, meaning it flows freely but sets to a gel-like consistency on standing, enabling the joints at panels to remain filled and preventing depressions resulting from a subsequently-applied levelling compound or smoothing underlayments sinking into them while setting.
technical service department are satisfied that the bond will perform for the entire lifetime of the floorcovering will they include a recommendation in its Recommended Adhesives Guide (RAG), which lists the compatibility of the company’s adhesives and over 6,000 different floorcoverings from more than 200 brands.
CASE STUDY: F. BALL DELIVERS EFFICIENCY AT GOVERNMENT
SERVICE OFFICES F. Ball’s Styccobond F41 has been used to install carpet tiles to create a new professional office space for a government service in Liverpool.
Contractors from HB Flooring, based in Sutton Coldfield, first prepared subfloors using F. Ball’s dual-purpose Stopgap Fill and Prime and Stopgap 1200 Pro levelling compound, before installing a combination of luxury vinyl tiles (LVT) and carpet tiles over one floor of the building, totalling 2,500m².
It was necessary to prime the wooden raised access panels in the office’s entranceway and walkways, where the LVT would be installed, and fill joints between panels. Contractors
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Once the primer had cured, F. Ball’s Stopgap 1200 Pro levelling compound was applied over the prepared area to create a perfectly smooth base for the installation of the LVT. Stopgap 1200 Pro is a two-component levelling compound for preparing sound internal subfloors that is suitable for use over old adhesive residues (including bitumen and carpet tile tackifiers). It is also fast-drying and fast-setting, allowing floorcoverings to be installed in as little as four hours after application.
F. Ball’s Styccobond F41 carpet tile tackifier was then used to install carpet tiles directly over the metal raised access flooring. The acrylic adhesive offers impressive coverage rates, a fast drying time and high tack, along with ease of application. It can be used for securing a wide range of dimensionally stable ‘flat lay’ carpet tiles backed with bitumen/felt, non-woven fabric, PVC and other polymer backings. The product can be applied over levelling compounds, waterproof surface membranes and a wide range of absorbent and non-absorbent subfloors, including structurally sound, smooth and dry concrete, sand/cement screed, plywood, raised access flooring panels and terrazzo. Styccobond F41 is also approved for use in marine flooring installations and is suitable for use over normal under floor heating systems.
As well as being solvent-free, the carpet tile tackifier is certified EMICODE EC1 Plus, testament to its ultra-low VOC emissions, which makes it suitable for use in office areas that need to remain in-use while the installation takes place.
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