AT YOUR LEISURE
F. Ball gets into the spirit at a new distillery and guarantees a perfect flooring installation for a luxury cruise ship.
F. Ball's Styccobond F48 PLUS adhesive being used to install LVT at the English Spirit Distillery
Products from F. Ball and Co. Ltd., including the company’s Styccobond F48 PLUS fibre-reinforced high temperature grade vinyl adhesive, have helped transform a disused agricultural building into a new state-of-the-art distillery and visitor centre at Treggudick Manor, Cornwall.
Contractors from First For Floors, based in Saint Austell, installed a variety of floorcoverings, including vinyl sheet and tiles, wood and carpet tiles, throughout the 620m2
space at the
English Spirit Distillery, which features a 2,500 litre copper still as a centerpiece, as well as a café, bar, shop and offices.
The installation began by mechanically grinding the building’s recently installed power floated concrete screed to create a ‘key’ for subsequently applied subfloor preparation products. F. Ball’s Stopgap F77 waterproof surface membrane was then applied to create a barrier to prevent excess subfloor moisture attacking adhesives and floorcoverings, potentially leading to floor failure.
Following this, contractors primed the surface using F. Ball’s Stopgap P141 primer, which is designed especially
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for use over non-absorbent surfaces, including waterproof surface membranes. Once dry, F. Ball’s Stopgap 300 HD levelling compound was applied in the kitchen that serves the café – the product’s heavy-duty properties will enable floors to withstand being subject to heavy wheeled equipment. Elsewhere, the company’s Stopgap 1200 Pro high performance levelling compound was used to create a perfectly smooth base for floorcoverings.
F. Ball’s Styccobond F48 PLUS was chosen to install Altro Ensemble wood-effect luxury vinyl tiles (LVT) in the restaurant and shop, each comprising an area of approximately 100m2
.
The temperature tolerant adhesive holds floorcoverings in place when subject to high temperatures, which are expected in the building as a result of its large glass front. This can cause tenting and gapping at the edges of vinyl floorcoverings as a result of repeated expansion and contraction over time. Fibres in the adhesive also provide high initial grab, a benefit when installing LVTs.
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