MagTabs incorporate our patented Dual Grip technology which combines dry-tack adhesion with magnetism for phenomenal grab, even in high footfall areas, making this flooring that’s ‘hard to shift, yet easy to lift’.
BETTER FOR DESIGN FLEXIBILITY This ease of uplift means that flooring is no longer permanently fixed, making designs easy to deconstruct and repurpose. With adhesive-free installation, flooring can be adapted more quickly to today’s flexible space requirements, whether that’s rental properties, flexible work environments or pop-up retail spaces.
IOBAC’s adhesive-free installation solutions are universal fixing systems, so design choice is not limited to one brand or flooring type. Specifiers can seamlessly combine different flooring types and/or brands in the same space.
IOBAC solutions are not just limited to use on metal raised access flooring either. Other subfloor options include magnetically receptive resins and a dry-laid underlay, Ezy- Install, on to which standard-backed floorcoverings can be installed using MagTabs.
The system has been used to install carpet tiles, luxury vinyl tiles and woven vinyl from leading flooring brands including Shaw Contract EMEA, Milliken, Balsan, Bolon, BLOQ, Forbo, Tarkett and Desso in multiple projects.
An example of a particularly demanding project was the adhesive-free installation of Forbo luxury vinyl tile within the hospitality motorhome of a leading Formula 1 team. IOBAC High Grab resin was applied to the subfloor to form a magnetically receptive base – this is a VOC-free, odourless plant-based resin with ferrosilicon additives made from scrap iron. MagTabs were then used to install the Forbo LVT on top.
This project was completed by the contractor MDA Contracts in early 2018. The unit experiences high footfall over race weekends, then is packed with heavy equipment and transported onto race locations all over the world.
Despite these demanding conditions, the flooring has performed so well that the team will be using the same system for its 2022/23 season redesign. And as the resin forms a reusable base, all they’ll need to do is uplift and replace the floor tiles.
We call this ‘flex-agility’. Designers can combine different flooring types, be creative with intricate designs, switch designs quickly and easily repurpose and demarcate spaces, all whilst knowing disassembly will be easy and sustainable.
BETTER FOR LIFETIME VALUE Sustainability and design need not come at additional cost with adhesive-free installation.
Using traditional adhesives such as tackifiers to install floor covering can result in costly damage to the subfloor and expensive disposal costs for the contaminated floorcovering. Taking a 1,000m² project, assets worth approximately £55,000 (the metal raised access floor and flooring) are contaminated by using just £1,000 worth of adhesive. Whilst repairing the damage, and disposing of contaminated flooring, will cost at least £15,000.
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Using adhesive-free MagTabs results in zero mess, cleaning or dilapidation costs of access flooring on uplift, and the floorcovering can be reused, rather than disposed of.
Installation time is typically up to three times faster than traditional methods, reducing down-time and disruption to business operations. And as the VOCs associated with adhesives are eliminated, there is no odour to trouble occupants.
These benefits led to an American multinational supermarket chain specifying adhesive-free installation for the refit programme of its seven London branches. Using IOBAC Express Cure Resin coupled with magnetic-backed LVT from MABOS, the refits were carried out overnight so that stores were transformed with no effect on trading.
Replacement of damaged tiles or access to services beneath raised flooring is straightforward, as individual tiles can be rapidly uplifted and replaced. A self-maintenance solution with no specialist contractors needed, significantly reducing repair costs and minimising building disruption.
THE BETTER WAY FOR
FLOORING INSTALLATION In all the focus on making flooring a circular material, we urge the industry not to neglect the installation method.
Adhesive-free installation represents a different way to approach flooring – it helps transform it from a single-use material to a flexible design element that can be reused, and repurposed multiple times before eventually being recycled.
It represents the sustainable choice, with design flexibility and operational cost benefits added in. For modern spaces, it really is the better way to install flooring.
IOBAC have created an ʻAdhesive-Free Flooring Specification Centre’, a one-stop shop of online resources including whitepapers, a downloadable ʻSpecifier’s Guide to Adhesive- free Flooring’ CPD, case studies and technical data to make specification easy. It can be accessed on their website here.
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