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combination, cut pile carpets with a pile height no greater than 5 mm, a total pile weight exceeding 1,000 g/m2, and finally a pile density – the number of stitches per square metre – greater than 180,000 tufts, will provide you with a carpet that will perform better and last longer.
For many of the reasons above our Economix range was specified for the Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust’s Bedale Centre in Bognor Regis, a facility which provides specialist mental health, substance misuse, and learning disability services. The Centre has become an integral part of the health and social care network for the people of Sussex, and Ginni Bilham, lead interior designer employed by the Sussex Trust, was tasked with updating and transforming the Centre. Her goal was to create a tranquil feeling throughout the facility, which in turn would help users to feel relaxed and comfortable during their visits. It was also essential that she select products that perform exceptionally, and have outstanding environmental credentials.
SEASIDE THEME Ginni Bilham drew her inspiration from the seaside beach huts and architecture of the local Bognor Regis seafront. Using a combination of attractive digital wallcoverings and danfloor’s Economix broadloom carpet range throughout the stairways, corridors, and meeting rooms, she was able to re-create the fresh appeal and relaxing ambience of the
Catherine Helliker
Catherine Helliker is the marketing manager for danfloor UK, a flooring manufacturer and supplier which specialises in developing carpets suitable for the demands of the healthcare sector. As a manufacturer, danfloor says it can adapt its products ‘to ensure that performance features are optimised and the carpets are built to last’. With over 15 years’ commercial marketing experience, Catherine Helliker has spent almost half of her career with danfloor. She has recently conducted detailed research into the positive ways in which carpet can enhance the healing environment, ‘taking great lengths to try to dispel some of the traditional myths that surround the use of carpets within non-clinical healthcare environments’.
seafront within the centre. Economix was selected as a durable and cost-effective carpet. Colour 266 was selected, as it closely resembles the look of water and sand. While the carpeting offered the right look and feel for the project, the interior designer was also impressed by its notable BRE credentials, environmental pedigree, and Wear Classification rating.
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