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Beauflor for better floors in social housing


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eauflor® manufactures affordable, durable and easy to maintain sheet vinyl floors that can help landlords, associations and other


providers of social housing to ensure tenants benefit from the wellbeing advantages of floor coverings. Tere is a growing amount of research that


highlights the benefits on tenant wellbeing through the provision of floor coverings within social housing, and in the case of the Welsh Housing Quality Standard (WHQS), this has forced regulatory change. WHQS now demands that social housing should have suitable floor coverings at change of tenancy. Whether this will become the case in England


and Scotland where regulations place no such standards on flooring remains to be seen. But social housing landlords looking to provide their tenants with a safe home that supports their wellbeing could do well to follow the model for all projects, regardless of location. Currently, it’s estimated that around 80% of social


homes are rented to tenants without floor coverings. Landlords are oſten concerned with the health and safety issues that may arise from leaving carpets in place (carpets account for 50% of all social housing floors). However with many tenants not having the capability to fund new floors, they oſten end up struggling with debt through loans or living on bare floors for months or years throughout their tenancy.


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With sheet vinyl flooring there is an opportunity


to provide tenants with floor coverings without having to replace them at tenancy voids, saving cost while also providing tenants with a standard of home that increases well-being and minimises ill health. In addition, providing flooring can reduce the chance of loneliness and isolation as tenants will feel proud to have people to visit their home. Made in Belgium, Beauflor sheet vinyl flooring


offers an affordable and attractive finish across a wide range of popular natural looks with benefits that include easy installation, durability


and low maintenance. In many domestic rooms Beauflor sheet vinyl floor can be laid without glue, cutting down on material costs and time. Te benefits of fast installation are made even more apparent in floors that feature a textile backing, such as the Blacktex collection. Tese can be installed loose lay in areas up to 35 m2 over a range of substrates, including tile and timber floors, making them a good choice for refurbishment.


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