Why take professional advice on your Industrial Floor

All too often we tend to give a back seat to the quality of the flooring we use for our commercial buildings, but as the walking surface bearing the weight of all who use the building, it is of primary importance that the floor is made of suitable material conforming to industry specifications for the type of operation being carried out at the facility.

1. Although choosing the most appropriate material and selecting a professional flooring contractor may be initially more costly, to have a proper floor which complies with the requirements of the business it is an investment which ultimately pays off with dividends.

On the other hand, using improper flooring with no stringent standards may have an organization facing myriad issues after the passage of time.

What are the consequences of using an improper flooring material and specifications?

1) Excessive Wear and Tear on the floor resulting in reduced life span, high maintenance and repair costs.What more need be said? This is a common issue faced by many organizations as a floor ages.A simple solution for this problem would be a professionally laid out Vinyl floor, which is hard wearing and easy to maintain in the long term, and available with the specialist contractors in a wide range of attractive colours, and at prices to suit all industrial and commercial flooring budgets and requirements.

2) Health and safety hazards due to improper specifications of flooring.The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 is a United Kingdom Statutory Instrument that stipulates general requirements on employers to protect employees and other persons from the hazards of substances used at work by risk assessment, control of exposure, health surveillance and incident planning. And further, about 20% of accidents that involve more than three days off work are the result of slips!

Well, a solution does exist! professional floorers offer the supply and fit of a wide variety of slip resistant flooring in industrial and commercial premises as well as in care homes, schools, kitchens, laboratories and hospitals. Working with a reliable and established flooring contractor you can be assured that you are working with the best interests of your employees/students/patients etc at heart.

Another important aspect is the safety of the floor in a crisis situation, such as a fire. The fire resistant properties of materials such as heavy duty linoleum can prove to be of life saving importance! A professional contractor will advice you on how anti static, bacterio static and conductive commercial flooring can be of use to your organization.

3) Reduced productivity of workers and equipment damage due to improper types of flooring used.

1. An important group of specialist flooring products for use in the electronics industry, defence establishments and hospitals is termed ESD flooring (Electro Static Dissipative flooring) and essential to protect expensive electronic products from the risk of ESD damage as electro static discharge at source is minimized.

4) Harmful effect on the environment

Is your organization committed to minimizing the harmful impacts you may be having on the environment? In a commercial or industrial environment heavy duty linoleum flooring has much to offer. Renowned for its hard wearing and decorative properties, linoleum or ‘lino’ is made from natural raw materials, making it an ideal choice for commercial companies wanting to create a better environment. But it must be kept in mind that only a professional contractor will have the knowledge and experience to really make a change in the way the environment is affected.

Convinced? Although getting a professional flooring contractor to design and lay your industrial floor may be initially a greater expense, it will pay off with dividends during its life cycle! A commercial floor is a complex project and your best bet would be to let a professional organization handle it!

A professional flooring contractor is a veritable source of high quality and accurate information on the options available in the Industrial Flooring Field and will be able to cater to your individual requirements, even to optimize the performance of your existing floor! Companies such as Key Floors, in Hampshire are professionally qualified, equipped and ready to make your floor the best your organization could possibly have!

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