Technical advice
Why DPMs are a necessity, not a luxury
With the time-pressures inherent in many construction projects today, it is not uncommon to hear flooring contractors question whether damp proof membranes (DPMs) are really…
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Tackling the Main Contractors
A couple of years ago, I attended a CFA subcommittee along with technical managers from other manufacturers of floor coverings, screed boards, acoustic systems and…
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Are you really being trained?
Ask anybody who knows me what I should have been if I hadn’t been bitten by the flooring bug and I can bet most would…
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Smoothing compounds as wearing surfaces
In the contract flooring industry, most installations are for a new or replacement floor covering. The smoothing compounds required below them won’t be subject to…
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Adhesive terminology explained
Look at any technical datasheet, marketing materials or even the adhesive bucket and you will find terminology, pictograms and recommendations that can sometimes be confusing.
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Adhesives and wood flooring
Most wood flooring manufacturers (for the purpose of this article I’m only referring to fully-bonded timber, not loose lay laminates or batten-bonded systems) will have…
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The challenges of new-builds in retail
This is the time of year when many of us would normally be setting foot in shopping centres to buy Christmas presents, but of course,…
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Standards are there to protect, not limit your success
I think I may have said this before, but it bears reminding that as professional flooring contractors there are British Standard Codes of Practice that…
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Top tips for refurbishments
Refurbishment and maintenance make up about 40% of all construction output in the UK, and as we emerge from the Covid-19 crisis, the need to…
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Credit where it’s due
Over the course of the last few months we have all found ourselves in a bewildering world of uncertainty. The coronavirus pandemic has certainly opened…
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