Commercial · Safety Flooring
Commercial Safety Flooring Installation
R10, R11, R12 safety vinyl for kitchens, healthcare, wet areas and industrial use — hot-air welded, coved, and fully certified.
About Safety Flooring flooring
R10, R11, R12 safety vinyl for kitchens, healthcare, wet areas and industrial use — hot-air welded, coved, and fully certified.
Where it works best
- Commercial and institutional kitchens
- Hospital and clinical wet areas
- School and care-home bathrooms
- Changing rooms, showers, pool surrounds
- Food preparation and cold storage
- Industrial washdown areas
How we fit it
- Risk assessment review — We review the space's risk assessment or write-up — what's being spilled, how often it's cleaned, whether it's barefoot or shod — and specify the right slip class.
- Site survey — Subfloor moisture, levelness, drainage fall, interface with existing coving and thresholds all assessed.
- Priced proposal — Product, adhesive, weld rod, cove formers and capping, subfloor prep, phasing and out-of-hours premiums — itemised.
- Subfloor preparation — Tanking where required, self-levelling to the product tolerance, cove formers battened at walls for wet-zone installs.
- Installation — Sheet bonded, rolled to expel all air, seams hot-air welded, upstands formed and finished with capping strip or feather-edged to the wall.
- Certification and handover — Pendulum test data (if required), fire classification, product warranty, and the specific cleaning regime for the chosen product.
Why Safety Flooring
What you get.
PTV ≥ 36 (wet) — HSE low-slip-risk compliant
R10, R11 and R12 slip ratings to suit the risk assessment
Hot-air welded seams for hygienic, watertight finish
Coved skirtings and capping for wet-zone detailing
Full BS 7976 pendulum test data supplied at handover
FAQs
Safety Flooring questions, answered.
What slip rating do we need for a kitchen?
R11 is typically specified for commercial kitchens, giving a PTV ≥ 36 wet per BS 7976. In heavy grease areas (fryer zones, pot-wash) R12 is safer. We'll match to the risk assessment.
Is safety flooring required by law?
The HSE's Workplace Regulations require floors to be suitable for their use and not unduly slippery. Safety flooring is how most commercial operators demonstrate compliance — it's specification, not strictly law, but insurers and EHOs expect it.
How is hot-air welding different from chemical?
Hot-air welding fuses a PVC welding rod into a grooved joint between sheets — creating a continuous, truly watertight, hygienic surface. Chemical welding relies on solvent bonding of butt joints, which is acceptable in drier environments but less robust. For wet-zones and healthcare, we hot-air weld.
Can you work in a live kitchen?
Yes — usually overnight or across a closure period. We use rapid-curing adhesives and leave the kitchen ready for the next service.
What about drains and floor gullies?
We cut around and dress into existing drains with a bonded upstand and capping strip, ensuring continuous fall to the drain and no standing water.
How is safety flooring cleaned day-to-day?
Daily — damp mop with neutral cleaner. Weekly — alkaline deep clean. Avoid acidic descalers in concentrated form and never use solvents. We leave a specific regime tailored to the product at handover.
Planning a Safety Flooring floor?
Tell us the room and how it's used and we'll recommend the right product — and price it honestly.