flooring

Today’s social housing providers are focused on the need to deliver tenants a good standard of housing and with floor coverings proven to be beneficial to the well-being of tenants, ensuring adequate coverings in all rooms can contribute to that focus. However, with concerns over cost and health and safety worries from poor quality coverings, many tenants still endure moving into properties without floor coverings in rooms where they are not required by relevant standards, facing living in poor conditions or taking on debt to improve their home. The impact on well-being is significant, as one social housing tenant reveals:

Setcrete Latex self-smoothing floor levelling compound has been used to create a smooth and level surface to optimise the appearance of a Luxury Vinyl Tile (LVT) installation in a kitchen/dining area refurbishment at a residential property in Chesterfield.

Beauflor® sheet vinyl floors go beyond standards to improve the quality of social housing.

In social housing projects ensuring your choice of floor complies with health and safety regulations is an essential part of the specification process. With Beauflor sheet vinyl flooring for social housing, no matter which floor you choose you are guaranteed full health and safety compliance.

With Beauflor sheet vinyl, social housing providers can ensure their tenants benefit from a welcoming floor that gives a better standard of living .

The positive impacts of providing social tenants with good quality flooring throughout their accommodation are well-documented. Along with other furnishings, flooring can help to create a ‘sense of home’, improving well-being, boosting integration and reducing loneliness, lessening financial strain and giving a sense of pride. Social housing providers also benefit, reductions in void rent loss, reduced void turnover and costs, reduced refusal rates and fewer complaints have all been cited as benefits of providing floor coverings. 

This case study shows how Celotex XR4000 PIR insulation helped achieve part L thermal compliance on a six-home new build site in Westcott

UK based Bradite, a leading manufacturer of specialist protective coatings, can supply the following products for commercial and industrial flooring applications.
Full technical support on product selection and usage is available from the company.

HMG Paints have launched their Decorative Coatings Guide, underlining their wealth of expertise in this marketplace to assist the painter in achieving the highest quality results across the whole spectrum of domestic or commercial, contemporary or heritage buildings.

The guide covers both a water-based Vinyl Matt, as well as a Vinyl Silk Emulsion which contains a higher sheen. Both paints are quick drying with excellent colour retention. Acrylic eggshell, also water-based, provides a durable, wipeable finish and Contract Matt Emulsion offers good covering power for new work applications.