Have Your Say in the Tomorrow’s Contract Floors Awards

F. Ball TCF Awards 2024 Finalist

F. Ball’s new Stopgap 1600 fast-drying, fibre-reinforced smoothing compound, formulated especially for use over underfloor heating systems, has been shortlisted in the Tomorrow’s Contract Floors Awards 2024, and voting is now open to determine who takes the top spot.

The annual awards recognise the flooring industry’s most innovative products and services as chosen by Tomorrow’s Contract Floors editorial team, with readers having the final say on which ones make the top ten.

Stopgap 1600 can be applied between 3 – 40mm thick to encapsulate electrical wired or water-fed underflooring heating and cooling systems installed over internal subfloors in both domestic and commercial environments.

The product is suitable for use over a wide range of absorbent and non-absorbent subfloors, including sand/cement screed, tile backer boards, concrete, plywood, granolithic, terrazzo, epoxy and polyurethane resins, ceramic and quarry tiles, as well as Stopgap waterproof surface membranes. It is walk-on hard from three hours after application and ready to receive floorcoverings in as little as 12 hours.

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