Every month, we look at jobs that have been completed using F. Ball products, and pick one that we think made best use of them. This month, we feature a job by A&H Floor Covering Specialists, who refurbished 2000m2 of flooring at The Willows Children, Young People and Families Unit at the Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary, and installed 1200m2 of vinyl floorcoverings in record time.
On arriving at the hospital, contractors found that existing wooden subfloors had been overboarded with exterior quality flooring grade plywood, but the surface was not smooth enough for the installation of the specified vinyl floorcoverings.
Preparation
To create a smooth surface, contractors applied a single coat of Stopgap P131 Primer, before installing Stopgap 700 Superflex smoothing underlayment. Stopgap 700 is specifically designed for use over ‘flexible’ substrates and creates a perfectly smooth surface, which can be ready to receive floorcoverings in just three hours.
Contractors also needed to prepare existing concrete subfloors before installing the new vinyl floorcoverings. Contractors then installed Stopgap 1200 Pro smoothing underlayment; a fast setting, maximum performance, minimum preparation smoothing underlayment, following the application of Stopgap P131 Primer.
Certain sections of the building contained deep channels that needed to be filled before the new floorcoverings could be installed. To quickly fill in the channels, contractors primed the surface with Stopgap P131 and installed 50mm of Stopgap 600 Base deep section compound, before capping it with Stopgap 1200 Pro. Stopgap 600 Base is a fast-drying, protein free deep section compound, designed for use where floor levels need to be built up quickly and economically.
Medical Marvel
Finally, Styccobond F46 pressure sensitive acrylic adhesive was used to install the new vinyl floorcoverings. Styccobond F46 has been specifically designed to reduce the incidence of trowel serrations shadowing through thin vinyl floorcoverings.
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