Preparing the subfloor
The university building had been newly built with raised access metal panel flooring. Stopgap 1200 Pro, a fast setting, fast drying, two component smoothing underlayment was applied over the area of 16,000m2 and within an hour of application, was walk-on hard and was dry enough to receive new floorcoverings from just 4 hours.
A top grade finish
Stopgap 500 Micro floor finishing compound was used to fill any areas where joints between the panels were showing through the underlayment. Styccobond F44, a solvent-free acrylic emulsion adhesive with strong initial tack and high bond strength, was then used to secure the Polyflor vinyl sheet floorcoverings.
Time Saving
Hywel Williams, Contracts Director of Puma Floors said: “Stopgap 1200 was perfect for this project; it saved us 21 days because it dries so quickly, allowing us to provide the university with a quickly fitted, attractive floor in time for the start of term.”
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