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Mapei Demos Are On The Move
MAPEI (UK) has launched Pamie – the Mapei demonstration vehicle, to assist with the presentation of products and provision of on-the-road technical expertise. The vehicle can be transported around the UK to customer trade events, exhibitions and colleges. This allows demonstrators to promote product knowledge with live product demonstrations and by speaking on a one-to-one basis with traders, contractors, architects, specifiers and students. The interior has modern vinyl flooring, white walls and a glass table, with mood LED lights and...
read moreOsmo Adds Shades Of Grey Wax
OSMO UK has extended its wood finishes range with Granite Grey and Silk Grey to its Wood Wax Finish Transparent range, which now totals 17 colours. The range is suitable for use on interior flooring, timber cladding and panelling, ceiling profiles, skirting, doors, joinery, furniture and children’s toys. Osmo Wood Wax Finish Transparent is a satin-matt wood finish combining the properties of oils and waxes. Said to require no primer or sanding between coats, the finish can be applied with a roller or brush and requires one or two...
read moreMakita Unveils Paddle Mixes
MAKITA has launched a new series of paddle mixers to assist painters, plasterers, floor screed applicators and others who require mixing capacity for paints, resins, plaster, glue, cement and other high and low viscosity materials. The new Makita UT range of mains powered mixers offers mixing speeds from as low as 210rpm for a full 80kg load from the most powerful UT1600 mixer, to 400rpm from the 850watt UT1200 mixer, suitable for smaller loads of 30kg. The UT1600 has a 180mm diameter paddle and will turn high viscosity material such as...
read moreItec Contract Floors Have A Mixture Of Styles
ITEC CONTRACT FLOORS’ safety and acoustic flooring for leisure and hospitality locations comes in a mix of styles including wood and tile looks. Sheet, safety and acoustic flooring, available in a 4m width, comes with invisible cold joints and Hyperguard+ PUR. The isafe safety flooring collection is said to provide 36+ slip performance, while acoustic flooring in similar styles is said to bring 18dB sound reduction. Smaller areas might benefit from these or a decorative collection in 2m wide rolls. Optimise acoustic flooring is said to...
read moreKarndean Adds Selector App
KARNDEAN DESIGNFLOORING has unveiled its latest app designed for architects, interior designers and contractors to use at the point of specification. Karndean’s new app replicates the company’s specifiers’ guide. The free Product Selector app for iPad showcases more than 150 wood and stone designs from Karndean’s portfolio. Users can select and demonstrate floor designs on site and in the office. ‘Since the launch of our Augmented Reality (AR) app, we’ve had an overwhelming response from architects, interior designers and...
read moreNew White-Look Wood
REFLECTING the trend for white-look wood floors, KÄHRS Oak Arctic is claimed to combine natural style with eco and performance benefits. The floor has a single plank design with a bevelled edge, a brushed surface and a white matt lacquer pre-finish. It is said to be crafted from sustainable, even-grained European oak and features Kährs ECO Core – a middle layer of post-industrial recycled material which forms part of Kährs’ multi-layered construction. Designed for domestic and contract installation, Kährs Oak Arctic has been...
read moreEcotile Has New Interlocking Tile
ECOTILE has extended its range of heavy-duty industrial, commercial and domestic flooring with a new 5mm tile. Ecotile designs and manufactures a range of interlocking PVC floor tiles at its UK production facility. The E500/5 – a 5mm dove tail joint tile – is designed for foot and light trolley traffic. Suitable for industrial applications such as assembly areas and mezzanines, the tile is also used in retail and commercial premises, the education sector and the domestic market for garages, workshops and utility rooms. Available in...
read moreFlexible Flooring Adhesive Has Benefits
BAL Rapidset Flexible Fibre’s improved performance is said to offer an extended open time of more than 30 minutes, allowing application of adhesive to a larger area for easier tile adjustment. With its working time reportedly extended to over 60 minutes, fixers can use larger mixes with fewer tiling interruptions to mix adhesive. These benefits are designed not to affect setting time, so there is little risk of adhesive going off too soon in the bucket. Rapidset Flexible Fibre incorporates BAL’s Fibre Strand Technology and is...
read moreBalta Supplies Mosque Carpets
BALTA BROADLOOM is giving UK mosques a tailored bespoke woven carpet solution, designed to be easy to maintain and cost effective. By using three different quality constructions with a standardised colour bank, patterns chosen from the catalogue or a design can be created from orders of 400sq m, depending on the quality chosen. Using Balta Broadloom’s StainSafe yarn and face-to-face Wilton woven construction, the carpets come in 1,320g/sq m, 2,100g/sq m and 2,300g/sq m pile weights. The quality can be selected depending on the size and...
read moreContract Flooring Association Golf Day
THE CFA has confirmed plans to hold a golfing event at The Belfry, Sutton Coldfield, on April 9, 2015. The competition will be played on The Belfry’s Brabazon course. The Belfry is located at Lichfield Road, Wishaw, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands B76 9PR The CFA competition will be in a single stableford format and prizes will be awarded to the winner, runner-up, nearest the pin and longest drive. Tea and coffee plus bacon rolls will be served on arrival. Tee times will start from 10am. Soup and sandwiches will be served on completion...
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