There are many choices of flooring available, from polished concrete and resin floor screeds to tiles and slabs of stone, terracotta and ceramic and timber strip or parquet. Then there are the flexible floor coverings which include cork, leather, linoleum, rubber, vinyl and carpet. There may be a choice of finish offered for certain flooring – either polished, Matt, non-slip or textured.

Many types of flooring are represented at the Building Centre and you can download information on subjects such as access floors, entrance matting and flooring accessories such as adhesives and grouts from this website.

The Building Centre has several Information Sheets giving details of manufacturers and suppliers of specific types of flooring:

Product News

13 May 2013 14:55 by Plastic Extruders Ltd (Plastex)

Jaguar Landrover, Liverpool

The Problem Due to the surge in popularity of its Evoque and Freelander marques, Jaguar Landrover’s plant in Halewood, Liverpool moved to 24-hour production with an introduction of an extra...

13 May 2013 09:48 by Plastic Extruders Ltd (Plastex)

Raiffeisen Bank, Gossau, Switzerland

The Problem The Raiffeisen Bank in Gossau, Switzerland, is part of a retail complex where the shops are separated from the car park by a river. The bank needed a solution for provid...

13 May 2013 09:42 by Plastic Extruders Ltd (Plastex)

Lakeshore Development, Bristol

The Problem Developers Urban Splash have converted the Grade II listed former Imperial Tobacco building in Bristol into 270 units, comprising studios and one or two bedroom apartmen...

09 May 2013 13:52 by Plastic Extruders Ltd (Plastex)

Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley

The Problem The Royal Horticultural Society’s Glasshouse Nurseries in Wisley, UK, needed to find a heavy duty slip resistant mat to replace a rubber one. This was because the existi...

09 May 2013 13:06 by Plastic Extruders Ltd (Plastex)

The Building Centre, London

The Brief: • To find an entrance system which will scrape, clean and dry theshoes of visitors. • To find a matting which is strong enough to withstand constant foot and wheeled traffic, ...

Industry News

Laminate flooring enjoys growth surge

Published: 09/07/2012 09:34:13

" It seems more consumers are favouring alternatives to carpets as new evidence reveals the laminate flooring industry has flourished over the past 10 years "

£75m project gains innovative flooring

Published: 25/07/2011 10:10:22

" Cutting-edge flooring for a major building project at South Cheshire College is being provided by a UK company, it has emerged "

Sustainable floor system installed

Published: 10/06/2011 10:42:52

" A sustainable flooring system has been developed for the British Rail Board's office in Manchester "

School installs vinyl floor map

Published: 13/05/2011 08:29:58

" Flooring firms have installed an A-Z street map on the floor of a primary school in London "

Flowcrete launches flooring campaign

Published: 12/05/2011 08:24:48

" Industrial flooring firm Flowcrete has launched a campaign to help people get the best from their floors "