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:
- IS17 Cork Floors
- IS17a Bamboo Floors
- IS23 Concrete Interior Products
- IS37 Wall & Floor Tiles – Porcelain
Product News
22 May 2012 16:23 by nora flooring systems UK Ltd.
Werneth Primary Care Centre, Oldham, Lancs
Werneth Primary Care Centre, Oldham brought a number of existing GP practices together under one roof to provide a centre aimed at the health and well-being of 20,000 patients in the area. The centre ...
14 May 2012 17:19 by Polyflor Ltd
Whiteley’s Garden Centre, Mirfield
Whiteley’s Garden Centre in Mirfield was recently given a rustic and homely makeover with Polyflor's Smoke Brushed Elm planks from the Camaro Flooring Collection. The Garden Centre boasts an award-wi...
11 May 2012 11:06 by Instarmac Group Plc
Dulwich Community Hospital, Dulwich
Ultra Floor’s Prime IT AR, acrylic emulsion primer, Level IT super30, rapid set levelling compound and Feather IT smoothing compound have been used to transform part of Dulwich community hospital in L...
02 May 2012 13:34 by Tarkett Limited
College of St Hild and St Bede, Durham
Luxury vinyl tiles from Tarkett have been installed at the College of St Hild and St Bede, the largest college at Durham University. The original building of St Hild’s College dates to 1857 and now ho...
20 April 2012 13:43 by Heckmondwike FB
Magnet Leisure Centre, Maidenhead, Berks
Heckmondwike’s range of Momentum carpet tiles have contributed to a fresh new look at the Magnet Leisure Centre in Maidenhead. Combining high-quality design with proven long term performance, the tile...
Industry News
£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 "
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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 "
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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 "
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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 "
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Altro Group makes best firms list Published: 25/03/2011 10:32:13
" Anti-slip flooring specialists Altro Group has been named as the only manufacturing firm in the UK to make the Sunday Times Top 100 Best Companies to Work For rundown "
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