CPD Specifier May 2015 issue January 2015 | Page 25

Flooring
Remmers Floormix DQ - The ideal solution

Not just Harfa floor with Osmo
Following its new partnership
with ESCO Group, Osmo UK, the
eco-friendly wood and finishes
expert, is now able to provide its
customers with a unique looking
and aesthetically pleasing wooden
floor. Pre-finished with Osmo
Polyx®-Oil, Harfa flooring is the
ideal choice for anyone who is
looking for a statement floor.
Harfa flooring has been designed
with a rough-sawn treatment and
has been enhanced with crosswire cuts that are grooved in the
surface with great care. Harfa can
be combined with many different
styles and colours, providing
endless possibilities. As with all
ESCO flooring, Harfa is finished
with Osmo Polyx®-Oil, providing
optimum protection to the surface,
without detracting from the unique
appearance.

The main production area of the Express Contract Drying factory
in South Wales required refurbishment. The existing slabs created
significant substrate challenges due to the mixture of old finishes and
bare concrete.
TPS360, the contractor for the project, was instructed to produce a new
floor finish that needed to be slip resistant with good chemical resistance
whilst providing an attractive and highly durable finish.

Harfa flooring is available in a
range of colours, including natural,
natural white, double smoked
black, smoked tobacco, smoked
natural, washy grey, smoked white

Remmers Floormix DQ flooring system was chosen for its special blend
of decorative colour quartz aggregate and extreme durability which was
ideally suited for this application.
Due to time constraints on the program, fast curing resin screeds were
installed, to falls, to an exacting standard to avoid ponding.

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and stone grey. There is also the
option to choose between a 2 or
3 layer parquet. As well as Harfa,
the ESCO range also includes
Bohemia, Chateau, Moravia,
Kolonial, Pelgrim, Karel IV, Sumava
and Soft Tone.

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A revolution in Acoustic Flooring

James Hardie is launching the first ever fibre cement acoustic structural
flooring product into the UK construction products market. The building
materials manufacturer is adding the new solution to its interior products
range with the launch of HardieFloor® acoustic solutions, part of the
company’s smart flooring range; a range of products that solve many
common structural floor related issues.

HardieFloor dB®, the central product in the acoustics range, offers house
builders and architects all of the benefits of HardieFloor® structural
flooring, but with optimum acoustic performance against both impact and
airborne noise. For the first time specifiers now have a board that offers
much more than a solution to an acoustic problem.
Using SmartFloor™ Technology, HardieFloor dB® combines the structural
HardieFloor® board with robust integrated acoustic matting to offer
optimum noise resistance. These 27mm slim-line tongue and groove
boards provide an effective combination of airborne and impact noise
reduction without compromising on space or reducing ceiling height.
Part E of the Building Regulations states that new builds need to meet
the following requirements with regards to noise: 62db for impact noise
(lower the better) and 45db for airborne noise (higher the better). For
conversions the requirements are 64db for impact noise and 43db for
airborne noise. For new build projects HardieFloor dB® reduces impact
noise by a further 8db to only 54db and airborne noise by an additional
10db to an outstanding 55db far surpassing current regulations.

Additional benefits include the facility to apply ties directly to the boards
and build structural walls off them. For those wishing to use concrete for
structural floors but are faced with a restricted site, HardieFloor structural
floor offers a viable alternative, whilst providing many of the benefits of
concrete it is much more flexible on site.
Damon McEwan, R&D Manager at James Hardie said: “We are very
excited to bring this revolutionary product to the market, there is currently
nothing like it available, making it a totally unique breakthrough innovation.
There are many acoustic boards but there are none that offer all of the
additional benefits of HardieFloor dB®; which is why we feel it will become
a core product in our smart flooring range.”

Also available is the HardieQStrip® batten accessory that can be added
direct to the joists prior to the installation of either the original HardieFloor
board or a HardieFlo