Floors Magazine Floors Magazine June / July 2014 | Page 32
The stakes can be high
with floor preparation
The stakes can be high with floor preparation get it wrong and it could mean much of the floor
must come up to remedy the situation. So it’s
important to select not only the right products
but also make sure you have the right technical
support on hand to help overcome any problems
you might encounter, rather than have to return
later down the line.
We believe a system-based approach offers
the best solution here, and supply a full range
of primers, damp-proof membranes, smoothing
compounds and adhesives. This means that
contractors can source products they know will
work together, combined with a single point of
contact for technical support.
A great example of this is the work we did
recently with Puma Floors on the £63.8 million
new extension to the Children’s Hospital for
Wales in Cardiff. The project is the second, final
phase of development at the hospital and will
complete a world-class health service facility for
children in the region with a new critical care
unit, ward accommodation and a dedicated
radiology department.
Cardiff-based Puma Floors have been
contracted to install flooring throughout the
new buildings, and turned to Bostik to provide
a range of high quality sub-floor preparation
products. This included Bostik Screedmaster
One Coat Membrane, Screedmaster Ultimate
smoothing compound, Screedmaster Universal
Primer and Bostik Laybond Vinyl flooring
adhesive.
Grant Cox of Puma Floors said:
“This is a high profile and large scale
project – around 10,000m2in total, so the
pressure was on to deliver high quality on
programme.
“We regularly use Bostik products such as
Screedmaster One Coat Membrane and
Screedmaster Ultimate because they are proven
in terms of workability and quality. The Bostik
technical team were also very helpful in making
sure we had the right products specified to deal
with moisture levels in the power floated
concrete screed.”
Similarly, a range of our products were used
throughout a flagship £54 million new building
for the University of Bristol. The 13,500 m2 Life
Sciences building provides research and