Case study
Veterinary Safety Flooring at Robson & Prescott, Alnwick
Completed safety-floor finish within the Alnwick veterinary practice.
Black & White Property Services completed a 136 m2 specialist flooring project at Robson & Prescott Veterinary Surgeons in Alnwick. The project replaced flooring across the main practice, annex and radiation room with a Polyflor Ultra PUR safety-floor system designed for a clinical veterinary environment.
- Delivered by
- Black & White Property Services
- Site
- Robson & Prescott Veterinary Surgeons, Alnwick
- Sector
- veterinary and clinical environments
- Project type
- specialist flooring installation
- Relevant services
- safety flooring, substrate preparation, screeding and refurbishment
The challenge
The existing flooring and parts of the timber substrate had deteriorated. The replacement needed to provide a hygienic, robust clinical finish, turn up at wall edges, accommodate fire-door clearance and remain capable of future removal without unnecessarily damaging the original floor.
The specified solution
The flooring specification included:
- careful removal of existing vinyl and necessary skirting;
- inspection and preparation of the timber subfloor;
- screeding within the annex;
- a new plywood layer secured with pocket screws rather than permanently bonded to the original floor;
- adhesive applied to the new boards;
- safety vinyl with capping and cove former to create turned-up wall edges;
- detailed trimming at edges and corners;
- control of the finished build-up to protect adjacent fire-door operation;
- protection and cleaning of the work area.
Delivery and completion
Black & White Property Services installed 136 m² of Polyflor Ultra PUR flooring across the main practice, annex and radiation room. The work included removal of the existing flooring, screeding in the annex, plywood preparation throughout, skirting removal and localised plaster repairs.
Result
The completed installation provided a purpose-designed safety-floor finish for a working veterinary environment and dealt with the practical constraints of an older substrate, wall-edge hygiene detailing and fire-door clearance.
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