School Flooring

With pupils and staff returning to educational settings after a lengthy period away and new variants of Coronavirus still emerging, the need to maintain high levels of hygiene to help control the spread of infectious disease remains high on the agenda.

A preventative control detailed in the Operational Guidance for schools by the Department for Education states: you must always maintain enhanced cleaning, including cleaning frequently touched surfaces often, using standard products such as detergents.

The risk of infection can have a wide-reaching impact on the operation of schools, not at least keeping children in their educational setting. Defective flooring or skirting is a breeding ground for germs and spreading infectious disease, so it is essential that the flooring and walls are seamless and easy to sanitise through regular maintenance.

Vinyl Safety Flooring, which is often mistakenly referred to as non-slip flooring, is widely used to reduce the risk of slips and trips. One of the other stand out properties of sheet vinyl is that it requires heat-welded at the joins and can be fitted behind hygienic wall cladding, which creates a seamless and impervious surface from floor to wall. This perfect duo is a go-to flooring solution for healthcare and many other industries needing to meet stringent health and safety measures.