Coatings Knowledge Articles

Sometimes fast repair and quick return to service are the most critical factors for polyurethane floor installation. How can you apply all layers of a Sika floor system in just one day? How can you achieve standard floor application followed by extremely fast curing, to have polyurethane floors walkable within a very short time frame?

The importance of colour when specifying flooring for education

Behind every quality floor lays an equally sound base – it would be impossible to achieve one without the other.

Everyday parking floors are exposed to mechanical stress. Deck coatings in multi-storey car parks and basement garages are among the most heavily stressed of such systems. Therefore, car park surfaces demand robust and highly resistant coatings. In this article you will learn about our Parking Abrasion Test which we have developed to measure wear resistance of floor coatings in parking garages.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says patients should not be exposed to noise levels above 35 decibels (dB)… or a loud whisper. But in recent years, UK researchers frequently recorded levels of 60dB to 90dB. Studies at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, found noise levels on an average medical ward exceeded 60dB most of the time, whilst at the Newcastle Teaching hospital, nurses logged levels averaging in the mid-40s and peaking at nearly 100dB – as loud as a lawnmower.

Installing the correct flooring system is paramount to a safe and productive workplace, particularly in the food and pharmaceutical industries where the slightest shortfall in hygiene or health and safety standards can have catastrophic consequences for the company and staff concerned.

From schools to hospitals, shops to manufacturing facilities, the importance of specifying a flooring system which is seamless and has a non-slip surface cannot be overstated.

In business, time is money, a truism which is particularly relevant to areas of heavy industry where plants and factories need to operate without interruption to guarantee consistent output.

While every floor has a unique set of requirements, from traffic and mechanical wear to chemical resistance and temperature or fire resistance and rapid curing to name but a few, finding a solution that can meet each element of the specification can be a daunting task.

From warehouses to industrial areas to hospitals a perfectly flat floor is essential so when a floor joint is needed it has to be absolutely flat.

All our resin flooring solutions are tough, heavy duty and specially developed to service environments with the highest possible hygiene standards.

Our education establishments are areas of consistently high footfall, hence the need for flooring which is durable, safe and clean.

With over 100 years experience in high performance technology, Sika are one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of industrial and commercial PMMA resin flooring solutions.

Sika is the UK’s leading supplier of a diverse and comprehensive range of hygienic flooring and wall coating systems

As part of any maintenance plan - minimising the risk of slips and falls is a top priority, as these are amongst the most common types of injuries in the workplace

Did you know that sick days cost the British economy a staggering £14 billion every year, and that 68% of employees accept that catching the office bug is just par for the course?

In warehouses and logistics buildings the concrete slab and flooring are critical to the effective functioning of the operations. However, it is often the perception that the concrete floor is one of the most straight forward elements of the project, and many times the overall attention paid to design and construction detail is less than proportional to its ultimate importance in the efficient operation of the facility. The expectation is that these large area floors must be constructed with lowest possible cost and provide problem free service year after year.

A well-crafted color palette can do wonders for a healthcare facility. The use of color and graphic images can align to the existing logo and symbolic color of the facility to achieve an overall visual aesthetic, while it can also elicit emotions and unique perceptions of space. It has an ability to calm or excite, can make a room appear smaller or more grandiose, or even trigger subconscious reactions. Color is the most vital, impactful and expressive design element in a designer’s toolbox.