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SECTOR FOCUS FLOORING IN HOSPITALITY & LEISURE

Mapei system used to complete resilient floor installation
MAPEI system has been used to
A complete a resilient floor installation at
multi award-winning Craft Republic in Barry.
The project, by Bridgend-based Intu
Interiors, included preparation of subfloors
and installation of LVT and sheet vinyl
flooring using Mapei floor preparation
products and low-VOC adhesive.
Originally located at The Goodsheds
development in Barry, the family-owned
Craft Republic’s new site is prominently
positioned in Dockside at Barry Waterfront
– a vibrant new go-to destination delivered
by Persimmon Homes East Wales.
Dockside includes 23 commercial units
and forms part of a major redevelopment in
the waterfront area. Craft Republic
Craft Republic has an urban-style Primer, to suppress any residual moisture, Evolution was used to install all flooring,
interior design, with an eye-catching and levelled with Latexplan Trade – a providing a strong, rapid initial tack and long
wave-effect clad bar and wood-effect LVT two-component levelling and smoothing open/working time for an optimum finish.
flooring installed throughout. Prior to the compound’. Latexplan Trade and Ultrabond ECO V4
installation of the resilient floor, the power- The floor installation included LVT and Evolution each feature a very low VOC
floated concrete subfloor was ground back sheet vinyl from TradeChoice Carpet & EMICODE EC1 Plus formulation which
to level and open porosity. The surface Flooring’s CFS range, installed throughout promotes a safe installation environment.
was then primed with ‘one-component the front-of-house bar area. All-in-one info@mapei.co.uk
rapid-drying PVDC-based Mapeproof universal adhesive, Ultrabond ECO V4 www.mapei.co.uk

F Ball creates photo finish for Ascot restaurant
BALL AND CO’s Stopgap 1200 and balcony, roof terrace and bar. Contractors ‘It’s low-odour, self-smoothing and fast-
F dual-bond adhesive system have been applied F Ball’s Stopgap 1200 smoothing drying. Applied at a thickness of 2-5mm,
used by flooring contractors from Harris compound throughout the entire area to it’s walk-on hard from 60 minutes and
& Hiscock to install luxury Wilton carpet create a ‘perfectly smooth surface’ for dry enough to receive floorcoverings in as
as part of the refurbishment of the On 5 floorcoverings. little as four hours.’
restaurant at Ascot racecourse. Says F Ball: ‘The product is formulated Contractors installed Wilton carpet in the
Situated on the fifth floor of the so that it can be applied over old adhesive entrance areas using a dual bond system.
grandstand, the flagship fine dining residues, eliminating the need for This involved using F Ball’s Styccobond
restaurant offers private hospitality and mechanical removal and saving time in F3 to create a permanent bond between
spectacular views of the track, a private these situations. carpet and underlay, with the company’s
Styccobond F40 providing a peelable bond
between the underlay and subfloor.
This prevents floorcoverings moving
laterally when subject to normal foot
traffic but allows them to be easily lifted
without damaging the subfloor when it
eventually needs replacing.
Wood floorcoverings were then installed
in the lounge areas.
Commenting on the project, Steve
Hiscock, managing director at Harris &
Hiscock, who supervised the work, said:
‘Everything went as expected and was
completed ahead of Royal Ascot, and the
client is made up with the result, so we’re
very happy. We do a lot of work at the
racetrack, and we have go-to products
for these that we know we can rely on to
meet high expectations. 
Ascot restaurant www.f-ball.co.uk

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