New flooring for university workshop

The existing flooring consisted of hardwood blocks 75mm deep laid onto the concrete floor. This was put down c1955. Some sections were removed in 2002 and concrete screed laid, however most of the wooden blocks were still in place. When the space was refurbished in 2008 an interlocking tile not manufactured by Ecotile was chosen and within a few years it began to distort and come apart. It was Ecotile’s full complement of quality accreditations that persuaded the University to use an interlocking tile again.

The client lifted the failing floor covering so Ecotile could install  275m² of 7mm tiles in dark blue over 2 days. Then once the heavy machines had been manoeuvred in to place (large CNC machines, laser cutters, high pressure water cutting machine, lathes, drills and so on) the fitters returned to cut around the feet.

David Clifford, technical manager, University of Birmingham, comments: "We are delighted with our Ecotile floor, it looks really good and it’s a relief to have the peace of mind the 10 year guarantee brings.”