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Including Altro adhesive-free flooring in your tender process will ensure your clients’ installation costs are reduced. Removing the need to wait for the subfloor to dry, and with no DPM required, installation is quick and easy giving your client the ability to have installation areas back in use the same day.

At the end of a project there is a lot of pressure to hand the building back in the given timeframe. By using an adhesive-free floor you can ensure that this pressure is reduced as the risk of errors and the likelihood of the finish being rushed are avoided.

“Altro Cantata enabled us to do the refurbishment over just a few nights, not impacting any of the hospital operations, where other traditional options meant the corridor would need to be closed for one to two weeks which would not be an option.”
Caleb Lim, PAH representative

“Altro Cantata has delivered a massive saving in cost, and the corridor was back in full use the next morning.”
“It is standing up to the demands well with no signs of movement, bubbling or rippling, which proves it truly is a long-term solution and not just a temporary fix. Very impressive.”
Lee Bushell, Warrington Hospital acting head of capital projects

Snagging issues are made easier and you can keep a firm hand on your project budget by including Altro adhesive-free flooring in your tender process. This will ensure your customer’s maintenance snagging issues have been considered up front as an adhesive-free floor is a great problem-solver in that it facilitates easy fixing of any snagging issues and promotes ease of maintenance. Having a floor that can be uplifted easily ensures that snagging such as a broken pipe with water seeping, uneven substrate that wasn’t levelled properly or under floor heating that hasn’t been installed correctly can be quickly rectified.

Making adhesive-free flooring your first choice every time ensures both cost and time savings. Subfloors will stay clean from adhesive; meaning less damage to floors and walls during removal and maintenance is less problematic with ease of access to subfloor for repairs.

Adhered flooring uses adhesives, so to remove it requires re-screeding, increasing the risk of damage not just to the subfloor but adjoining walls too. An adhesive-free floor gives you no fuss repair and maintenance, with ease of access to the subfloor allowing you to readily identify and fix problems. In the case of an adhered floor, if you have a leaking pipe, for example, you could need to repair both subfloor and wall, the bonded floor would need to be re-screeded and possibly have a surface DPM re-instated; this would not be required with an adhesive-free installation.

Our sustainable flooring helps you and your client eradicate disposal costs and keeps waste from landfill when you partner with Recofloor or use the discarded floor elsewhere. It also means funding incentives linked to sustainable buildings are more achievable.

Altro adhesive-free flooring can save you time and provide your project with flexibility over already tight deadlines. With reduced installation time and the ability to walk on the floor the same day, your client can have their busiest areas back to normal use faster. An adhesive-free flooring installation typically reduces installation time by up to 50% compared with an installation using adhesive. For example (depending on substrate condition): a 200m² corridor would be laid in two days compared with four days with an adhered floor covering, with an approximate 20% cost saving. This can also help if your project is running behind schedule and you need to beat the clock by saving on installation time.

Altro adhesive-free floors give you a hassle-free and quieter installation with the requirement to use and/or scrape glue, hire noisy de-humidifiers or air quality equipment removed. Without adhesive, associated odours are eliminated and underfloor heating can remain active allowing you to increase drying conditions throughout, without the added expense of temporary heaters; so that any fresh plaster on the walls will dry faster, reducing time and cost to the overall project. As underfloor heating can remain on, unlike with a ceramic tiles installation, you can save up to three weeks’ installation time, as you do not need to wait to reinstate the heating. Timing is also saved as the need to re-screed the floor is often eliminated, no liquid DPM is needed, the mixing of epoxies and adhesives has been removed and there is no need to wait for adhesive to cure. All these advantages mean that your project tenders are more likely to be won.

All of these benefits ensure that your project will stay within projected timeframes and with the quality finishes your client expects, so you remove the risk of facing unwelcome penalties or unwanted additional costs. Switching from equal or similar approved (adhered or not adhered) specifications with our enhanced adhesive-free ranges gives your client the added benefits of comfort underfoot and sound reduction without having to invest in a separate acoustic underlay, keeping you, your architect, client and accountant happy.

Altro adhesive-free floors offer up to 14dB sound reduction, which is great for noisy environments such as kindergartens and schools reducing both in-room sound and disruptive noise transfer as excited young children or thousands of older ones move around a building. Within a hospital or care environment reducing noise in a ward can aid patient recovery and enhance resident’s wellbeing. Coupled with up to 2.4mm thick options they are an ideal choice for areas that need to look good while helping to give comfort underfoot; much valued for carers, nurses and teachers, who spend many hours a day on their feet.

Our adhesive-free flooring is durable and can tolerate medium to heavy-duty traffic. Altro adhesive-free floors hold as effectively as Altro floors installed using adhesive: no rucks, no movement. In fact, our award-winning Altro XpressLay has been tested with a 900kg drilling rig with caterpillar tracks, so a patient on a trolley will be no problem at all!

Our sustainable and movement-free floors have been tried and tested in some of the world’s most demanding locations including the Australian Parliament, listed buildings, global four-yearly sporting events and the Asian Games. We continue to work closely with architects, end customers, engineers, designers and contractors around the world; our insight and expertise help them transform everyday spaces into environments that can improve the wellbeing of everyone that uses them.

With over 10 years’ experience of working with our adhesive-free floors and having invented our international, award-winning Altro XpressLay, we are confident in our products’ durability. But don’t just take our word for it. Our case studies are testament to customer satisfaction, and with a 15-year life expectancy and 10-year guarantee on all our adhesive-free products you needn’t fear that an adhesive-free product will let you down.

Helping you get it right first time - With Altro technical support you can be assured of experienced help, wherever you are. The Technical Services team can offer you solutions and information on installation techniques helping you get the solution you need, as quickly as possible.

Altro floors have undergone rigorous external VOC testing. VOCs are volatile organic compounds that are released into the atmosphere by some substances and products. It is thought that exposure to VOCs can cause problems like sick building syndrome, diminished learning in schools, and reduced productivity in offices. VOCs are typically five times more concentrated indoors than outdoors. Our floors are compliant with national and international indoor air quality schemes including Swedish Building Product Declarations (BPD) and FloorScore, the indoor air quality scheme used with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) in North America.

Adhesive-free safety flooring contributes to reducing the environmental impact of customer specifications - A+ BRE Generic Green Guide Rating for Safety Flooring, full details available at www.thegreenguide.org.uk