A dental practice needs floors that feel calm and welcoming for patients but stand up to steady foot traffic every day. Carpet tile suits the corridors and stairs: it is quiet underfoot, hard wearing, and if one tile is ever damaged it can be lifted out and replaced on its own instead of re-carpeting the whole area.
Tiles are set out from the centre of each space so the cuts at the walls are even, and laid on a tackifier that holds them firmly in place but still lets a single tile come up later. Laying them in a set direction, or quarter-turned, keeps the pile looking even under the lights.
Stairs take the most wear in any building, so every step is finished with a metal nosing. It protects the carpet edge where feet land, gives a firm grip, and makes the edge of each step easy to see, which matters in a building used by the public.
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15 photosWood-effect LVT laid in a parquet pattern through the bar, booths and walkways, with entrance mats set flush in brass trims and nosed edges on every step.
18 photosThe old carpet stripped out, the base smoothed, then Polyflor Expona Versailles laid through the games room, round the snooker table and into the darts area.
12 photosThe old floor lifted, the base patched and smoothed, then plank LVT laid wall to wall through the function room, around the bar and into the bay windows.