A depot canteen gets used by drivers and engineers coming straight in off the yard, so the floor takes wet boots, spilled tea and a steady stream of people at every hour. Non-slip safety vinyl suits a room like this: the grip is built into the surface, it wipes clean, and a dark grey hides the wear of a working building.
In a large open room the vinyl goes down in wide sheets to keep the joins to a minimum. Each seam is grooved and heat welded with a matching rod, so the floor becomes one continuous surface with nowhere for water or dirt to get in.
Round the edges the vinyl is coved: formed up the wall on a cove former and finished with a neat top edge, including round the columns and along the kitchen run. That gives a smooth curve where floor meets wall, which is quicker to clean and stops mops catching a corner.
As with any sheet vinyl, the work starts underneath. The old floor comes up, the base is checked, repaired and smoothed so it is flat and sound, because a smooth sheet shows anything left beneath it.
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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.