Anti slip resin flooring specified against the contamination actually on your floor, not chosen from a catalogue. Our standard system reaches PTV 36 or above in wet conditions, tested by BS 7976 pendulum, across the North West, Yorkshire, the Midlands and North East Wales.
FeRFA is explicit on this: slip resistance depends on the contamination present, not on the floor system alone. The same surface that is perfectly safe dry can be dangerous under a film of water, and a floor built for water will not necessarily hold under oil, flour, glycol or milk fat.
So the first question at survey is never which product. It is what ends up on this floor, how often, and whether anyone is carrying anything while they walk across it.
Footwear is part of the same equation. A site issuing appropriate soles can often reach the required risk level with a less aggressive surface, which keeps the floor easier to clean. Where footwear is not controlled, the floor has to carry the whole burden.
| Rating | Slip Risk | Typically Specified For |
|---|---|---|
| R10 | Low | Toilets, changing areas, dry internal circulation |
| R11 | Medium | Commercial kitchens, food prep, entrance zones |
| R12 | High | Wet ramps, washdown bays, external loading areas |
| PTV 36+ | Low slip potential | The wet-test figure our standard anti slip system achieves |
R ratings come from the DIN ramp test and describe a product. PTV comes from the BS 7976 pendulum and can be measured on your actual floor, wet, after installation. Where a value has to be evidenced, PTV is the one that counts.
Food and drink production where the floor is hosed daily. Water plus fats and sugars is the hardest combination to hold, and where the highest ratings are usually needed.
Hot oil, grease mist and water underfoot in a confined space with staff carrying things. Typically R11, detailed with coving and falls to drainage.
Where wet feet and wet wheels come in off the yard or forecourt. Most slip incidents on commercial sites happen within a few metres of a door.
Exposed to rain, diesel and hydraulic fluid, with pallet trucks braking on them. Usually R12 and always the most demanding zone on a site.
Gradient multiplies the risk of any contaminant. Ramps almost always need a higher specification than the flat areas at either end of them.
Oil, coolant and brake fluid on the floor. Grip has to survive the chemicals as well as provide traction, which rules out several products immediately.
Texture is what creates grip, and texture is also what makes a floor harder to clean. Specify the most aggressive surface available everywhere and you will get a floor that passes any pendulum test and that your cleaning team cannot keep on top of.
Aggregate goes where the risk is. Entrances, wet bays and ramps get texture; the open floor between them stays smoother and easier to clean.
A textured floor needs the right machine and the right frequency. If the regime cannot change, the specification has to work within it rather than against it.
Where suitable soles are issued and enforced, a less aggressive floor often reaches the same risk level. That is a managed compromise, agreed rather than assumed.
A pendulum test value of 36 or above in wet conditions is classed as low slip potential, and that is what our standard anti slip system achieves. Higher values are specified where the contaminant is oil or fat rather than water, or where there is a gradient.
R ratings come from the DIN ramp test and describe a product in laboratory conditions. PTV comes from the BS 7976 pendulum and can be measured on your actual floor, wet, after installation. If you need to evidence a value to an insurer or an auditor, PTV is the figure that carries weight.
Yes, and that trade-off has to be managed rather than ignored. Texture creates grip and texture holds soil. The usual answer is to zone it, putting aggregate only where the risk is and leaving the open floor smoother, then matching the cleaning regime to what is actually down.
Often, yes. If the existing coating is sound and well bonded, the surface can be abraded and an anti slip topcoat applied over it. If the floor is already failing, adding grip to a delaminating surface just postpones the same problem.
The aggregate wears down with traffic, so a floor tested at PTV 36 on handover will read lower after several years in a busy area. That is normal and it is why the topcoat can be renewed without replacing the whole system. Periodic pendulum testing is the way to know rather than guess.
There is no rule that says every floor must be anti slip. There is a duty to assess and control slip risk, and where wet or contaminated floors are foreseeable, an appropriate surface is one of the recognised controls alongside drainage, cleaning and footwear.
Tell us what ends up on the floor, how often it is cleaned and what footwear is issued. We survey, specify against those conditions and quote a system that will hold up in them.
