Slip testing ceramic & porcelain tiles

Glazed ceramic and porcelain tiles are everywhere — entrances, kitchens, wet rooms, shopping-centre malls — and they’re one of the surfaces most likely to fail a wet slip test.

Where we find it in Staffordshire

Reception and entrance floors, café and food areas, bathrooms and wet rooms, and tiled circulation areas across the Potteries and the wider county.

Why it can be a slip risk

A smooth, glazed tile that feels grippy when dry can lose almost all of its grip the moment it’s wet. The factory ‘R rating’ on the box is a laboratory figure for the product before it’s laid — it tells you little about the worn, sealed, mopped tile actually on your floor.

What we’d do about a poor result

Often a poor result can be turned around with an anti-slip treatment that micro-etches the surface, a change to the cleaning regime, or good entrance matting. We test, advise independently, and re-test to confirm the fix.

How we test it

A UKAS-accredited pendulum test, wet and dry, using the correct rubber slider for how the floor is used
A Pendulum Test Value for each area, against the recognised thresholds
A clear report in 2–3 working days, with independent recommendations
A re-test after any remedial work, to prove the floor now performs

Independent, so no upsell

We test floors; we don’t sell flooring, coatings or cleaning. Whatever we tell you about this surface, there’s nothing we’re selling off the back of it.

Get a quote The test & standards

Want your floors tested?

A fixed quote, a quick visit and a UKAS-accredited report you can rely on.

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Slip Testing Staffordshire — delivered by Surface Performance BS 7976-2 & BS EN 16165 · ISO/IEC 17025