Slip testing vinyl & safety flooring

Sheet vinyl and ‘safety’ flooring (the kind with grit or aggregate built in) are common in kitchens, healthcare and wet areas — but they don’t stay slip-resistant forever.

Where we find it in Staffordshire

Commercial kitchens, care-home wet rooms (where the CQC expects slip risk to be assessed and managed), clinics, schools and back-of-house areas throughout Staffordshire.

Why it can be a slip risk

Safety flooring relies on aggregate at the surface to grip when wet. That aggregate wears down with traffic and cleaning, so a floor that passed when it was laid can quietly drop below standard years later — without looking any different.

What we’d do about a poor result

Testing tells you whether the floor still performs. Where it’s worn out in traffic lanes, those areas may need replacing; elsewhere a cleaning change can be enough. We’ll tell you which, with no flooring to sell you.

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