Tread carefully

Repair dangerous floors

Now is the perfect opportunity to repair worn or damaged flooring that could cause injury to staff. Holes or cracks in internal flooring can be repaired with a concrete filler, or external damage to car parks can be repaired with an asphalt repair material.

It may be necessary to completely resurface the floor, cracks wider than 0.5cm and a few centimetres deep in the floors indicates that concrete resurfacing is probably required. Products are available that can be applied and ready for foot traffic within six hours and forklift traffic within 24 hours.

Minimise the risk of slippery floors

Whether a floor is slippery because of water, chemical spillages or oil leaks, the risk can be minimised with a hard-wearing epoxy resin coating with anti-slip properties. Look out for an easy to clean version.

If the slippery surface is external such as a car park or walkway, an anti slip traffic paint will provide a tough anti-slip surface suitable for covering asphalt. As well as offering a safe solution to slippery surfaces, the range of colours will also brighten tired concrete and asphalt.

Make steps safer

Steps can be extremely dangerous especially when wet. Anti Slip Fibreglass GRP Step Cover can help prevent accidents on slippery steps, they are quick and easy to install and provide impressive slip resistance. They can be attached to metal, wood or concrete stairs and are slip resistant even when wet.

Available in medium and extra coarse grit finish, anti-slip stair treads are durable, corrosion resistant and ideally suited to heavy traffic areas. Step covers should have a high visibility nosing which is standard to help meet the requirements of building regulations.

Identify hazardous areas

Floor marking tapes and paints are suitable for marking out hazardous areas, exit routes or sectioning off areas. Line marking tapes are easy to apply and self-adhesive. They have been specifically made to adapt to medium, heavy and very heavy traffic. Many are non-slip with aluminium oxide grit which will improve the safety of your premises. If tapes are not suitable for your situation, line marking paint can be used.

Fill in those potholes

If you have potholes caused by the tough winter weather you will want to fill them to avoid any accidents or injuries. Deeper holes can be filled with Road Patch Rapid or Bitu-Mend, both of which are ready for traffic within an hour. For smaller asphalt cracks, a polymer modified flexible crack filler will fill in the cracks that can lead to water ingress, erosion and accelerated deterioration of the surface.