When looking for the right floor covering for your home, many things play an important role: The floor covering should fit into the living environment and create an individual and inviting atmosphere that makes you feel at home. But aspects such as easy installation, ease of care, durability and healthy living also play an important role when choosing a new floor.
When it comes to large scale housing projects, we understand that you need more than just a supplier. Our role in major project delivery and involvement from the early stages means we can provide a specialist support service for the Social Housing sector, working with your designers and flooring contractors and helping you to choose the most appropriate product to meet your requirements.
We know you are looking for a floor covering that will stand up to the daily wear and tear of family life, while your tenants want colour and design to make their house a home.
From entrance to exit, whether new build or refurbishment, our integrated flooring portfolio specifically selected for the Social Housing sector can help you choose the right flooring solutions for your project.
Products to use in Social housing
Our Marmoleum products are proven to inhibit the growth and spread of infections such as MrsA, Norovirus and C Difficile, helping to contribute to a healthier and more hygienic environment.
Marmoleum’s unique Topshield pro finish reduces soiling and is resistant to staining from hand disinfectants. Marmoleum is approved by Allergy UK as it does not harbour house dust mites thanks to its smooth surface. Marmoleum 2.0mm and 2.5mm are now independently EPD confirmed as CO2 neutral in the cradle to gate stages of the product’s life cycle. Marmoleum has been awarded 12 independent Ecolabels – more than any other floor covering in the world.
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Achieving lower noise pollution is essential to reducing stress and promoting the well-being and comfort of people. Our collection of Sarlon acoustic sheet vinyl delivers a sound impact reduction of between 15dB and 19dB, helping to keep noise levels in busy communal areas to a minimum and reducing the risk of disturbing neighbouring tenants.
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The modular format of Allura tiles and planks guarantees a quick and easy installation with less wastage than traditional sheet materials, making it ideal for new build and refurbishment projects where time is of the essence. Our stunning Allura LVT ranges also offer R10 slip resistance underfoot without compromising on style or design. Our Allura Flex loose lay tiles are also designed to be used alongside our Tessera carpet tiles, while our Click format delivers quick and easy adhesive free installation.
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Design Vinyl Sheet
Eternal flooring helps transform community spaces by offering the natural look of a home with a highly practical and easy to clean surface. Use Eternal for a floor that feels like home whilst also being durable and chemical resistant.
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Forbo Novilon represents a range of beautiful and inspiring cushion vinyl floors in various designs, such as wood, concrete, stone and tile. Novilon is a comfortable floor, enjoyable to live on as it's sound absorbing and has warm underfoot. Novilon is both hard wearing and easy to maintain thanks to features such as Aquagrip, Diamond Seal & Noviclean. Novilon is offered in 2 qualities: Novilon Viva and Novilon Prima.
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Flotex allows social housing facilities to have the benefits of a carpet and a resilient floor covering. It is comfortable to walk on and warm underfoot, easy to clean and durable whilst also having excellent slip resistance and acoustic properties. Should accidents happen, germs and bacteria don't stand a chance with Flotex flocked flooring. Thanks to its upright fibres, it is incredibly quick and easy to clean. When a sanitizing treatment is used for cleaning, more than 99% of bacteria is removed. Flotex combines cleanability with the warmth and underfoot comfort benefits of textile flooring.
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Ideal for projects where quick delivery and installation times are key, our Tessera carpet tiles and planks offer modular flexibility. Not only do carpet tiles generate less installation wastage than traditional broadloom carpet, they can help reduce ongoing maintenance costs as individual tiles can be lifted and replaced as required.
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Forbo's new Modul'up adhesive free vinyl sheet collection is a ground-breaking floor covering. The product is suitable for both new build and for renovation applications. The Modul'up vinyl sheet collection heralds a technological innovation as a "lay-flat, stay flat" floor covering solution that does not require any adhesive. As such it reduces the amount of material and energy used for a flooring installation and ensures that the product can be recovered easily and safely at the end of itd service life.
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For residents, slip resistant wetroom flooring will offer peace of mind that they can use bathroom facilities without worrying about slipping.
Forbo offers a complete wetroom solution with its Step safety flooring and Onyx vinyl wall coverings. Step is a particle enhanced slip resistance flooring that provides lasting protection and optimal hygiene. Onyx+ offers a smooth, hygienic wall surface in contemporary colors.
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Fast Flooring is Forbo’s collection of genuinely loose lay products, including entrance products and interior flooring ranges in sheet, tile and plank format for maximum flexibility. All Forbo's Fast Flooring interior products are ideal for refurbishment projects, especially where the speed of installation and minimum disruption is crucial.
Floors can be used straight after installation so there’s no need to wait 48 hours after installation before using the floor. As no adhesives or subfloor preparation is needed, in most cases, the clinical cleaning requirements are reduced & there are no lingering odours, improving well-being for staff and residents.
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The constant flow of visitors means that entrance and circulation areas can take quite a pounding. Unfortunately, many people do not stop to effectively wipe their feet properly before entering a building, so wet and dirty soiling can be trailed into the reception area and beyond. This can have a detrimental effect on the aesthetics of interior floor finishes, not to mention create potential slip hazards on hard floors for all those that use the building.
In fact, according to Cleaning Research International, soil and moisture being tracked in on both the soles of shoes and the tyres of wheeled traffic can account for up to 95% of the dirt being tracked in to a building. Therefore, taking the time to choose an effective entrance flooring system is important, as this will ensure that residents and visitors enjoy a safe transition from the entrance.
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In Social housing environments speed of installation can be an important factor when choosing a floor. With our Fast Flooring collection we can change your floor in no-time. The Fast Flooring collection is Quick, Easy and Economical.
Quick
Many of the products can be fitted over existing floors and as they don’t need to be installed with adhesive, they can reduce installation time by over 50%. The floor is ready for immediate use after installation, no need to wait 48 hours before using with heavy traffic.
Easy
The Fast flooring tiles and planks simply click together using a mallet and, as no adhesive is required on any Fast Flooring product, they are easier to install. There are no adhesive odours, frequently less disruption and dust, and floors can be walked on immediately after installation.
Economical
A reduction in downtime can mean substantial savings for the client, and as there’s no need for adhesives, there’s a potential saving on installation costs.
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Coral Click is an exceptionally versatile modular entrance matting system that can be assembled on site. Coral Click can be used on its own or in conjunction with our Coral clean-off textile ranges to provide an integrated entrance system.
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Are you looking for realistic wood or stone designs that are easy to install? Our Allura Click, Ease and Puzzle collections offer you just that. The planks of Allura Click & Allura Ease are easy to install without the need for adhesives, and thus also easy to remove, re-use and recycle. The Allura Puzzle tiles are, as the name already says, puzzled together. It is that easy. Protected by our exclusive lacquering system your floor will not only look great, it will also stand the test of time.
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Forbo's Modul'up adhesive free vinyl sheet collection is a ground-breaking floor covering. The product is suitable for both new build and for renovation applications in health care facilities, schools and offices as well as residential buildings.
The Modul'up vinyl sheet collection heralds a technological innovation as a "lay-flat, stay flat" floor covering solution that does not require any adhesive. As such it reduces the amount of material and energy used for a flooring installation and ensures that the product can be recovered easily and safely at the end of itd service life.
In addition, the usual constraints associated with adhesives are removed, such as drying times and lingering odours.
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We spend most of our time indoors, therefore a safe and healthy indoor environment is important. Choosing the right floor can contribute to a safe and healthy indoor environment. In safe indoor environments floors are non-toxic, low emitting and compliant to all international standards. On top of this, a safe floor is designed to prevent accidents. Forbo’s Marmoleum sheet and tile floor coverings and 100% solvent free adhesive products are the ideal products and allow you to enjoy healthier, safer, and longer-lasting flooring solutions.
For social housing projects a proper acoustic performance creates a quiet atmosphere so resident do not get disturbed by neighbours.
The best way to reduce sound is at the source. Acoustic floors have an important contribution in reducing noise in buildings. Our acoustic floors create a healthy environment by combining sustainability with excellent sound reduction properties. Forbo Flooring is a specialist in acoustic floors with more than 30 years of experience. In our resilient acoustic range you will find linoleum and vinyl floors with impact sound reductions up to 19dB.
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Marmoleum has been awarded the Allergy UK Seal of Approval as, thanks to its smooth surface, it does not harbour house dust mites. With the correct, regular cleaning regime this can help to improve indoor environments.
Marmoleum Allergy UK Certificate
Flotex has been awarded the Allergy UK Seal of Approval as, thanks to its unique nylon construction, allergens are trapped within its densely packed flocks, thereby reducing the number of allergens in the atmosphere.
Flotex Allergy UK Certificate
Many social housing facilities worldwide used Forbo floors before you. Visit our reference section and get inspired by existing Forbo flooring solutions in social housing environments. Our reference overview will help you to see products in use and how they are applied.
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To create your floor and make up your mind what would fit best we have several tools and services. Our FloorVisualizer helps you to place any of our floors in a social housing environment or even combine them so you can see how this works.
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Our design service can even go further. We can help you design your floor. Our team of designers is ready for you, get in contact and let them know the requirements, sent them the pictures of the current situation or the desired solution and they will come up with floor plans and product proposals.
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The responsibility for forging global partnerships with key clients is entrusted to our most experienced Key Account Managers. Dedicated to customer care, their only remit is to ensure that Forbo delivers a flooring solution that is ideally suited to your needs.
• We can supply international quotations and have experience with international order processes and local regulations
• We manage international logistics
• We have 20 years partnerships with worldwide customers
As a global partner we stand next to you on a local level. Our design team can offer guidance and assistance as required. Our technicians speak the language of the flooring installers and in this way everybody is aligned.
• Forbo Flooring Systems is part of the Swiss Forbo Group
• Key figures Forbo Group 2019:
> Net sales 1282.2 CHF Mio
> Employees 5.600
• A worldwide presence:
> 25 production facilities and distribution companies
> 6 assembly centers
> 48 pure sales organizations in a total of 38 countries across the globe
• European manufacturer with factories in The United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany and Russia.
• European logistics and responsiveness
We care about you and the environment
• We have received various labels and certification for your products and or production facilities.
• All of our manufacturing sites are ISO certified. Raw materials are used efficiently, waste is recycled whenever possible.
• We are committed to social responsibility, the Forbo sites are certified according to SA8000.
creating better environments
We offer you:
• A sole source of supply for all your flooring requirements
• Local advice, support and cross border project management
• Efficiencies of scale, certainty of supply and rapid delivery
Above all one single contract and one single point of contact to save you time and money.
Local teams working with local representatives
Throughout the duration of a project, your Forbo Key Account Manager serves as your single point of contact for any questions, from anywhere in the world.
We believe that this approach saves you time, eliminate hassle and uncertainty and ensures consistency and reliability, no matter how complex your project.
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