Forbo Flooring Systems has been manufacturing and supplying floor coverings to educational environments for over a century. Our wide range of floor coverings is used across a broad portfolio of educational establishments across the globe.
From nurseries to primary schools, educational establishments demand attractive, hardwearing, low maintenance, safe and sustainable flooring solutions. Durability and hygiene are important in areas used by children and young adults. Forbo Flooring Systems has a flooring solution for almost every space within education buildings. A total flooring solution, offered by one supplier.
Flooring design ➔
✔ Friendly colours
✔ Camouflage of dirt
Healthy interior ➔
✔ Prevent the growth of bacteria
✔ Allergy UK approved
✔ Phthalate free
✔ Low emissions
Functional ➔
✔ Stain & scratch resistant
✔ Acoustic performance
✔ Durable
✔ Low cost of ownership
✔ Easy to clean & maintain
✔ Resistant to water
Modern-day schools now not only provide spaces to learn and work, but they also offer areas to relax and to socialise in – and the flooring plays a significant role in the total experience. In fact, it can help to distinguish different spaces or connect multifunctional spaces together, all the while being functional, decorative, stimulating or supportive to other architectural elements, depending on the purpose of the space. If you would like to see how others have used Forbo floors in education buildings, then please have a look at the Inspiration & References section of our website.
The design and even the colour choice of your chosen floor covering can influence its appearance over time. For example, in a school with heavy footfall and little time for cleaning, it is recommended to use a Marmoleum floor covering with a stronger design in softer tones. The samples on the right give some guidance on which design will camouflage the most.
Needless to say, good cleaning and maintenance is important for the durability of your floor.
Children and young adults spend most of their time indoors, either at home or in an educational facility. In a safe indoor environment, floors are non-toxic, low emitting and compliant to all international standards.
A key role of all flooring in healthier buildings is reducing the emission level of VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds) in materials and adhesives. Asthma and allergic diseases among children have increased quite rapidly in the last decades.
We are constantly working on creating better indoor environments and healthier buildings by supplying floor coverings that are not only functional and comfortable, but also safe and environmentally friendly.
Forbo's Marmoleum and Flotex floor coverings are awarded the Allergy UK Seal of Approval for good indoor air quality.
The best way to reduce sound is at the source. That is why acoustic floors are key when it comes to reducing noise in educational buildings. For schools or nurseries, proper acoustic performance creates a quiet atmosphere - even if children are running in the corridors - to help children concentrate and learn.
Using the right type of floor coverings can help control and reduce noise, whether it is contact noise from the floor above, or ambient sound created in the space itself. Textile flooring obviously generates lower noise levels than hard floors, but even our resilient floors can be equipped with sound-dampening qualities in their backing or sublayers.
Our flooring solutions can deliver up to 27dB impact sound reduction.
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When choosing floor coverings for an educational establishment, the type of floor, the way it looks and feels, its performance, as well as functional aspects such as noise reduction, durability, low maintenance and hygiene are important factors to take into account.
One of the most important functional properties of any floor covering is the level of safety and hygiene a particular floor offers. With large numbers of pupils passing through the building every day - most of whom are unlikely to stop to wipe their feet - an effective entrance system, for example, is a must.
Whether it’s a rigid first line of defence, like our Nuway range, or a textile clean-off system such as our Coral matting, the entrance flooring is designed to stop up to 95% of dirt and moisture entering the building - which in turn, helps to reduce slips and falls. What’s more, cleaning costs can be cut by up to 65%.
Schools require a floor that can cope with heavy footfall and traffic. Our most sustainable flooring solution, Marmoleum, for example, offers scuff and scratch resistance, coupled with the possibility to repair damaged surfaces.
Ease of cleaning and maintenance can also contribute to the longevity of school floorings. Hard and soft surfaces have different maintenance needs. At Forbo, we are constantly working on reducing your maintenance needs and costs by further improving our products and giving you the tips and tricks that you need to make sure that your floor stays at its best.
The right floor in the right place ensures the lowest life cycle costs.
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We pride ourselves on offering a truly comprehensive product portfolio with leading-edge products specifically designed to cater for all areas, from the entrance area, through circulation and communal zones, to each individual room in the building.
Marmoleum, Forbo's linoleum brand, has been used extensively in the education segment for more than 100 years. It's a popular flooring solution in schools, nurseries, universities and various other buildings in this segment.
✔ Naturally bacteriostatic and Allergy UK approved
✔ Climate positive, cradle to gate, without offsetting
✔ Endless possibilities in colours & designs
✔ Stain & scratch resistant with Topshield pro surface finish
✔ Easy to clean & maintain
✔ Low cost of ownership
Discover Marmoleum floor coverings
Receive a free sample so you can experience the natural look and feel of Marmoleum flooring for real. Note that the samples below are only a fraction of the available color and design combinations available.
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Flotex is a unique textile floor covering that combines the hard wearing and durable characteristics of a resilient floor with the quality, warmth and comfort of a carpet. Flotex is a strong and hygienic floor, and its impervious backing makes it suitable for wet cleaning.
Discover Flotex flocked floorings
A well-designed entrance flooring system will prevent dirt and moisture from being tracked in and thereby prolongs the life of interior flooring finishes, reducing cleaning and maintenance costs and the potential for slip injuries. With both textile (Coral) and rigid (Nuway) Entrance Systems in our portfolio, we can offer an entrance solution for every situation.
Discover Coral & Nuway entrance flooring solutions
Vinyl floors are very popular because of their durability, low maintenance and versatility. Homogeneous vinyl is made of one single layer that offers vibrancy and depth of colour. It is incredibly durable and stain-resistant which makes it a great flooring choice for heavy traffic areas.
Discover Sphera homogeneous vinyl floors
Our Sarlon and Modul'up acoustic sheet vinyl options provide excellent all-round performance, ideal for classrooms where noise pollution can be a problem. Delivering impact sound reduction from 15dB to 19dB, they require minimal cleaning and maintenance thanks to their Xtreme PUR surface finish and are available in an extensive range of colours and designs.
Discover our acoustic flooring solutions
This collection delivers a complete range of products designed to meet the safety demands of areas with potentially frequent spills or floor debris, such as a food/design technology classroom or art classroom. Providing guaranteed slip resistant performance throughout the product lifetime, our Step flooring solutions meet all HSE and European safety norms, delivering safety with minimal compromise. Available in bright colours and muted tones with Digital Print options available.
Discover Step saftey flooring
Forbo Flooring Systems can offer a total flooring solution for every space in education buildings. We briefly discussed the most common floors, but there is even more. On the education segment page, you can find all information regarding products, trends and more.....
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