Leave sliding to the slopes

The Snow Centre, the largest indoor ski slope in the UK, also includes a changing area, restaurants and bars. With visitors regularly walking through these areas, making the floor damp from the snow, slips and trips are a possibility. For the Snow Centre, a total flooring renovation project, led by Revival Corporate Cleaning, provided the solution.

The ski centre is open to customers all-year round, so minimum disruption was imperative. Additionally, the budget for a floor replacement had been utilised prior to this project and therefore a cost-effective refurbishment solution was required. This meant a total replacement of the floor was not an option.

Being an Elite Dr. Schutz Partner, Revival Corporate Cleaning recognised that its PU products would be best suited for this project. Within one day, the floor was treated with a deep clean, neutralised, and returned as closely to its original aesthetic appearance as possible.

A layer of PU Anti-Slip was then applied by rolling the solution over the newly-stripped floor, adding a coating of impressive durability (around 40 microns of thickness). Dr. Schutz PU Anti-Slip solution changes the properties of the hard surface from the regular R9 to the safer R10 classification. This prevents the slippery friction between footwear and surface, even when wet. For aesthetic purposes, a satin finish was achieved.

Ross Cumplen, operations director of Revival Corporate Cleaning, said: "We have used Dr. Schutz products before and knew that it would be ideal for this project at Hemel Hempstead. Rather than replacing older flooring for a large financial outlay, a renovation procedure adds many benefits, not least the extended life span of the original flooring itself. The time it takes to clean this renovated flooring is dramatically reduced, ensuring the product is easy to live and work with."