Theatre of Dreams

When Manchester United carried out further extensions to their stadium Surface Solutions were called in to carry out works to the concrete when the corner quadrants were built. The new quadrants completed the corners of the stadium adding further seating to bring the capacity of the stadium up to 76,000. When building works were completed it was found there was a difference of floor levels in one area of 50mm. Surface Solutions prepared and filled these areas level so the new carpets could be laid.

Scoop!

The newspaper industry works every day of the year except Christmas Day, the printing presses keep turning. To carry out maintenance work while the presses keep in operation presents major logistical problems to contractors such as Surface Solutions when floors have to be upgraded. They successfully renovated large areas of flooring for the Daily Mirror at their print works in Oldham while the paper continued in production. The works in included the shotblasting and diamond grinding of floors followed by the installation of a high specification pumped screed.

Dam Blasters

No – not with dynamite!

The Water Authority had a problem with the walkway across Baitings Resevoir at Ripponden, the surface was degraded and worn.

Surface Solutions were called in to shotblast the surface to bring it back to a sound base for a new pathway to be laid.

Clean Operation

Working within the confines of a hospital always presents problems to contractors. In particular clean working is a must and problems caused by dust and dirt are difficult to overcome. When new works at St Lukes Hospital in Cheltenham required 4,000 square metres of concrete shot blasting we had the answer.

Using the latest vacuum assisted shot blast technology there were able to remove all the surface laitance and dirt while keeping the surrounding areas dust free. The finished floor was ideal for the main flooring contractor to lay their new screed to the high standard required.

One step at a time

We were chosen to carry out the diamond grinding to the stairwells of 8 blocks of flats in Stockport. Nearly 1,400 steps and 110 landings required preparing to remove surface imperfections before new flooring was laid. The works were carried out over a few months as the main contractors programme moved through the estate.

New Fast Flooring

One of the major advances in the industrial flooring industry over the past 10 years has been the introduction of pumped flowing screeds.

Whereas in the past a man on his hands and knees could lay 30 to 50 square metres of new screed in a day the new method increases this to up to 2,000 metres in a day for a 3 man team. What is more the floor cures much faster, it can be trafficked in 3 hours and can take fork lifts after 8 hours. We are fully equipped to install these new fast flow floors and have completed several major contracts including works in the newspaper industry, nuclear power plants and many other vital industries where time is at a premium.

If you need a dust-free, level, super-smooth surface, then pump applied screeds are the way to go.

Merry Christmas

Christmas time in the flooring industry is usually a very busy time. Factory shutdowns are when a lot of work is done that cannot be carried out during normal times.

An exception is the drinks trade; they do not want to know us over Christmas. It’s all hands to the pumps to keep the booze flowing and the shops and pubs supplied.

This works well for us, we get orders to carry out renovation works to floors in bottling plants and breweries in January and February, months that are normally the quietest of the year.

Cheers!