Gerflor Taralay Premium

Posted on by Nancy Havea
BUILT ENVIRONMENT NEWS LETTER
JULY 2016
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Facilities with high-traffic areas, whether entrances, hallways or production areas, face unique challenges when determining what flooring system is best suited for heavy foot or equipment traffic. Shopping centres, hospitals, schools, and manufacturing facilities face heavy demands on floors daily. With a constant flow of traffic from shoppers, employees, and equipment, these facilities need flooring solutions that can withstand continuous wear and tear.
Our solution? Vinyl flooring.
Vinyl floor covering includes a wide selection of chip designs, marbled and directional patterns, and colours. Thanks to its versatility and many benefits, it can be used in almost any application.
The demand for vinyl flooring has skyrocketed over the last decade for good reason. People love it for its practicality, its low maintenance, its durability and of course – its aesthetic appeal. Vinyl flooring allows for the high end look of hardwood or marble, at only a fraction of the cost.

It has become a popular flooring material of choice and could be considered the the best flooring systems for facilities with high traffic areas as it meet the following requirements:

  Extreme Durability

Vinyl flooring can withstand the daily stress from foot or vehicle traffic such as forklifts and heavy machinery. Foot traffic and heavy machinery can be extremely damaging to lightly sealed or bare concrete floors. Constant stress, impact and abrasion on flooring can take a toll on inadequately protected surfaces. In facilities such as airports and universities where foot and cart traffic is constant, durability also translates into extended flooring lifetime. Vinyl flooring provides longer usable life resulting in reduced maintenance costs.
Vinyl floors are extremely resistant to scuff, scratch and stains as they are finished with a protective coating and only require basic maintenance (like sweeping or mopping down with lukewarm water and universal cleaner).

 Attractive Aesthetics

In addition to being highly durable, vinyl flooring in high-traffic areas are attractive and inviting. Today’s vinyl flooring sets the record when it comes to design choice. Perfect in any application to ensure it is pleasing to the eye and welcomes employees and visitors all day long. In large commercial areas such as shopping centres, aesthetics are extremely important for creating an appealing environment for shoppers. In other settings such as hospitals and clinics, flooring plays an important role in creating an uplifting and soothing environment that is not only appreciated by visitors but can also be beneficial in helping patients recover faster. While the heavy-duty flooring systems of the past tended to be unattractive and plain at best, today’s high performance vinyl flooring systems can be formulated to match just about any interior décor and can also have special aesthetic features such as patterns, embedded logos or even a modern, shimmering metallic look. Stone, slate, wood, and tile: vinyl tiles come in all of these clean and modern looks. If your home has real wood floors in some areas and you want to continue the theme throughout, then vinyl in a wood finish is a good option for the wet or high traffic areas where real wood would stain easily and possibly warp.

Easy Maintenance

Vinyl flooring in high-traffic areas is easy to maintain and care for. From daily sweeping to ongoing upkeep, vinyl flooring used in high traffic areas requires minimal maintenance and avoid disruptions or chemical cleaning treatments that may be unpleasant or even unsafe for employees, patrons, and others who frequent the facility.

Fluid-applied resinous floors are a great option when it comes to easy and inexpensive to care over the long term. Requiring minimal maintenance and no waxing or buffing, these surfaces provide excellent value for facilities that experience ongoing high traffic.

Quick Installation

When a facility is visited by hundreds or even thousands of people daily, or when a business runs 24/7, closing down rooms or temporarily isolating areas for flooring repairs or replacements can be inconvenient on many levels. However, vinyl flooring can be installed quickly, beneficial for high-traffic areas minimising disruption to operation of the facility. Whether it’s an airport or a university cafeteria, it’s critical that a new floor be quickly installed and made available as soon as possible.
Also, another added benefit is the financial savings with reduced labour and material costs involved in installation.

Eco-friendly
Using eco-friendly products is the crux of sustainable building practices. Vinyl flooring, the fastest growing category in flooring, is possibly the most eco-friendly flooring in the world. It can be endlessly recycled. It has no heavy metals, no solvent based inks, no formaldehydes, and no PCP and components considered carcinogenic in it at all. It’s fire resistant and doesn’t release toxic gases. And importantly, it looks good.
At Trade Link International, we offer the widest range of vinyl products to suit all commercial and residential applications. Partnered with Gerflor, the world leaders in vinyl floor coverings, being the official supplier for Boeing, Carrefour and the Olympics Games.

Their premium quality commercial flooring has reached a new level with the launch of the all new Gerflor Taralay Premium range – mixing high performance with design. Offering a sophisticated collection of designs and colours that lift heavy duty flooring into the decorative accessory zone.

The benefits/features of Taralay Premium range as flooring solution for heavy traffic areas include:

  • Complete solution from floor to wall – skirting, wall protection, railings.
  • High performance – excellent heavy traffic and moisture resistance.
  • Comfort and safety – Underfoot warmth and comfort, anti-slip surface and acoustic insulation.
  • Easy maintenance – Protecsol 2® surface treatment provides resistance to scratches and stains. Saving time and cost with no need for waxing or polishing for life.
  • Long lasting appearance – palette of 6 modern designs and 85 contemporary colours with matt effect.
  • Easy and quick installation – saving time and cost with reduced labour and material costs.
  • Eco-responsible – eco-friendly from start to finish, with EcoSpecifier GreenTag Level A certified, made using no heavy metals, and 100% reclaimable.
TARALAY COMPACT
1. Protecsol® 2 surface treatment
2. High density pressed wear layer
3. Glass fibre grid
4. Compact backing
TARALAY COMFORT
1. Protecsol® 2 surface treatment
2. High density pressed wear layer
3. Glass fibre grid
4. Compact backing
5. Very High Density (VHD) foam backing
Pearled finishes and whimsical wavy designs all benefit from the matte effect of the Protecsol 2® Surface Treatment. And beauty is anything but skin deep with Protecsol 2® rated the most stain resistant and low maintenance surface treatment on the market.

Protecsol 2®  evolves the technology that Gerflor first brought to market under the Evercare umbrella. Proven to deliver market leading stain resistance, these new generation surface treatments deliver outstanding savings on time and cost associated with floor maintenance.

Taralay Premium combines the practical, hard wearing, low maintenance benefits of a premium quality flooring with sophisticated colour and design to deliver the perfect combination for the most demanding and edgy commercial setting.

Taralay Premium Comfort is fitted with some additional features which include a Very High Density foam. This foam helps it serve as an acoustic flooring by providing a maximum sound insulation rate of 16 decibels as well as ensuring safe underfoot cushioning. This flooring line also comprises shock absorption properties. In addition, Taralay Premium is antistatic (AS class 1) and makes use of a fungistatic and bacteriostatic treatment known as Sanosol. It serves a host of sectors including retail, leisure, education, office, retirement home and healthcare.

For more info or a free quote, contact Trade Link International where our friendly and professional team can advise you on the right flooring solution. Call (+675) 320 0651 or email sales@tlipng.com.
Jackson’s International Airport under went expansion which saw Gerflor’s vinyl floor coverings used to add sophistication and style to the Executive Departure Lounge and Baggage Claim Area.
Trade Link International was honoured to take part in the Port Moresby Jackson’s International Airport project that saw the expansion of its world class terminal facilities which can now process two million passengers a year.

Expansion of the new terminals were undertaken whereby the 6,600 m² flooring was replaced with Gerflor’s Taralay Premium Compact and other vinyl sheet flooring ranges, Mipolam Elegance and Nera Wood. The particular flooring shades were chosen to tie in with Port Moresby Airport and bring colour to the overall space along with a classic and modern design in the flooring to create a nice feature. The transformation was spectacular and was officially opened by the PNG Prime Minister