Gerflor Ltd

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Tel +44 (0)1926 622600, www.gerflor.co.uk
Wedgnock House, Wedgnock Lane, Warwick, Warwickshire, CV34 5AP

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Gerflor offers an extensive range of vinyl flooring, interior finishes and accessory solutions, suitable for a wide variety of 
contract and residential environments in both refurbishment and new build projects. Durable, high performing, inspiring, 
environmentally friendly solutions are backed up by dedicated customer, technical and services support teams and a quality 
assured installer partnership network.
Resilient vinyl floorcoverings
Introduction  Gerflor is one of 
Europe's largest & most innovative 
vinyl floor manufacturers with over 
70 years' experience. Manufacturing 
capabilities are supported with 
substantial investments in product 
research and development. It has a 
global presence with offices, 
manufacturing facilities and logistical 
hubs worldwide. Gerflor's products 
offer excellent, long lasting 
performance in a wide palette, 
maximising colour options for 
design-led projects. Gerflor is the 
exclusive distributor of DLW 
Linoleum flooring for UK and 
Ireland. 
Applications  Gerflor is a 
multi-specialist that meets the 
flooring needs of various markets 
including education, healthcare, 
sports, leisure, offices, retail, 
industrial, commercial and housing 
and niche sectors.
Authority  Gerflor is quality assured 
to ISO 9001: 2008 and accredited to 
ISO 14001.
Green issues  Gerflor products 
rank amongst those with the lowest 
VOC emissions. It uses recycled 
materials across all its product 
ranges with 100% of recycled 
materials controlled and REACH 
compliant. Its products are 100% 
recyclable. Its loose-lay products 
reduce the use of adhesives and 
facilitate recovery and recycling at 
the end of the product's life. 
Products are easy to maintain 
throughout their lives, requiring 
fewer water and chemical products 
than many alternative surfaces.
-  Treated: Tarasafe Geo, Style,    
  Super Ultra, Ultra Comfort and Uni  
  ranges of slip resistant  
 
 floorcovering.
Composition, manufacture  
Tarasafe comprises a PVC wear 
layer, deeply inlaid mineral crystal 
particles and coloured chips for a 
decorative design. Reinforced with a 
glass fibre grid in sheet form, it is 
treated with Sanosol
 
antibacterial 
and fungicidal additive. Tarasafe 
Geo, Style, Ultra, Ultra Comfort and 
Uni are also surface treated with 
SparClean. Ultra Comfort has a 
VHD closed cell foam backing giving 
sound insulation of 16 dB.
Dimensions  
Sheets are 2000 mm x 20 m 
Dimensional stability (EN 434): 
 
 
<0.4%
Multi-layered flooring
Description  Gerflor offers a wide 
choice of multi-layered vinyl 
floorcoverings available in sheet and 
tile formats. They offer extreme 
durability, excellent hygiene 
properties and chemical and stain 
resistance and are Sanosol and 
Protecsol treated, Group T abrasion 
rated and easy to install. 
The range includes:
Taralay Premium is easy to 
maintain, with bold and stylish 
colours including metallic effects.  
The Comfort option has excellent 
acoustic and shock absorption. 
The Compact option has resistance 
to static and dynamic loads.
Taralay Impression (Compact and 
Comfort versions availableis 
suitable for high traffic areas.
Taralay Initial has excellent sound 
insulation of 19 dB.
Nera Contract wood is for normal to 
high traffic applications and has  
excellent resistance to static and 
dynamic loads. 
Nera Comfort wood is suitable for 
heavy loads and has excellent 
impact sound reduction of 18 dB.
Luxury vinyl tiles and planks 
Applications and description   
The Creation Clic System, Creation, 
Insight and Artline floorcovering 
ranges are highly realistic wood and 
mineral effect PVC tiles and planks, 
designed for high traffic wear in 
public commercial spaces and also 
suitable for domestic applications.  
With patented surface protection 
(PUR) that ensures easy life long 
maintenance and no need for initial 
polishes, the ranges are highly 
durable and environmentally friendly 
providing excellent resistance to 
scuffing and staining. 
Creation Clic System is a luxury 
loose lay wood effect vinyl plank 
system with Gerflor's unique 
interlocking technology. This offers 
the benefit of reduced downtime, as 
installation by simply tapping planks 
into place is easy, quick and saves 
on costs. They require no adhesives 
and individual planks can be easily 
replaced. Minimum sub-floor 
preparation is required and, thus, 
Creation Clic is ideal for 
refurbishments over existing floor 
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Associated enhancements
Description  Protecsol
®
 is a 
UV-cured polyurethane surface 
treatment that is factory applied. It 
protects the floorcovering and 
eliminates the need for subsequent 
seals, polishes and emulsion 
dressings during the life of the 
product to which it is applied.
Sanosol
®
 is a fungistatic and 
bacteriostatic treatment applied to 
foam backings. It inhibits the growth 
of micro-organisms between the 
subfloor and floorcovering.
SparClean
®
 is a permanent surface 
treatment that gives extreme 
resistance to soiling and staining, 
excellent resistance to chemicals 
and ensures long term durability.
D-Max
TM
 is a multi-layer surface for 
sports flooring. It has ideal 
grip/slide properties and maximum 
durability and indentation resistance.
Contract slip resistant safety 
flooring - Tarasafe - with a 
surface composition that is 
brighter, greener and cleaner
Applications  Tarasafe is ideal for 
heavy traffic applications where 
enhanced slip resistance, durability, 
hygiene and easy maintenance are 
required. It is suitable for most 
commercial and industrial areas. 
Green issues  Tarasafe contains 
recycled materials and is 100% 
recyclable at end of life.
Description  Tarasafe comprises:
-  Non treated: Tarasafe Elements,  
  Standard, Super and Plus
Tarasafe safety flooring
Taralay multi-layered flooring
Creation Clic System - Luxury vinyl planks
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They are available in a large colour 
palette, with 6 standard logos for 
enhanced floor marking.
Sports flooring 
(all new in Summer 2011)
Description  Gerflor offers 4 ranges 
of multi-sports flooring specially 
designed for sports and other 
physical activities use. All are 
available in a range of 17 colours 
and 2 wood designs.
Taraflex Sport M Comfort is a  
P3 category flooring suitable for all 
levels and all sports; with 45% 
shock absoprtion and vertical 
deformation < 3.5 mm; of 12 mm 
depth.
Taraflex Sport Performance M50 
Surface
 is a P2 category flooring 
that provides optimal safety; has  
35 - 45% shock absorption and 
vertical deformation < 3.0 mm; of  
9 mm depth.
Taraflex Sport M Evolution is a  
P1 category flooring that is suitable 
for all types of sports and leisure 
activities; has 25 - 35% shock 
absorption and vertical deformation 
< 2.0 mm; of 7 mm depth.
Taraflex Multi-use 6.2 is a  
P1 category flooring that is suitable 
for medium multipurpose 
applications; complies with 
EN 14904 and exhibits excellent 
resistance to heavy loads with 
indentation and abrasion 
resistances 2x/3x resp. that required 
by standard; has 25 - 35% shock 
absorption; of 6.2 mm depth.
Static control flooring
Mipolam EL is a range of tile or 
sheet compacted flooring with 
dissipative and conductive anti-static 
properties. The products are 
hygienic, durable, antibacterial and 
fungicidal.
Gerflor Ltd
Wedgnock House
Wedgnock Lane
Warwick
Warwickshire
CV34 5AP
Tel:  +44 (0)1926 622600
Fax:  +44 (0)1926 401647
Email: contractuk@gerflor.com
Website: www.gerflor.co.uk
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finishes or imperfect sub-floors. 
Flooring is 100% waterproof.
Creation Wood, Mineral and Slate
Designed for high traffic wear 
environments, these ranges 
comprise versatile, decorative, 
flexible, antistatic, abrasion Group T 
floorcoverings with bevelled edges 
on a wide range of tiles and planks. 
Realistic designs have embossed/ 
grained finishes with colour 
coordinated collections. They 
comprise a transparent 0.7 mm 
wear layer, a design film and a 
compact underlayer with an overall 
thickness of 2.5 mm (Wood), 2 mm 
(Mineral) and 2.4 mm (Slate). 
Insight Wood, Mineral and Urban 
ranges are suitable for enhancing 
the look and feel of interior spaces 
ideally in retail, hotel, leisure, office 
and housing environments. They 
comprise synthetic, decorative, 
flexible, antistatic, abrasion, Group 
T floorcoverings in tile or plank form 
with bevelled edges. Available in a 
wide choice of colours, they have a 
transparent 0.55 mm wear layer, a 
design film and a compact 
underlayer with an overall thickness 
of 2.5 mm.
Artline Wood and Mineral are 
suitable for domestic and light 
contract applications. They comprise  
floorcoverings of synthetic, flexible, 
decorative, antistatic, abrasion 
Group T tiles and planks without 
bevelled edges. They have a 
transparent wear layer 0.3 mm thick, 
a design film and compact 
underlayer with an overall thickness 
of 2 mm.  
Fast track loose lay
Applications and description  
A choice of fast track loose lay tiles 
is offered.
Saga 2 tiles are suitable for heavy 
traffic areas in commercial and 
public sector buildings and on raised 
access floors. Its PVC and cork 
foam backing ensures tiles are quiet 
and comfortable underfoot and the 
smooth Protecsol (polyurethane) 
treated surface is easy to maintain, 
highly stain resistant and offers 
maximum hygiene.
Attraction tiles are suitable for heavy 
traffic applications and can 
overcome moisture related sub-floor 
problems. Tiles have interlocking 
edges and are offered in a wide 
contemporary and natural colour 
palette with 20 colourways and 
2 designs.
GTI tiles are suitable for extreme 
heavy-duty applications being 
resistant to industrial traffic, 
including fork lift trucks. Tiles have 
interlocking edges and R10 slip 
resistant surface rating. 
Residential flooring
Agrippa range of foam-backed sheet 
flooring is slip resistant with R10 
rated PureClean varnish, hygienic 
and easy to clean. Flooring 
comprises a wear layer, glass fibre 
interlayer & compact foam backing 
which gives 19 dB sound insulating. 
Agrippa Mineral has 12 stone, tile & 
ceramic all-over designs, Agrippa 
Woods 
has 12 timber designs.
Ceramitex and Timbertex ranges 
comprise textile-backed tiles which 
have an anti-slip GripX surface with 
R10 rating, an interlayer and a 
polyester textile backing. They offer 
15 dB sound insulation. Both 
Ceramitex and Timbertex have  
16 nature-inspired designs. 
The Griptex range of textile-backed 
tiles has an anti-slip GripX surface 
with R10 rating, a glass fibre 
interlayer and a polyester textile 
backing. They offer 16 dB sound 
insulation. It is a collection of 18 
classic tiles and woods, Griptex II 
has 20 modern woods, tiles & colours 
and Griptex Palette has 12 plain and 
all-over patterns and colourways. 
Easitex (new in Summer 2011) is a 
vinyl flooring with a thick textile 
underlay that can be loose-laid with 
no glues or adhesives on areas up 
to 35m
2
. It requires no sub-floor 
preparation. Thickness is 4.2 mm, 
the easy to clean PU surface has 
R10 slip resistant finish and a water 
resistant interlayer is resistant to RH 
of up to 90%. Underlay contains 
50% recycled materials and is 100% 
recyclable. Easitex offers 20 dB 
sound insulation. Rolls are of 20 m 
length and widths of 2, 3 and 4 m. 
A 15 year guarantee is offered.
DLW Linoleum
Applications and description 
DLW linoleum is suitable for many 
uses including schools and offices. 
It is available with PUR Eco System 
and LPX finish surface treatments 
and in a wide range of colours. The 
DLW Marmorette range is available 
in Acoustic (14 dB) and Acoustic 
Plus (18 dB) versions.
 
ECONOMICS
Warranties  Tarasafe floorcoverings 
carry a 12 year warranty: other 
ranges carry a 10 year warranty. 
Further information is available from 
the company.
   
SUPPLY, SERVICES
Products are supplied direct or 
through approved installers.
Services include:
-  Project specification advice   
-  Installation training programmes
-  Sampling service
-  Trial and test areas
REFERENCES
Further information on flooring 
products is in Keyfile Libraries 
section (43) and available direct 
from the company. Information on 
SPM wall protection and handrails is 
in Section (42) of this edition of the 
RIBA Product Selector.
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Easitex vinyl flooring
Taraflex sports flooring
GTI flooring

Contact details

Wedgnock House,
Wedgnock Lane,
Warwick,
Warwickshire, CV34 5AP
Tel +44 (0)1926 622600
Fax +44 (0)1926 401647
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