The latest innovation in healthcare from Shaw Contract is Vitality, a homogeneous sheet product that is ideal for areas of higher level of acute care, namely operating rooms.
The students participating in the FCEF 10-week installation program worked with sheet goods in week three. With the help of some donations from Congoleum, they installed their first sheet vinyl floor.
During week three of the 10-week Basic Flooring Installation Program, Joe Cea, technical specialist, Congoleum, worked with the students, giving them tips and tricks on installing resilient flooring donated by Congoleum.
The new heterogeneous sheet collections provide installation and design flexibility, reducing the number of seams in corridors, under patient beds, and in large open areas.
I understand the techniques required to be successful when heat welding and the on-going challenges locating trained installers qualified to heat weld, however, it’s just as important to use skilled installers when cold welding a seam.
Naturescapes HPD is Teknoflor's first bio-polyurethane sheet good made from ecuran, an organically derived composite material processed from plant based oils such as castor oil and naturally occurring minerals such as chalk.
Heat welding is extremely popular and often required in vinyl sheet applications in laboratories, clean rooms, and medical environments such as operating suites and patient rooms.