School Flooring Derby
Safety vinyl, carpet tiles and hard-wearing corridor floors for primary schools, academies and colleges across Derby and Derbyshire.
A school floor has to survive thousands of pairs of feet a day, and it has to go in while nobody is there. We programme the work into half terms and the summer holiday, room by room or block by block, and hand back every space ready for the first day of term.
A Hall and Corridor We Have Fitted
Wood-effect vinyl planks glued down through a hall and the corridor to its entrance: the same products and detailing a school hall and its corridors need. More is in our gallery.
Hall floor, finished
Wood-effect vinyl planks across the whole hall: hard-wearing enough for chairs and tables, and mopped clean once the fit was done.
Commercial vinyl
Planks going down
Glue-down planks laid over a prepared floor, row by row, so the finished floor stays tight and flat under heavy use.
Floor preparation
Corridor to the entrance
The same floor carried down the corridor, finishing at entrance matting that stops grit being walked in.
Entrance mattingThe Right Floor for Each Part of the School
A school is several different buildings under one roof, and the floor should follow that.
Classrooms and libraries
Carpet tiles take the edge off the noise of thirty chairs moving at once, and a tile with ink or paint on it lifts out and is swapped for a spare from the same batch. Where a classroom has a sink or a wet area, that corner can be finished in safety vinyl and joined flush to the carpet.
Corridors and halls
These take the heaviest wear in the building, from feet, trolleys and stacked chairs being dragged out for assembly. A heavy-duty commercial vinyl stands up to it and mops clean at the end of the day.
Toilets, changing rooms and kitchens
Here the floor needs grip when it is wet and no joints for water to get into. We fit safety vinyl with welded seams, taken up the wall with cap coving so the corners mop clean. School kitchens follow the same detailing as any commercial kitchen.
Art rooms, science rooms and food technology
Paint, water and spills are part of the lesson, so these rooms are usually better in safety vinyl than carpet. If your school or trust has a specification for a particular room, we quote to it.
Stairs and entrances
Contrasting nosings make every step edge visible, which matters on a stair that a whole year group uses at once. At the main doors, entrance matting set into the floor stops most of the grit that would otherwise wear out the corridor beyond.
Older School Buildings
A few checks come before any old floor is lifted.
Many school buildings date from before 2000, when asbestos was still used in some floor tiles and the black adhesive beneath them. Before an old floor comes up in a building of that age, the school's asbestos register needs checking, so please have it ready for the visit. Older buildings also tend to have uneven or patched subfloors, and we level and prepare the base before a new floor goes down so the finish lasts.
Floor coverings on escape routes carry a fire classification under BS EN 13501-1. We can tell you the classification of each product we quote and supply the documentation. Whether a particular route needs a particular class is a question for your fire risk assessor.
Planned Around the School Calendar
The handover date does not move, so the programme is built backwards from it.
Smaller jobs go into a half term or the Easter and Christmas breaks. Larger refurbishments are usually phased across the summer, a block at a time, with each area finished and handed back before the next one starts. Tell us your dates, any site rules and who holds the keys, and we plan the job around them.
How We Quote
Itemised, explained in person, and with no price list.
Liam visits, measures each area and checks the condition of the floor underneath. He brings samples so you can see them in the rooms they are going into. The quote lists materials, preparation, fitting and trims as separate lines, and he goes through it with you face to face, which also makes it easier to take to your business manager or governors.
Planning Work for the Next Holiday?
Send us the rooms that need doing and the dates you have, and we will arrange a visit with samples.
Flooring for Other Premises
We plan and fit floors for these settings in the same way.
Nurseries and Pre-Schools
Room-by-room floors for childcare settings.
Care Homes
Level, cleanable floors for residents.
Retail and Salons
Floors fitted without losing a trading day.
Office Flooring
Carpet tiles and vinyl for workplaces.
Kitchens and Canteens
Welded, coved safety vinyl.
Commercial Flooring
The full range of business floors we fit.
We fit school floors across Derby, Ripley, Heanor, Belper, Borrowash, Castle Donington, Melbourne, Alfreton, Somercotes, South Normanton, Allestree and Quarndon.
School Flooring Questions
Can the work be done in a half term?
Often, yes, for a few classrooms, toilets or a corridor. Bigger jobs are usually split across the summer holiday so each area is finished before the next one starts. We will tell you at the visit what fits in the time you have.
What flooring is best for school classrooms?
Carpet tiles suit most teaching spaces because they are quieter and can be replaced a tile at a time. Rooms with sinks, art and science rooms, toilets and kitchens are better in slip-resistant safety vinyl with welded seams.
Do you need our asbestos register?
If the building dates from before 2000 and an old floor is coming up, yes. Some older floor tiles and adhesives contain asbestos, and the register needs checking before anything is lifted.
Can you quote to our trust's specification?
Yes. Send it with your enquiry and we will price to it. If you do not have one, we will recommend floors area by area at the visit and explain the reasons.
Why is there no price on this page?
Because no two schools are the same. Room sizes, the state of the floor underneath, the products chosen and the time available all change the cost. We visit, measure and give you an itemised quote, and talk you through it in person.
