Nursery Flooring in Education
The perfect nursery has an environment where children can feel comfortable, safe and inspired. With our wide range of Marmoleum nursery floor coverings we create a safe, warm and welcoming nursery environment. Also a Marmoleum nursery floor provides a durable and hygienic floor covering.
Marmoleum offers a hardwearing, low maintenance, safe and sustainable flooring solution in any educational establishment. These characteristics are perfect for nurseries where foot traffic and movement of chairs requires a durable floor covering.
More then phthalate free, no phthalates ever. Marmoleum does not contain PVC, Phthalates or Styrene providing a safe and low emitting floor. Marmoleum can help with LEED, Well and ILF Living Building Challenge credits.
Our most sustainable flooring solution, Marmoleum offers a wealth of colour options, scuff and scratch resistance, coupled with the possibility to repair damaged surfaces.
✔ Natural raw materials
✔ Phthalates free
✔ PVC free
✔ Allergy UK approved
✔ Low emission
✔ Acoustic
✔ CO2 neutral (from cradle to gate - without offset)
✔ Prevents the growth of bacteria
Healthy Nursery Environment
Children spend most of their time indoors, at home, at school or at the nursery. Children can spend approximately 35-40 hours per week, for 9 months out of the year in a building. The measured indoor air quality parameters indicate that children spending their time indoors are subjected to large concentrations of CO2 and exposed to increased levels of particulate VOC’s and biological contaminants.
In a safe nursery environment, floors are non-toxic, low emitting and compliant to all international standards. On top of this, a safe nursery floor is designed to prevent accidents. Forbo’s Marmoleum sheet and tile floor coverings and 100% solvent free adhesive products are the ideal products for nurseries and allow building occupants to enjoy healthier, safer, and longer-lasting flooring solutions.
Allergy UK approved flooring
Our Marmoleum floor coverings have been awarded the prestigious “Seal of Approval” from Allergy UK as, with the correct cleaning regime, they will not harbour allergens or house dust mites.
A report by Allergy UK estimates that there are at least 12 million people “allergic to their own home” with 58% citing house dust mites as a key trigger. Therefore the importance of floor coverings in creating better indoor environments should not be overlooked.
It’s also an issue that shouldn’t be ignored by educational, healthcare, office establishments or in social care, in fact any place where people are likely to spend a prolonged period.
Read more about Allergy UK
Phthalate free
Phthalates are a family of chemical compounds primarily used to make polyvinyl chloride (PVC) or vinyl flexible and pliant. The phthalates widely selected to soften vinyl are used because of their strong performance, durability and stability. Because they are used to soften vinyl and make it flexible, in these applications they are called “plasticisers.”
Exposure to some kind of phthalates has been linked to the rise in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Created from natural, renewable materials, Marmoleum flooring is the most sustainable resilient flooring available.
Marmoleum contains no phthalates, no plasticisers and no mineral oil.
Naturally prevent the growth of bacteria
Thanks to it's natural raw materials, Marmoleum is naturally bacteriostatic and independently proven to inhibit the growth and spread of infections such as MRSA, Norovirus, Acinetobacter baumannii and C Difficile helping to contribute to a healthier and more hygienic environment.
An inherent property of the product, the bacteriostatic qualities of Marmoleum won't diminish over time, giving peace of mind and constant protection from the moment it is installed.
Topshield
Topshield is Forbo Flooring's high performance UV-finish which is applied to all Marmoleum floor coverings. Topshield prevents staining, scuffing and scratching for lasting appearance retention and provides for easy cleaning and maintenance.
Topshield is also naturally bacteriostatic, resistant to chemicals and hand disinfectants, making it an ideal solution for all heavy traffic environments such as schools, healthcare, offices and public buildings.
Topshield - Characteristics
✔ No initial maintenance or polymer
✔ Less soiling and dirt pick-up
✔ Prevent the growth of bacteria
✔ Resistant against disinfectants
✔ Overall improved stain resistance
✔ Efficient & easy dry cleaning
✔ Simple maintenance
✔ Less scratches and dirt traps
✔ Surface can be repaired
✔ Surface can be refreshed
Lasting performance
At the same time Topshield has unique characteristics that allows the surface to be repaired or refreshed after years of use or accidents, creating a nursery floor with lasting performance over time.
Topshield has been designed to create a ‘ready to use’ Marmoleum that requires no initial maintenance or polymer application and is even more resistant to dirt pick-up, less prone to wear and has improved resistance to scratches and stains.
Acoustic Linoleum
The best way to reduce sound is at the source. Acoustic floors have an important contribution to make in terms of reducing noise in buildings. Our acoustic linoleum floors create a healthy environment by combining sustainability with excellent sound reduction properties.
For nurseries, proper acoustic performance creates a quiet and calming atmosphere. Find out more about our Acoustic linoleum flooring solutions:
Acoustic Linoleum
Make it personal
Our very precise Aquajet water cutting technology makes it possible to reproduce the most intricate designs, logos or text using Marmoleum.
Marmoleum collections
A natural winner! Our Marmoleum floor coverings are natural floors associated with sustainability, durability, high quality and innovative design. Discover the natural beauty of Marmoleum with over 300 colours and designs, ranging from marbled to linear and concrete, available in sheet, planks and tiles.
Discover our Marmoleum collections
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Over the last 125 years we have been on an inspiring, Marmoleum path. With ups, downs, and the most amazing coloyrs and textures. A CO2 neutral path through millions of buildings around the world. A path that's still unfolding, because it hasn't reached that fully sustainable future. Which is why we invite you to join us... choose most consciously...
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