Expertise in Affordable Housing
When it comes to large scale housing projects, we understand that you need more than just a supplier. Our role in major project delivery and involvement from the early stages means we can provide a specialist support service for the Affordable Housing sector, working with your designers and flooring contractors and helping you to choose the most appropriate solutions to meet your requirements.
We know you are looking for a floor covering that will stand up to the daily wear and tear of family life, while your tenants want colour and design to make their house a home. The floor covering should fit into the living environment and create an individual and inviting atmosphere that makes them feel at home. But aspects such as easy installation, ease of care, durability and healthy living also play an important role.
From entrance to exit, whether new build or refurbishment, our integrated flooring portfolio specifically selected for the Affordable Housing sector can help you choose the right flooring solutions for your project.
Products to use in Affordable Housing
Forbo Novilon offers an innovative range of beautiful and inspiring cushion vinyl floors across a choice of designs, such as wood, concrete, stone and tile. Novilon is a comfortable floor, enjoyable to live on as it's sound absorbing and has warmth underfoot. Novilon is both hard wearing and easy to maintain thanks to features such as Aquagrip, Diamond Seal & Noviclean. Available in 2, 3 & 4m widths, you are guaranteed a functional, seamless floor that will stand up to the demands of modern family life.
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A unique, adhesive free vinyl sheet collection, Modul'up is a ground-breaking floor covering. Suitable for both new build and for renovation applications, the Modul'up vinyl sheet collection heralds a technological innovation as a "lay-flat, stay flat" floor covering solution that does not require any adhesive. As such it can reduce installation time by over 50% and ensures that the product can be recovered easily and safely at the end of its service life.
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The modular format of Allura tiles and planks guarantees a quick and easy installation with less wastage than traditional sheet materials, making it ideal for new build and refurbishment projects where time is of the essence. Our stunning Allura LVT ranges also offer R10 slip resistance underfoot without compromising on style or design. For communal areas, or multi-unit properties, our Allura Decibel collection offers 19 dB impact sound reduction alongside stunning natural aesthetics.
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For residents, enhanced slip resistance wetroom flooring will offer peace of mind that they can use bathroom facilities without worrying about slipping.
Forbo offers a complete wetroom solution with its Step safety flooring and Onyx vinyl wall coverings. Step is a particle enhanced, Health and Safety Executive compliant safety flooring that provides lasting protection and optimal hygiene. Onyx+ offers a smooth, hygienic wall surface in contemporary colours.
Find out more about our Wetroom solutions
Achieving lower noise pollution is essential to reducing stress and promoting the well-being and comfort of people. Our collection of Sarlon acoustic sheet vinyl delivers a sound impact reduction of between 15 dB and 19 dB, helping to keep noise levels in busy communal areas to a minimum and reducing the risk of disturbing neighbouring tenants.
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The constant flow of visitors means that entrance and circulation areas can take quite a pounding. Unfortunately, many people do not stop to effectively wipe their feet properly before entering a building, so wet and dirty soiling can be trailed into the reception area and beyond. This can have a detrimental effect on the aesthetics of interior floor finishes, not to mention create potential slip hazards on hard floors for all those that use the building.
In fact, according to Cleaning Research International, soil and moisture being tracked in on both the soles of shoes and the tyres of wheeled traffic can account for up to 95% of the dirt being tracked in to a building. Therefore, taking the time to choose an effective entrance flooring system is important, as this will ensure that residents and visitors enjoy a safe transition from the entrance.
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A truly CO₂ neutral floor covering
Forbo’s Marmoleum is made from an average of 97% natural raw materials.
So it’s no surprise that it is the world’s leading, sustainable resilient flooring.
The weighted average of our Marmoleum product range is also CO₂ neutral (cradle to gate) without offsetting.
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Keeping the world outside, outside
From old carpet fluff to abandoned fishing nets, many of our Coral collections are made from ECONYL® – a high quality yarn made from 100% regenerated polyamide.
The primary backing of Coral Welcome is made from recycled plastic PET bottles.
We make Coral in a factory that runs entirely on green electricity and sends virtually zero waste to landfill and 100% of our aluminium, steel and rubber waste from our Nuway production is recycled.
And for those customers wanting a ‘natural’ entrance system, we offer Nuway Tuftiguard with Bamboo scraper bars. Bamboo is a sustainable species of grass and one of the fastest growing plants on earth.
Find out more about our EFS products
Industry leading recycled content
All of our UK-produced tufted carpet tiles have at least 57% recycled content (by weight), with some containing an impressive 76%.
We’re also reducing the amount of virgin materials we use. For example, instead of throwing away yarn ends, we rewind them and tuft them into our Tessera range. We even have two ranges made with up to 100% ECONYL® regenerated yarn.
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We care for the people that touch our business, from employees to suppliers. That’s why all our UK manufacturing facilities and most of our sites in Europe are certified to SA8000®. The SA8000 Standard is one of the world’s preeminent social standards which aims to protect workers along each step of the supply chain and we are the only UK flooring company to have achieved this certification.
Forbo was also involved in the development of BES 6002 (BRE’s Ethical Labour Sourcing Standard) and became the 1st flooring company certified to this standard.
We collect clean installation off-cuts of Forbo products through our ‘Back to the Floor’ programme.
It’s good for us as it provides material to recycle back into our some of our products and it’s good for contractors as it saves money rather than landfilling it. We collect Marmoleum, Eternal, Sarlon and Sphera smooth vinyl, Allura LVT, Novilon cushioned vinyl, Flotex and Tessera carpet tile off-cuts.
To find out more just contact Back to the Floor on 0161 925 8760, backtothefloor@forbo.com
Download: Back to the Floor leaflet
In Social housing environments speed of installation can be an important factor when choosing a floor. With our Fast Fit collection you can replace your floor in no-time, with a reduction in installation time of over 50%.
Quick
Many of the products can be fitted over existing floors and as they don’t need to be installed with adhesive, they can reduce installation time by over 50%. The floor is ready for immediate use after installation, no need to wait 48 hours before using with heavy traffic.
Easy
The Fast Fit tiles and planks either simply butt together or click together using a mallet and, as no adhesive is required on any Fast Fit product, they are easier to install. There are no adhesive odours, frequently less disruption and dust, and floors can be walked on immediately after installation.
Economical
A reduction in downtime can mean substantial savings for the client, and as there’s no need for adhesives, there’s a potential saving on installation costs.
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Coral Click is an exceptionally versatile modular entrance matting system that can be assembled on site. Coral Click can be used on its own or in conjunction with our Coral clean-off textile ranges to provide an integrated entrance system.
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Are you looking for realistic wood or stone designs that are easy to install? Our Allura Click, Ease and Puzzle collections offer you just that. The planks of Allura Click & Allura Ease are easy to install without the need for adhesives, and thus also easy to remove, re-use and recycle. The Allura Puzzle tiles are, as the name already says, puzzled together. It is that easy. Protected by our exclusive lacquering system your floor will not only look great, it will also stand the test of time.
Visit the Fast Fit Planks collection
Visit the Fast Fit Tiles collection
Forbo's Modul'up adhesive free vinyl sheet collection is a ground-breaking floor covering. The product is suitable for both new build and for renovation applications in health care facilities, schools and offices as well as residential buildings.
The Modul'up vinyl sheet collection heralds a technological innovation as a "lay-flat, stay flat" floor covering solution that does not require any adhesive. As such it reduces the amount of material and energy used for a flooring installation and ensures that the product can be recovered easily and safely at the end of its service life.
In addition, the usual constraints associated with adhesives are removed, such as drying times and lingering odours.
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On average we are spending around 80%-90% of our time indoors, therefore a safe and healthy indoor environment is important. Forbo’s floor coverings are non-toxic, low emitting and compliant to all international standards. Forbo’s Marmoleum sheet and tile floor coverings and 100% solvent free adhesive products are the ideal products and allow you to enjoy healthier, safer, and longer-lasting flooring solutions.
For affordable housing projects, proper acoustic performance creates a quiet atmosphere so residents are not disturbed by neighbours.
The best way to reduce sound is at the source, and the choice of flooring can deliver an important contribution in reducing noise in buildings. Our acoustic floors create a healthy environment by combining sustainability with excellent sound reduction properties. Forbo Flooring is a specialist in acoustic floors with more than 30 years of experience. In our extensive portfolio you will find linoleum and vinyl floors with impact sound reductions of up to 19 dB.
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Marmoleum has been awarded the Allergy UK Seal of Approval as, thanks to its smooth surface, it does not harbour house dust mites. With the correct, regular cleaning regime this can help to improve indoor environments.
Marmoleum Allergy UK Certificate
Flotex has been awarded the Allergy UK Seal of Approval as, thanks to its unique nylon construction, allergens are trapped within its densely packed flocks, thereby reducing the number of allergens in the atmosphere.
Flotex Allergy UK Certificate
Visit our reference section and be inspired by existing Forbo flooring solutions in affordable housing environments. Our reference overview will help you to see products in use and how they are applied.
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To create your floor and make up your mind what would fit best we have several tools and services. Our floor planner helps you to place any of our floors in a social housing environment or even combine them so you can see how this works.
Start playing with our floorplanner
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