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👻 A Flooring Horror Story - the scary aftermath of using wet adhesives to install flooring ... 🎃When the carpet tile came to be replaced, it proved to be a messy, grueling and time-consuming job to pull it up and rectify the damaged sub-floor before the next install. 😥The carpet? Probably too contaminated to be reused or easily recycled. 😩And even more terrifying? Even after all that, the new flooring was installed using adhesive AGAIN, creating the same problem for the future. A never-ending nightmare! 🌎But we can break this vicious circle ...there is a better way. With IOBAC adhesive-free installation, there's no damage, no contamination - just clean uplift and reusable flooring. Free yourself from flooring frights with our modern, sustainable method of installation 💚 Video courtesy of The Andrews Group | BOLON Partner #FlooringFrights #Flooring #CommercialInteriors #CircularConstruction

Here's how to easily add adhesive-free installation to your next flooring specification: 1️⃣ Simply copy and paste the text from https://lnkd.in/ejRmvBEZ into your M50 Specification and remove any references to adhesives. 2️⃣ Our products are listed on NBS | Powered by Hubexo - all authored to NBS specification standards with both CAWS and Uniclass 2015 classifications. 🔗MagTabs - https://lnkd.in/em8mshRg 🔗Tab-It - https://lnkd.in/eZiKkjgS 🔗Ezy-Install - https://lnkd.in/ev_3eiex 🔗Ezy-Fit - https://lnkd.in/eCYZ8phe #NBS #ProductSpecification #CommercialInteriors #Architect #InteriorDesign

Wondering if adhesive-free installation can be as strong as traditional glue? Here's the answer! Our video shows the super secure hold of our MagTabs to not only the carpet tile, but the raised access flooring panel itself! Hard to shift in even the heaviest of footfall areas, but easy to lift for damage-free surfaces, facilitating easy material reuse/recycling ✅ See for yourself ... request a sample kit at https://lnkd.in/dYBh73hC #Flooring #AdhesiveFree #CommercialInteriors #CircularConstruction

Couldn't agree more with this, but I think you can take this even further. Yes these practices can cause a lot of waste and furniture hire would certainly help reduce this. But what about looking at other products for other aspects of the "pre-furnished" space. Morph Bricks Ltd could be used to create partitions and rooms or "bespoke" aspects of the installation such as reception desks or tiered seating areas. Not only can all the items be reused later in other projects but the installation would be much cheaper and quicker and less disruptive to neighbours. This could be completed either on a rental model or the landlord could own the assets and simply move them from one site to the next. Or possibly the tenant may want to rent the walls and furniture from him or the contractor, giving them an additional revenue stream. Another example would be to use the magnetic fixing system from IOBAC to fit the flooring so it can be reused later. Possibly the flooring could be rented or leased as well, and the future tenant again has the option of using these products when they move in. There are lots of options out there which would allow us to rethink the models we use to create the built environment and make changes that will help us create a truly circular economy and boost carbon savings, we just need to start thinking outside the box a bit more.

🌎 All the elements within our Circlease Floor Leasing program have been carefully chosen with modularity, disassembly and reuse in mind. In our Ultimate Guide to Circular Floor Leasing, we take an extended dive into this new “product-as-a-service” circular business model > https://lnkd.in/e9j5BA7B The guide covers: 🟢 What does product-as-a-service mean? 🤔 How can it be applied to flooring? 🔁 What makes Circlease a circular model? ❓ How is it different from previous programmes? 📅 What are the benefits and challenges? 🔗https://lnkd.in/e9j5BA7B #flooring #CircularEconomy #ProductAsAService #CommercialInteriors

🎉Congratulations to V4 Wood Flooring who have recently been recognised by Interiors Monthly, winning the Best Solid/Engineered Wood Supplier award! 🏆 The award highlighted V4's commitment to innovation and sustainability, with new collections such as V4Magnetic. Powered by IOBAC, V4Magnetic is a range of magnetic-backed plank and herringbone floors, ideal for both residential and commercial spaces. This collection not only simplifies installation but also offers a versatile, durable, and eco-friendly solution that redefines what's possible with wood flooring. 🔗Read more at https://lnkd.in/e22m5RnC #EngineeredWoodFlooring #WoodFlooring #MagneticFlooring #Innovation #Awards #InteriorDesign

Most people will be familiar with BREEAM certification, but how about DREAM? Defence Related Environmental Assessment Methodology (DREAM) is the UK Ministry of Defence's version of BREEAM, designed specifically for the new build and refurbishment of defence related buildings such as aircraft hangers and barracks. Interior design factors given for consideration include day lighting, thermal and acoustic comfort, and air quality. It also states that flooring and its installation should have no or low VOCs so specifying adhesive-free installation can play an important part: ✅by eliminating the VOCs associated with traditional adhesives and tackifiers. ✅by being a low VOC option itself. Our products have been independently tested and achieve “Exemplary” criteria for VOC emissions under BREEAM, while also exceeding all points for LEED specification. ➡️View the online tool at www.dreamassess.com #IndoorAirQuality #DREAM #DefenceBuildings #Flooring

Discover 10 reasons to specify IOBAC adhesive-free flooring installation for your next project: 1️⃣ Maximise material reuse 2️⃣ Lower embodied carbon footprint 3️⃣ Earn extra sustainability certification credits 4️⃣ Protect valuable building assets 5️⃣ Avoid costly remedial work 6️⃣ Minimise lifetime costs 7️⃣ Combine flooring types and brands in one design 8️⃣ Use across all common prepared sub-floors 9️⃣ Designed for easy disassembly 🔟Easy repair, redesign & repurposing 🔗Dive deeper in our blog at https://lnkd.in/eyk983Y6 #AdhesiveFree #Flooring #CommercialInteriors #CircularConstruction

Issue 6 of SDC - Sustainable Design Collective's magazine is packed full of content very close to our heart, focusing on driving circularity and reducing carbon and waste in commercial new build and fit-out through design for disassembly and material reuse. Well worth a read and great to see some solutions using IOBAC technology featured: 💚 Shaw Contract EMEA's industry-leading second location warranty valid when its products are installed using IOBAC adhesive-free MagTabs (page 20) 💚 WOOD FLOORS AND ACCESSORIES LIMITED's Magnitude sustainable magnetic wood flooring powered by IOBAC (page 46) 🔗Read the edition in full at https://lnkd.in/eMa4gMxG #CircularEconomy #CommercialInteriors #FitOut #NetZero #SustainableConstruction #Flooring

Often described as “West London’s best kept secret”, the offices at 2 Kingdom Street, next to Paddington station, boast state-of-the-art facilities. And with sustainability top of mind, our adhesive-free MagTabs were specified for the refit of a 1,500 sqm office area, enabling Luxury Vinyl Tile and carpet tiles to be seamlessly fitted together onto the existing metal raised access flooring to create a contemporary design. We've estimated the potential cost and carbon savings from using adhesive-free installation compared to traditional methods for this project: > £𝟭𝟵,𝟬𝟬𝟬 saved in sub-floor remediation costs > £𝟵𝟮,𝟬𝟬𝟬 building assets protected > 𝟲,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗸𝗴 𝗖𝗢𝟮 potential saving via flooring reuse 🧮Check it out at > https://lnkd.in/eWanv8Nx Developer: British Land Fit-out contractor: Thirdway Flooring contractor (and photo credit): Loughton Contracts Plc Flooring: Tarkett iD Square Luxury Vinyl Tiles and Milliken Floors Europe Tracing Landscapes carpet tiles, both installed using IOBAC MagTabs #CommercialInteriors #Flooring #FitOut #AdhesiveFree #CircularConstruction #DesignForDisassembly