Flooring FOCUS Shiny, smart ideas to add extra value to your sales Optimising the revenue from every sale has never been more important so this month we’re looking at ways to ensure that once a consumer is ready to buy, they buy more – and enjoy it! Smart profiles and clever accessories add value and customer delight – plus they make your offer look more special and professional. floorwise says “first impressions count, but it’s the lasting impression that’s really important and that’s why we engineer our profiles with quality first and foremost in mind.” With more metal for your money, the Classic range delivers a wide range of applications in aluminium and sim brass finish, making it the ideal collection for any installer looking for a quality, low cost solution. Including adjustable z-edge options, as well as trims for cushion vinyl floors and carpets; there’s little that Classic can’t tackle. Max Reflections is floorwise’s answer to lifestyle-inspired finishes with profiles available in chrome and brushed steel nickel to complement modern sockets and switches. Giving the ultimate touch in homes looking for high-end finishes, Max Reflections is available in common applications including cover strips and single and dual edge for carpet, wood, ceramic, laminate and LVT floors.
floorwise – engineers for quality
Ball & Young – pride in British profiles
“We really listen to what customers and their fitters want and have steadily developed our accessories range to match that requirement” provided a solution to the issue of stick down profiles not matching the other bars fitted within the installation. A range of quality, British manufactured grippers with reliable performance credentials is also available. Quantum’s LVT latest transition profiles are suitable for covering and protecting joins between floorcoverings and be used as transitions between two vinyl floorcoverings or two different types of floorcoverings, generally vinyl to carpet. The bases for these LVT transitions come in three finishes: gold polished, silver polished, and anodised satin silver. A 30mm wide LVT strip fits into the base. The profiles can be fitted with secret fixing, so there are no screw holes to worry about. They can also be fitted using Quantum’s new Q-Fix cartridge adhesive, with a strong and durable bond. Q-Fix can fully replace mechanical fixing, saving time and money.
“First impressions count, but it’s the lasting impression that’s really important...” For wood, laminate and LVT floors, the brand also offers the Zenith range including cover strips and edges in popular wood finishes including natural oak and dark walnut. In depths specially designed to accommodate wood, laminate and LVT floors, the Zenith collection also includes matt gold and matt silver finishes.
Quantum Flooring Solutions’ LVT transitions can be used with resilient floorcoverings, carpets and carpet tiles to prevent worn and frayed edges from becoming a trip hazard. They are suitable for use to aid safety in all public buildings such as hospitals, schools and hotels.
Quantum – makes a smooth transition
Ball & Young takes pride in making all their profiles in-house in Corby and carefully controls the procurement of all the raw materials to ensure consistency. “We’re flying the flag for British manufacturing and our approach means we can guarantee the quality of a product that installers know they can rely on,” says Ann Shaw of Ball & Young. “We really listen to what customers and their fitters want and have steadily developed our accessories range to match that requirement with innovation and imagination,” says Ann. The comprehensive range edging and cover strips and trims for carpet and vinyl are available in aluminium and simbrass in 900 and 2.7m lengths. Ball & Young has recently added stick down polished aluminium singles, doubles and cover strips to aid fitting over underfloor heating, which also 40
THE STOCKLISTS July 2020