Following the success of its new sports flooring from specialist provider Tact, Dorset’s agricultural college at Kingston Maurward near Dorchester asked the flooring experts to return for a second commission.

A series of all-weather ramps were needed to facilitate disabled access to its restaurant. The existing ramps were made from exposed marine plywood, which although solid, was weathering badly and became slippery in the rain. The college asked Tact to address the problem.

“Our main concern was ensuring that the ramps are safe to use in any weather,” says Mr Kim Payne, Premises & Services Manager at the college. “We also needed the ramps to have much higher visibility to make access points more obvious for our disabled students. Tact’s done the job on both counts.”

As Tact’s flooring products comply with the tenets of the Disability Discrimination Act, the college had the assurance that an expertly laid surface would meet all the Act’s legal requirements. In addition, the visual appeal of the finished ramps enhances the areas where they are installed.

John Highnam is Tact’s Sales Director. “This was an extremely cost-effective solution for the college,” he says. “The existing ramps were solid enough – it was their surfaces that were proving a problem. We simply sealed them with Tact coating and fitted our floor tiles over the top.”

The new surface is non slip and free-draining, so rainwater isn’t retained. In addition, the toughness, durability and flexibility of the TactTiles used for the work means the surface will not weather, fade or warp, and the plywood beneath is preserved from further wear.

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