Building type: care homes
Floor performance requirements in care homes
Care home floors need to support hoists and wheeled equipment safely, feel warm and slip-resistant to residents, and often have to be refurbished around occupied rooms.
Planning a phased care home refurbishment?
Get in touch to talk through a room-by-room screed programme that limits disruption to residents.
Or call our landline on 01392 237700
Care home floors carry a specific combination of demands: they need to be level and stable enough for hoists, wheelchairs and trolleys, warm and slip-resistant underfoot for vulnerable residents, and durable against repeated wheeled traffic.
Many care home projects involve refurbishing occupied buildings a few rooms at a time, so the screed programme has to work around residents who cannot simply be moved out for the duration of the works.
Planning a phased care home refurbishment?
Get in touch to talk through a room-by-room screed programme that limits disruption to residents.
Or call our landline on 01392 237700
Working around occupied care settings
Because full decant is rarely practical, care home refurbishments are usually phased room by room or wing by wing, with the screed pour and drying period timed to minimise the time any one area is out of use, and noise and dust controlled carefully given the vulnerability of residents nearby.
Warmth and safety underfoot
A level, well-insulated screed base supports both the comfort and safety priorities in a care setting: even floor temperatures reduce cold-floor discomfort for residents with reduced mobility, while a flat, well-prepared surface reduces trip risk once the final safety flooring is installed.
Care homes — the points that decide it
- A level, crack-free screed base is important where hoist tracks or mobile hoists are used, since any unevenness can affect safe operation of the equipment.
- Underfloor heating combined with a liquid screed can help maintain consistently warm floor surfaces, which matters for residents who spend long periods seated or with reduced mobility.
- The chosen final floor finish, typically slip-resistant vinyl or safety flooring, needs a screed surface prepared to the flatness and moisture condition that finish requires.
- Refurbishing individual bedrooms or wings while the rest of the home remains occupied means noise, dust and access all need careful management around residents.
- Corridors and communal areas see continuous trolley and wheelchair traffic, so a durable, well-prepared base reduces the risk of the finish failing prematurely.
- Drying times need realistic planning where rooms must be returned to use quickly to avoid extended disruption to residents and staff.
Care homes — your questions
In short
Care home floors need to support hoists and wheeled equipment safely, feel warm and slip-resistant to residents, and often have to be refurbished around occupied rooms.
Planning a phased care home refurbishment?
Get in touch to talk through a room-by-room screed programme that limits disruption to residents.