Healthcare case study

Abbey House Dental Herringbone LVT, coved sheet vinyl and carpet tiles.

Herringbone LVT through reception, coved herringbone-effect sheet vinyl in the surgeries, and carpet tiles across the first floor.

Herringbone LVT flowing from reception into the waiting area at Abbey House Dental, edged with a border plank along the walls
Location
Festival Park, Stoke-on-Trent
Delivered for
Artico, on behalf of Abbey House Dental
Flooring
Herringbone LVT, herringbone-effect sheet vinyl and carpet tiles
Scope
Reception, patient lounge, surgeries, clinical rooms, offices, conference rooms and stairs

Abbey House Dental is a carefully designed practice, with soft neutrals, panelled doors and considered lighting throughout. We floored both storeys of the building at Festival Park, Stoke-on-Trent, for Artico on behalf of the practice: reception, the patient lounge, five surgeries and the clinical rooms on the ground floor, and the offices, conference rooms and staff areas upstairs. The flooring had to match the design while working as hard as any clinical environment demands.

A sound base first

The existing floor needed work before any finish went down. Our site survey logged cracks up to 4.8m long, old carpet tile residue and tile adhesive to clear, and a chase to deep fill. We ground the floor, repaired the cracks and laid a 3 to 5mm smoothing screed, so every floor went down on a flat, sound base.

Herringbone from reception to surgery

Through reception, the patient lounge, the corridor and the lobby by the lift we laid herringbone LVT, edged with a border plank along the walls: a calm first impression for patients, and a floor that stands up to the traffic of a busy practice. In the five surgeries and the clinical rooms, including decontamination, CT scan, milling and the stock room, we fitted a herringbone-effect sheet vinyl, coved 100mm up the walls and capped, keeping the clinical spaces light and easy to clean beneath chairs, cabinetry and castors. The toilets have sheet vinyl laid flat.

Pale herringbone-effect sheet vinyl in a treatment room, coved up the walls

Carpet tiles across the first floor

Upstairs, carpet tiles run through every room outside the toilets: the two conference rooms either side of a folding partition, the manager's office, admin, the call centre, the staff room and the open areas between them. In a mix of greys and warm oatmeal, they pick up the building's soft neutral palette and add warmth and acoustic softness where people sit, meet and talk.

Carpet tiles in a mix of grey and oatmeal tones beneath curved banquette seating in the lounge

Stairs finished for safety

On the stairs the carpet tiles run over the treads and risers, finished with nosings and contrast strips for clean, visible step edges.

Staircase with patchwork carpet-tile treads and risers, light nosings and dark contrast strips on each step

From reception to meeting room, up close.

Five photographs from the finished practice.

Herringbone LVT across the waiting room, beneath a row of upholstered chairs
Herringbone LVT across the waiting room, beneath a row of upholstered chairs
Treatment room with pale herringbone-effect sheet vinyl beneath the clinical cabinetry
Treatment room with pale herringbone-effect sheet vinyl beneath the clinical cabinetry
Herringbone LVT with a border plank along the walls in the lift lobby
Herringbone LVT with a border plank along the walls in the lift lobby
Carpet tiles in a mix of grey and oatmeal tones in the meeting room
Carpet tiles in a mix of grey and oatmeal tones in the meeting room
Carpet-tiled corridor in mixed grey and oatmeal tones, running from the lift
Carpet-tiled corridor in mixed grey and oatmeal tones, running from the lift

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