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clyde

clyde has written 29 posts for Doormats and Flooring

Philip gets lucky after ignoring rug’s potential

Noorul this week got the boot from BBC1 ratings winner The Apprentice after being brought back into the board room by Ben. He had been a prime candidate for a firing for several weeks because of his back-seat approach to the show. However Sir Alan had seen enough and sent him packing.
Meanwhile team leader of [...]

Selecting the right bathroom flooring

When selecting the right flooring for a bathroom, there’s more to keep in mind than personal style. Some very specific factors come into play: Is your flooring impervious to water? Will it stain easily? Is it safe when walking across with wet feet? Here are some of the top contenders in bathroom-floor surfaces:
Carpet — Many [...]

Village hall floor destroyed by fungus

A village hall floor has been destroyed by a unrelenting fungus and has prompted the need for a whole refurbishment. Theale Village Hall, used for a plethora of social activities such as Yoga, ballroom dancing, church activities and a playgroup, needs brand new flooring following the consequences of a flood over a decade ago.
20% Of [...]

Jedi Gym Tricks

Check out this hilarious video from VanRoble. Former swordplay trainer to the stars and Star Wars fanatic Jeremy Flynn recently opened “Jedi Gym”, a fitness center in Torrance, CA where members channel characters from the Star Wars film series to work out, meditate, and improve their lives. “Star Wars is all about the Hero’s Journey, [...]

PicoGuard Device offers protection for Antennas in Mobiles

Growing Demand for Multimedia and Wireless Internet Capabilities
“In spite of the current contraction of the handset market, consumers are showing increased demand for handsets featuring advanced multimedia and wireless Internet connectivity. Feature phones and smart phones that incorporate FM receivers, GPS, Bluetooth and WLAN are expected to grow as a category at a 62% [...]

A cleaner floor is a safer floor

A top chartered physiotherapist has asked employers to identify why accidents in the workplace happen and how they can be prevented in the future, the Health and Safety Executive reported.
Pauline Cole, who supports the HSE’s Shattered Lives campaign, said floor surfaces should be suitable for the work being done on them and they should be [...]

New site focuses on leisure safety

A brand new site offering floor solutions for the leisure industry launched this week. Sports Floors and Mats are a UK-based seller of flooring and mats for sports, funnily enough. You can choose from solutions designed for gymnasiums, weight-rooms, swimming pools and changing areas. They claim to offer unsurpassed quality at affordable prices. So there [...]

Definitive guide: How to lay rubber floor tiles

…natural rubber flooring is not inexpensive, but is extremely hard wearing. It was originally designed as a durable floor covering for commercial purposes such as airport halls, museums and exhibition centres, but is now widely available for domestic use.

Cleaning your rubber tile floor

Rubber tiles provide an anti-static surface that is perfect for home offices or rooms with computers as well as in large high-traffic areas. Careful maintenance of rubber flooring is essential because it can easily be damaged by exposure to strong cleaners.

Arty rug not such a bargain

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich spent £43m on one. Tate Britain has one hanging in its halls. Now you can buy an original Francis Bacon for as little as a thousandth of the price of his most impressive works. This is no ordinary natural rug however; this is an abstract piece from Bacon’s 1929 exhibition.