Pendulum slip resistance testing for Tavistock property managers, hospitality operators, insurers and solicitors. Next working day on site as standard. UKAS-accredited reports inside 72 hours of the visit.
Cornwall and Devon get more weather than most of the country, and floors built to handle it often weren't. A pre-winter PTV check is something we'd rather do once than have to defend in court later.
Most of our Tavistock-area work comes from coastal hotels and care home groups. The instructions tend to look the same across all of them — a slip has happened, a letter has arrived, or a new floor needs signing off before it goes into use.
We test at every kind of commercial premises across Devon, including pubs, village shops and care homes. The methodology is the same on each one. The pendulum reading is the pendulum reading.
Typical Tavistock call-out: a slip on a kitchen floor mid-service. We try to be on site fast enough to read the floor in roughly the same condition as the incident. Once it's been mopped, treated or recoated, the reading is no longer about the floor that hurt someone.
Standard turnaround for Tavistock bookings is three days end-to-end. Same-day visits are sometimes possible if a surveyor is already in South West — quickest way to find out is to ring.
Quickest is to ring. We'll agree the Tavistock site address, scope, access arrangements, and a fixed price. Quote in writing within the hour.
UKAS-trained, with a calibrated pendulum and roughness gauge. Wet and dry, three directions, photographed. Verbal indication before they leave.
Results against UKSRG bands, surface roughness, photos, surveyor's opinion. Drafted same evening as the visit.
UKAS-accredited PDF inside 72 hours of the visit. Suitable for insurer, solicitor or HSE submission.
Most Tavistock bookings can be combined with a same-route visit to a neighbouring town. Useful for retail estates and care home groups operating across multiple sites.
Pick up the phone if it's urgent — we'll be on your floor next working day. For everything else, the form does the job.