Pendulum slip resistance testing for Torquay property managers, hospitality operators, insurers and solicitors. Next working day on site as standard. UKAS-accredited reports inside 72 hours of the visit.
We see a lot of older flooring in the South West. Polished flagstones in pubs, glazed Victorian tiles in entranceways, and resin coatings that have lost their grip after a decade of cleaning.
Most of our Torquay-area work comes from tourist attractions and agricultural processors. 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 supermarkets, care homes and pubs. The methodology is the same on each one. The pendulum reading is the pendulum reading.
Typical Torquay call-out: a fall in a freshly-cleaned but inadequately dried supermarket aisle. 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 Torquay 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 Torquay 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 Torquay 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.