Most flooring content is written for people buying a floor for their own home. This site is written for the person managing twelve units, a retail parade or a small office building. The questions are different: what happens when a tenant leaves, who cleans it, how is it repaired, and what does the replacement plan look like.
The editorial approach is deliberately narrow. We cover the floor types that appear in commercial and rental buildings, the ratings that appear on datasheets, and the maintenance and scheduling work that decides whether the floor survives its warranty.
What the site does
Each guide starts from a decision rather than a product. The commercial flooring types page is organised by failure mode. The durability guide separates AC classes, use classes and wear layers because they are routinely confused. The maintenance schedules page turns cleaning into a specification. The rental unit page treats a turnover as a sequence rather than a shopping list.
Where a number appears, it should have a definition or a standard behind it. Where a figure depends on the building — cost, service life, cleaning frequency — the page gives the structure and leaves the number to the reader’s own survey.
What it does not do
It does not sell flooring, recommend a single brand or rank products by commission. It does not replace a site survey, a moisture test or a contractor’s method statement. It does not pretend that a datasheet is a guarantee.
Those limits are useful. A specification is only as good as the substrate information behind it, and no article can inspect a slab.
Who writes it
The guides are produced by the Flooring Ltd editorial desk, which maintains the specification notes and the correction log. The desk’s remit is technical editing: checking terms, standards references and the sequence of work with the people who install and maintain floors.
You can read the desk profile on the editorial page or send a correction through the contact form.
How the pages are maintained
Every page carries an updated date. When a standard changes, a term is misused or a reader sends a better source, the page is revised and the date moves. Pages that cannot be kept accurate are removed rather than left to age.
If you spot something that reads wrongly, send the page address and the sentence. That is the most useful message this site can receive.
Start here
If you are new to the site, the three pages that carry the most weight are commercial flooring types, durability ratings explained and maintenance schedules. If you have a live project, the consultation brief is the fastest route to a shortlist.