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CafĂŠs, bars and restaurants: floors and walls guide Transforming spaces in cafĂŠs, bars and restaurants
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Solutions to bring your ideas to life When you’re striving to create the right experience to impress your customers and a great workplace for staff, you need a partner with the right products and solutions. We can help you achieve the perfect balance between welcoming, attractive spaces and safe and hygienic environments. Our design-led solutions are tried, tested and trusted in the UK and around the world.
Creating the right atmosphere
Look to our comfort and
is at the heart of designing
acoustic flooring to help avoid
successful restaurants, cafés
excessive background noise
and bars. Our floors and walls
and create a tranquil dining
systems offer a huge variety in
experience. Reduce downtime
finish and colour to create the
by choosing Altro adhesive-
exact mood or style required
free flooring – after all, time is
for both customers and staff –
money in the hospitality trade.
with all the options you need to deliver a high-impact design.
We’ve also got specialist solutions for your most hard-
We know good design is vital, but
working areas – products where
we also believe that the smartest
durability, comfort underfoot
design runs more than skin
and safety combine for results
deep. That’s why our solutions
you can rely on. And, because
extend beyond aesthetics with
hygiene and cleanability are a
effective features and benefits
top priority for businesses that
developed working in partnership
rely on providing an enjoyable
with you so we can be confident
dining or social experience,
they meet your needs.
we’ve got that covered too.
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Create the right mood Whatever the style or mood you want to create, we offer a wide choice of aesthetics. From vibrant colours to create a dynamic café; muted colours for a calm restaurant or photographic walls for the feel of an Italian holiday, the choice available makes differentiating areas, or zoning, as easy as pie. And with up to 43 shades per range, we’re confident you’ll find the products to match your corporate branding, and to bring your designs to life. For example acoustic and comfort flooring options help shape a positive and intimate dining experience, reducing excessive noise, with the added benefit of greater comfort underfoot helping to reduce staff fatigue.
Time is money Faced with a fast turnaround? Our adhesive-free floors can halve the time of a traditional installation. You can lay, weld and walk on them all on the same day, even with a damp subfloor. Plus, there are no adhesive odours delaying opening. Our adhesive-free floors can cope with heavy catering or bar equipment with no rucking and no movement. A quick turnaround doesn’t rule out a design-led approach. We have adhesive-free floors in a range of.
Did you know? When you’re looking for the wow factor, Altro Whiterock wall designs gives an elegance to interior walls with natural wood, metal, stone and linen options
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“Altro Ensemble differs from the rest of the products in the market, especially for its comfort under foot. In a restaurant, providing customer comfort is paramount. Without forgetting the other advantages it offers, such as the finishing and sound reduction. Aesthetically the result is spectacular.” Manuel Ramón Perez, Paco Lago Interiorismo
Palocortado, restaurant, Spain
Altro Ensemble™ | Medium Limed Rustic Oak M018W200L2000 | LRV 17
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HACCP approved for hygiene We understand that food safety management is a priority in food preparation and storage areas. Altro Stronghold 30 and Altro Whiterock hygienic walls are HACCP*-approved meaning installing them reduces your food safety hazard. * Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point
Safety underfoot Slips and trips are the biggest cause of work-based Altro Stronghold 30 (PTV ≥55, R12) for kitchens
accidents in the UK. Preventing slips among both staff and customers is something we know a lot about. Whether you need a specialist safety floor that can protect staff from slipping, even with oil and grease, or an attractive floor that prevents customers slipping without them even realising, we can help. Hard-working spaces need hardworking products. We’re confident our specialist flooring solutions protect against slips because they’re tested with real world contaminants and still offer one in a million protection against slipping.
Floors for front and back of house for safety and aesthetics
Industry-leading slip-resistant values for floors with contaminants. Please ask if you have special requirements.
Pendulum Test Value (PTV)
Health and Safety Executive minimum standard of PTV ≥ 36 for Altro Stronghold 30
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Plastic wrapping
Flour
Milk
Greasy water
Vegetable oil
Water
PTV ≥ 36
Altro Whiterock ™ wall designs for an elegant look for customer spaces
HACCP
is an international system for food safety management. Choose HACCP approved walls and floors globally for peace of mind.
“We have used Altro floors at the club before and realised their many benefits. We liked the colour options and that it is a cost-effective, slip-resistant floor that is easy to clean and maintain. The result is excellent.� Craig Rowland, Executive Chef, Carnegie Club, Skibo Castle
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Altro solutions for bars and restaurants The following floor plan shows how Altro solutions can work within a variety of areas in bars and restaurants. For more information on choosing the right solutions for your installation, take a look at www.altro.ie/Product-selector Check how your favourite product would look with our 3D space visualiser
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1. Restaurant area Altro Ensemble™ Natural Rustic Oak . . . . . . . . . LRV 27
2. Bar area Altro Ensemble Tobacco Limed Striking Oak . . . LRV 18
3. Cold store area Altro Stronghold™ 30 Midnight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LRV 11 Altro Whiterock White™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LRV 89
4. Kitchen area Altro Stronghold 30 Midnight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LRV 11 Altro Whiterock White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LRV 89
5. Office Altro Orchestra House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LRV 26 Altro Whiterock Satins™ Linen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LRV 83
6. Staff area Altro XpressLay™ Fresco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LRV 31 Altro Whiterock White
7. Customer toilets Altro Pisces™ Porthole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LRV 30 Altro Whiterock White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LRV 89
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Altro solutions for cafĂŠs This floor plan shows how Altro solutions can work within cafĂŠs. For more guidance on selecting the right products for your installation, please visit www.altro.ie/Product-selector Check how your favourite product would look with our 3D space visualiser
visualiser.altro.com/ie
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1. Restaurant area Altro Ensemble Medium Grey Harmonious Oak . LRV 21 Altro Whiterock wall designs Winter Weave . . . LRV 58 Altro Whiterock wall designs Warm Woodgrain LRV 38
2. Serving area Altro Stronghold 30 Tundra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LRV 17 Altro Whiterock wall designs Warm Woodgrain LRV 38
3. Dry storage area Altro Stronghold 30 Tundra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LRV 17 Altro Whiterock White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LRV 89
4. Customer toilets Altro Pisces Porthole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LRV 30 Altro Whiterock White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LRV 89
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1 Altro Whiterock Chameleon | Moulin Rouge | 6618 | LRV 12 2 Altro Whiterock Satins | Olea | 218 | LRV 28 3 Altro Wood Safety | Farmhouse Oak | WSA2004 | LRV 38
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Wood Safety | Autumn Maple | WSA2005 | LRV 24 Walkway 20 | Minster | VM2018P | LRV 40 Walkway 20 | Monument | VMI2008P | LRV 23 Stronghold 30 | Abyss | K3001 | LRV 7 Whiterock Satins | Clarity | 207 | LRV 64 Whiterock Chameleon | Taxi Cab | 6636 | LRV 58
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Samples If colour choice is critical, please request a sample of the material 01 907 5821 samples@altro.com
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