Tile Today Issue 105 | May 2020

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FEATURE

SLIP RESISTANCE

TESTING AND DEVELOPMENTS IN SLIP RESISTANCE For decades, regulations and guidance regarding slip resistance have been as much about guesswork as they have been about science. While there has been some consensus on how to give a general slip resistance rating to tiles as they leave the factory, little attention has been given to how both wear and cleaning can affect this over time. That situation is likely to change over the next two three years, and everyone in the tile industry needs to come to grips with these changes.

Tile Today spoke to some experts in the field to find out what we can expect. 26

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