Carpet Tile Large Open Plan Offices Installation
Carpet tiles being modular are one of the most effective office flooring solutions available, as the modular format lends itself to a quicker installation and allows office plans to be easily adapted for future requirements, to aid the ever-evolving workspace. What’s more, the design of carpet tiles is constantly changing too, reflecting interior trends.
Another benefit of carpet tiles being modular, is that you are not limited to one colour choice of flooring with effective use of colour tones, you can denote working space from communal space and walking areas from seating areas.
In the example pictures shown, Durham Flooring designed and created a fluid colour scheme in Forbo Cloudscape carpet tiles that not only sectioned areas from walking to working by using different colours but all used the clients corporate colour in the main body of the installation. Great care went into the planning of which colour to use in each area and a mood board was created to show how the flooring would look once completed. This was an important element to check for a balance design that was appropriate to scale. For example small offices were given a 25cm boarder and open plan, larger areas a 50cm border. A darker colour was chosen for the high traffic areas to minimise visible dirt and staining from showing through. Then a third colour a light grey colour was incorporated for edging the rooms and walkways which gave the illusion of the open plan space being less vast. A softer blue was used in the working areas to give more ambience and help make a more creative working space.
7 Steps to help you achieve the perfect office floor space.
- Choose the right flooring contractor, picking a floor contractor that is willing to help you throughout the whole process and work with you to find the best flooring solution for your project at Durham Flooring we have hundreds of office flooring projects where this has been the case and can be fully back up with references.
- Assess your current space, look at which areas have the most foot fall aswell as which areas get soiled the most. Which area you would like to be a feature point. Are there area you would like to denote as walkways. Do you need vinyl or safety flooring in any kitchenette areas that are easy to mop after spillage.
- Look at your corporate colours, are there any particular colours you would like included in the floor design. Take into account fixtures and furnishings, picking colours that compliment and contrast rather than match is usually most aesthetically pleasing.
- Now that the above information has been considered, create a mood board with the help of your flooring contractor so you can see how the design will look once completed.
- Budgeting, have a good idea in mind of the budget put aside for your flooring project so your flooring contractor can find products for you to choose from that fit the budget and feel required.
- Programming works – office spaces are usually busy places filled with equipment and people. Discuss with your flooring contractor which sections could be done on which days, this doesn’t always mean it has to be out of hours as fitting carpet tiles is usually quite a quiet process. If you are able to have your offices fitted in normal working hours this usually results in the fitting charge being less than if fitted out of hours.
- Once your new office flooring and carpet tiles has been installed, it is best to know how to maintain them correctly. Generally regular vacuuming and spot cleaning a spillage will suffice. However to be sure, every carpet tile manufacturer has its own set of cleaning and maintenance guidelines so be sure to ask your flooring contractor for a copy.
If you have an office flooring project coming up and would like help, please contact Durham Flooring and we will be happy to help.