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London Floor Show
20-21 February 2007, Olympia 2, London
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In partnership with

National Floor Show

CFR

Tile UK

Show highlights

The London Floor Show will be a must attend event for all those involved in the flooring trade, especially those based in London and the South East.

Product Demonstrations
NEW for 2007, CFJ in partnership with the NICF, will demonstrate how to install a range of exhibitor products. Demonstrations will take place daily throughout the show.

Topics covered include:
- Understanding moisture
- New digital Hygrometer
- I tools equipment
- Reducing the risks of knee and back injury
- Hardwax oil by Marldon
- Carpet and vinyl joins demonstrations

Free Seminars
Whether you’re a contractor, retailer or specifier the seminar programme has been designed to give you invaluable information and advice on a range of topics from underfloor heating, screeding and subfloor preparations to a presentation from the Carpet Foundation on the Consumer Code of Practice.


Seminars will run throughout the show and are free to attend. Please see below for details of each session.

DAY ONE 

  

Tuesday 20th
February

  

11:00-11:40

A First for the UK Carpet Industry:

 Collaboration between the top UK manufacturers and over 1000 leading independent retailers is set reach new heights with a tie up with the Office of Fair Trading. This seminar will look at:

-Changing the way consumers think about carpet
-What a Consumer Code of Practice approved by the Office of Fair Trading can offer independent retailers
-What it means for independent carpet retailers

Rupert Anton, Marketing Director, The Carpet Foundation
 
   

12:00-12:40

BwfA (The British Wood Flooring Association): Concepts, Realisation and Purpose:

-BwfA: The Promotion of Excellence
-Education and training
-Current and future trends in the wood flooring industry
-The environmental credentials of wood sustainability

Roger Southee, Managing Director, Foresbec UK 
   

14:00-14:40

Professional Selling in the 21st Centruy

-What is selling?
-What makes us buy?
-Motivating Customers
-What women want
-The Diploma in Retail Floor coverings:
                    What is it, how does it work and what will it do for my
                    business?
                    Who is eligible for funding?
                    The Distance Learning Programme

Ray Morgan, Senior Lecturer, The Flooring Guild 
   

15:00-15:40

Fast Track Flooring Systems

-Advantages of dry installation flooring systems
-Necessity of site surveys
-Site conditions and floor preparation
-Solutions to programme delays
-Types of products

Tony Tyler, Managing Director, THG International 
   

16:00-16:40

 Electric Underfloor Heating for Laminate and Timber floors

-Benefits of underfloor heating
-The benefits of installing Thermal Insulation with your underfloor heating installation
-The importance of measuring up correctly, choosing the correct solution and the simple Installation process
-How easy is it to control your underfloor heating installation

Peter Samborek, Sales Manager, Flexel International 

DAY TWO 

  

Wednesday 21st February 

  

11:00-11:40

 Seamless Resin Floors in the Retail Environment

-Introduction to FeRFA
-Types of resin flooring and their areas of use
-Benefits of Seamless Resin Flooring in the retail environment
-Selection criteria- how to choose the correct systems
-Care and maintenance 
-Case studies and summary

Helen McGachie, Chief Executive Officer, FeRFA- The Resin Flooring Association
   

12:00-12:40 

Marketing in the 21st Century

 -What is marketing? 
-Who are your customers?
-Doing a SWOT analysis
-Developing the Farmer's mentality
-The Diploma in Retail Floor coverings:
                      What it is, how does it work and what will it do for my business?
                      Who is eligible for funding?
                      The Distance Learning Programme

Ray Morgan, Senior Lecturer, The Flooring Guild

   

14:00-14:40

Every New Carpet Deserves a New Underlay

-Types of carpet underlay & manufacturing methods
-Performance benefits of carpet underlays
-Specifying the correct carpet underlay
-Specific applications:
                           Double sticking
                           Flame retardancy
                           Thermal insulation and underfloor heating
                           Impact sound insulation
-Always use a new cartper underlay

Graham Batters and John O'Connell, Field Sales Managers, Ball & Young

   

15:00-15:40

  Screeding, Levelling and Sub-Floor Preparation

-The installation of screeds, smoothing compounds, damp proof membranes and rapid drying systems
-A wide range of situations including pumped applications, wear resistant screeds, rapid sub-floor repairs
-An overview of fast track flooring construction

Cyril Potter, Chief Chemist, ARDEX UK
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Opening times
20-21 February 2007

Tues 20th: 10:00-18:00
Weds 21st: 10:00-17:00

London Floor Show
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