What is BS 6263-2 - Maintenance of sheets and tile floorings about?
BS 6263-2 is the second part of the BS 6263 multi-series for care and maintenance of floor surfaces.
BS 6263-2 gives recommendations as a basis for the initial treatment and subsequent maintenance of cork, linoleum, plastics and rubber flooring in sheet and tile form. General guidance on the care and maintenance of flooring in particular environments and special buildings is given.
Who is BS 6263-2 - Maintenance of sheets and tile floorings for?
BS 6263-2 on care and maintenance of floor surfaces is useful for:
- Facilities managers
- Property caretakes
- Clean-up service providers
Why should you use BS 6263-2 - Maintenance of sheets and tile floorings?
Resilient sheet and tile floorings need to be regularly treated to prolong their life cycle. However, these floorings are prone to certain damage when wrong cleaning agents or cleaning methods are used.
BS 6263-2 defines various types of resilient sheets and tile floorings to help you better understand them. BS 6263-2 also provides you guidance on water-based cleaners and solvent-based cleaners which helps you identify their applicability for sheets and tile floorings. BS 6263-2 provides essential maintenance considerations and methods for treatment for various types of sheets and tile floorings. BS 6263-2 also provides maintenance guidelines specific to special environments, areas and buildings.
Overall, these guidelines of BS 6263-2 help you to maintain the appearance, prolong the life and safety features of sheets and tile floorings while protecting them, so that dust, impacted dirt, and scuff marks are kept to the surface where they are more readily removed.
What’s changed since the last update?
BS 6263-2:1991 supersedes BS 6263-2:1982.
The principal change from BS 6263-2:1982 is that BS 6263-2:1991 now covers recommendations for textured flooring.
