Independent · UKAS-accredited · Suffolk
Slip testing, explained in plain English.
We measure how much grip your floors really have — wet and dry — and hand you a UKAS-accredited report. And because the jargon trips people up, we’ve written it all out in plain terms.
PTV 36+ — a low slip risk
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The terms people ask about most
Six of the words you’ll meet in a slip-testing report, in a sentence each. The full A–Z is in the glossary.
PTV (Pendulum Test Value)
The number the pendulum produces for a floor: the higher it is, the more grip, and the lower the slip risk.
Pendulum tester
A portable instrument with a swinging, rubber-footed arm that reproduces a slipping heel.
R-rating
A slip rating (R9 to R13) from a German oil-ramp test on a flooring product before it’s laid.
BS EN 16165
The current standard for measuring the slip resistance of surfaces; it superseded the older BS EN 13036-4.
Contamination
Anything on a floor that cuts grip — water, grease, dust or detergent residue.
UKAS accreditation
Accreditation by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service, the body recognised by Government to assess testing laboratories.
The measure
What the PTV means
Every area is given a Pendulum Test Value — the higher it is, the lower the slip risk.
36 or above is the HSE’s low-risk threshold. More on the PTV →
Coverage
Across the county
From Ipswich and the coast to Bury St Edmunds, Newmarket and the Suffolk villages — the whole IP postcode area. See coverage →
Get a quote
Tell us about your floors
Send the surface type, the rough area in square metres and where you are in Suffolk. We’ll come back with a fixed, no-obligation price and the next available date.
Independent and ISO/IEC 17025 accredited (UKAS Testing Laboratory No. 7933). We test floors; we don’t sell flooring or treatments.