Bostik’s comprehensive range of subfloor preparation products and flooring adhesives provides a one-stop solution for professional flooring contractors throughout the UK.
View productsCombining innovation, technical excellence and ease of use, Bostik’s surface membranes, primers, smoothing compounds and flooring adhesives are designed to perform consistently in a wide range of applications.
In addition to industry-leading products backed by global research and development resources, Bostik has a technical services department that’s on hand to provide advice and specifications, as well as on-site support, for specific flooring projects. A flexible, modular training programme is also available at either the company’s manufacturing site in Stafford or the customers’ premises, which is suitable for flooring professionals of all skill levels.
Bostik is an Arkema company, with sales of over €2 billion and operations in 40 countries.
Job vacancy: Area Sales Manager (North West England) – Flooring
We have a vacancy for an Area Sales Manager in the flooring division, reporting to the National Sales Manager for flooring. This role requires the ability to meet and interact confidently with customers, representing the company in an appropriate manner at all times. You will direct and co-ordinate all field sales activities for the North...
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‘School’s out for summer’ promotion
This summer, we’re giving away £250 worth of our perfect pair – Bostik’s BEST and Bostik Roll – to a lucky winner! To be in with a chance, tweet us a photo (@Bostik_ProFloor) of your current project in a school and let us know which Bostik product(s) you’re using. Terms & Conditions The promoter is...
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Make the versatile choice with Screedmaster Flex
Need a smoothing compound that’s flexible, rapid setting, and suitable for laying over most common substrates? Then look no further than Bostik Screedmaster Flex. The compound is fibre-reinforced, making it ideal for smoothing and levelling floors where vibration and minimal thermal movement can occur. It offers an excellent level of versatility, being compatible with most...
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New Area Sales Manager for Scotland
Bostik has strengthened its field sales team with the appointment of John Fagan as Area Sales Manager for Scotland. John is tasked with continuing to grow Bostik’s position in the Scottish flooring market – an assignment to which he brings 27 years of industry experience, predominantly within flooring distribution. “I’ve built up plenty of experience...
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Congratulations Tom – CFA/CFJ Apprentice of the Year 2019
Bostik is proud to have once again sponsored the CFA/CFJ Flooring Apprentice of the Year competition and attended this year’s prize giving presentation at the FITA Training Centre in Loughborough. Now in its seventh year, the competition is well established within the flooring industry and highlights the hard work and achievements of flooring apprentices across...
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Pride of place for Bostik Roll
Distributors that stock Bostik Roll will now be able to present the product in a specially designed free-standing display unit (FSDU), helping to maximise sales in store. Supplied in ready-to-use rolls of three different widths, Bostik Roll is a reinforced, solvent-free adhesive tape for the fast installation of skirting, capping strips, cove formers, and other...
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How heat and humidity impact you and your products
I’m writing this fully confident summer is on its way, so I’d like to briefly discuss what the impact of hot and sometimes humid conditions can mean to flooring contractors and also to flooring products themselves. The first thing I’d like to point out is that product storage can make a massive impact on performance....
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Understanding your commitment when installing timber flooring
One of the massive personal benefits I gain from working with the Contract Flooring Association (CFA) is the sharing of knowledge and understanding. However much I may think I know in the world of flooring, there is always more to learn and understand.
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Changing the climate
Product manufacturers such as Bostik stand or fall by the quality and performance of the products they supply. Flooring contractors meanwhile stand by the quality and to some degree the longevity of their installation. This is what professional flooring is all about. It’s what stands us apart from the ‘here today, gone tomorrow’ companies looking...
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Not all vinyl is the same
If a successful, long lasting installation of new vinyl flooring is going to be achieved it is important that you have accurate product information, have considered the area in which it is being applied and, finally, it’s crucial that you ensure the correct adhesive selection is made. A key component of vinyl products (or PVC...
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High temperatures and their impact on flooring
Although the flooring industry is a very well established one, it does move with the times. For example, over the last decade we have seen an upsurge in the use of underfloor heating (UFH) systems with all the inherent benefits they bring. UFH in itself is not particularly problematic for flooring installations, but there are...
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You’ve got to roll with it
The bonding of cap and coving and skirting profiles has traditionally been achieved using contact adhesives. Indeed, most experienced contractors will reference the unmistakeable smell from solvented contact adhesives as one of their abiding memories when coming up through the ranks. This remained the case for many years because, the truth is, contact adhesives worked...
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Bostik helps Dunstable Leisure Centre refurb go swimmingly
A variety of Bostik subfloor preparation products have been specified for the redevelopment of Dunstable Leisure Centre and Library, enabling optimal installation of various flooring types despite wet conditions to facilitate the smooth running of the project. The £20.1 million project by Central Bedfordshire Council has transformed the old Dunstable Leisure Centre into a state-of-the-art...
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Bostik blossoms on latest residential development
A range of Bostik subfloor preparation and adhesive products have been used at a new residential development in Manchester to provide a faultless flooring finish. The £30 million Smith’s Yard development sees two new, seven-storey and eight-storey apartment blocks set on a 0.24-hectare site on Blossom Street, Manchester. Comprising 199 apartments in total, the blocks...
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Bostik gets top marks for flooring at new primary school development
Bostik has supplied a range of subfloor preparation and adhesive products for use at a primary school located within a new 1,200-acre urban development in Rugby, Warwickshire. St Gabriel’s Church of England Academy is the first primary school being built on the new Houlton development, which is situated on the site of the old Rugby...
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Chelmer Group sticks with Bostik on London residential and leisure project
Professional flooring contractor, Chelmer Group, has specified a range of surface preparation products from Bostik for use at the new Hallsville Quarter development in Canning Town, London. The Hallsville Quarter complex is part of a £3.7billion regeneration project for the area and is due for completion in 2024. The development, which is taking place over...
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Bostik provides the right formula for Swansea University chemistry labs
Bostik has been selected by commercial flooring contractor, Artisan Flooring, to provide subfloor preparation products as part of a £60 million refurbishment project at the Singleton Park Campus at Swansea University. New state-of-the-art teaching laboratories are being built as part of a multi-million pound investment to create a hub for the high quality Chemical Sciences...
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Bostik’s subfloor preparation products pave the way at Stratford Hospital
Bostik has been selected by commercial flooring contractor, Pinnacle Flooring, to supply a range of subfloor preparation products to the new, £22million Stratford Hospital development. The project, built in the centre of Stratford upon Avon for South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust, includes 5,300m2 of space, spread across three floors. This is approximately twice the size...
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