Wet Rooms & Sanitary Flooring · Derby
Wet rooms and sanitary flooring in Derby, fully welded and coved.
Hot-weld seams · Coved upstand · Capping strip · Polysafe Hydro · Altro Aquarius · R11 slip-rated
Key takeaways
Key takeaways
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Polysafe Hydro-Evolve, Altro Aquarius and Tarkett Safetred Aqua fitted across Derby healthcare and residential
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Hot-weld seams with 100mm coved upstand and capping strip — fully sealed wet-room set
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R11 slip rating with PTV 50+ wet — meets NHS HTM 64 and HSE wet-zone classification
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Free site survey and written quote within 7 days
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50+ years combined trade experience under Terry Keating and Nick Brawn
What is wet room and sanitary flooring in Derby
The brief, in plain terms.
Wet room and sanitary flooring in Derby is fully welded sheet vinyl with coved upstands, capping strips and a sealed perimeter — engineered for hygiene-critical and slip-rated environments where standing water, steam and infection control demand a continuous, watertight floor. Evolution Flooring installs Polysafe Hydro-Evolve, Altro Aquarius, Tarkett Safetred Aqua and matching coved-upstand systems across the DE postcode, with every site surveyed and quoted within seven days. Derby's healthcare estate — the Royal Derby Hospital, Derbyshire Community Health Services, the surrounding NHS care-home network — drives strong demand for hospital wet-room flooring, with hospitality bathrooms and Derby residential level-access showers making up the balance. Founded in 2024 by Terry Keating and Nick Brawn, Evolution Flooring brings 50+ years of combined trade experience to every Derby wet-room install. The standard wet-room set is straightforward in description but unforgiving in execution: sheet vinyl dressed up the wall to a 100mm coved upstand, capped with a stainless or PVC top edge, hot-welded along the cove and across every seam, and finished with a sealed perimeter that meets hygiene-grade infection-control standards. Slip-rating sits at R11 with a wet pendulum value of 50+ — meeting NHS HTM 64 and HSE classification for wet-zone flooring. Every project is installed personally by Terry, Nick, or a tradesman trained the same way. Approved Contractor for Linx Construction. Coverage spans the DE postcode area: Derby city centre, Spondon, Mickleover, Allestree, Littleover, Chaddesden and Alvaston, plus the wider Derbyshire and East Midlands service area.
Specifications
The materials we’ll fit, by spec.
Standard ranges held against most Derby briefs. Bespoke specs available — call to discuss.
| Material | Manufacturer | Slip rating | Typical use | Build (mm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polysafe Hydro-Evolve | Polyflor | R11 / 50+ PTV wet | Royal Derby Hospital wet rooms, hydrotherapy | 2.0 |
| Altro Aquarius | Altro | R11 / 50+ PTV wet | Care home and residential wet rooms | 2.0 |
| Tarkett Safetred Aqua | Tarkett | R11 / 50+ PTV wet | Showers, sanitary, wet zones | 2.0 |
| Polysafe Aqua-Tred | Polyflor | R12 / 54+ PTV wet | Pool surrounds, hydrotherapy | 2.5 |
| Altro Marine 20 | Altro | R11 / 50+ PTV wet | Hospitality wet rooms, kitchens | 2.0 |
Process
From survey to handover.
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Site survey
Free attendance to your Derby site. Substrate moisture-test, fall and drain detail surveyed, take-off and material recommendation.
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Written quote within 7 days
Itemised quote with material spec, drain detail, programme and access requirements. No obligation.
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Substrate prep
Diamond grind, latex levelling compound to fall, DPC tested, drain housings prepped.
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Hot-weld lay and cove
Sheet rolled, dressed to 100mm coved upstand with capping strip, double-cut at seams. All seams and the cove hot-welded with coloured weld rod.
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Drain and handover
Drain detail formed and sealed, threshold strips fitted, site cleaned, written guarantee issued.
Why this brief
What you get.
- 01Fully welded wet-room set — sheet, cove and seams all hot-welded
- 02Coved upstand to 100mm with stainless or PVC capping strip — fully sealed
- 03R11 slip rating / PTV 50+ wet — NHS HTM 64 and HSE compliant
- 04Polysafe Hydro-Evolve, Altro Aquarius, Tarkett Safetred Aqua — wet-zone specifications
- 05Phased installation around live wards at Royal Derby Hospital
- 06Free site survey and written quote within 7 days
- 0750+ years combined trade experience — Terry Keating and Nick Brawn
- 08No project too small — single bathroom to full-floor hospital decants
Recent work
Detail that shows.
Derby questions
Wet Rooms & Sanitary Flooring FAQs
Quick answers to the questions clients ask before booking a survey. Need something specific? Call 07766 828 730 or email evolutionflooring24@gmail.com.
What is a wet-room set?
A wet-room set is fully welded sheet vinyl dressed up the wall to a 100mm coved upstand, finished with a stainless or PVC capping strip, with every seam hot-welded with coloured weld rod. The whole installation is one continuous, watertight surface that meets hygiene-grade infection control and the NHS HTM 64 specification for hospital wet rooms.Do you fit wet rooms in Royal Derby Hospital and Derby care homes?
Yes — Derby's healthcare estate is core territory. Royal Derby Hospital, Derbyshire Community Health Services and the surrounding NHS estate, plus private hospitals and care homes across the DE postcode, all receive Polysafe Hydro-Evolve, Altro Aquarius and Tarkett Safetred Aqua wet-room sets. Phased around live wards with full RAMS and method statements.What slip rating do you fit in wet rooms?
Standard wet-room spec is R11 with a wet pendulum test value (PTV) of 50+ — meeting NHS HTM 64 wet-zone classification and HSE high-risk slip resistance. For pool surrounds and hydrotherapy, we step up to R12 / PTV 54+ with Polysafe Aqua-Tred. All ratings confirmed at survey stage and stated on the quote.Do you fit residential wet rooms in Derby homes?
Yes. Residential wet rooms are a regular workload across Derby — Altro Aquarius and Tarkett Safetred Aqua are typical specifications for occupied bathrooms with level-access showers in Allestree, Mickleover, Littleover and Chaddesden. We fit around the existing fall to the drain and hand off a fully sealed bathroom set in 2-3 working days for a typical 4-6m² Derby wet room.How does the cove and capping strip work?
The sheet vinyl is dressed up the wall to 100mm — over a coving fillet to give a smooth radius — and capped along the top with a stainless or PVC capping strip that hot-welds to the sheet. The result is a single, continuous floor surface running up the wall, with no horizontal joint at floor level for water, dirt or pathogens to track into.Can you work around live hospital wards in Derby?
Yes. Most Derby healthcare wet-room work is phased — wards split into manageable zones, work out-of-hours, weekends or during planned decants. Approved Contractor status with Linx Construction means clear method statements, RAMS, infection-control awareness and inductions for every visit on the Royal Derby Hospital estate.Do you cover hospitality bathrooms in Derby?
Yes — hotels, restaurants and gym shower blocks across Derby city centre and Pride Park regularly receive Altro Marine or Polysafe Hydro wet-room sets. Out-of-hours and weekend programming is standard for live hospitality sites. Every quote details the access window and programme before work starts.
References
- Polysafe Hydro-Evolve slip rating R11 / 50+ PTV wet — Polyflor Polysafe Hydro-Evolve technical data sheet
- Altro Aquarius wet-zone slip resistance — Altro Aquarius technical specification
- Hospital wet-room flooring specification — NHS Health Technical Memorandum 64 — Sanitary Assemblies
- Pendulum Test Value (PTV) classification for wet slip resistance — HSE Slip Resistance — UKSRG Guidelines
- Coved upstand and hot-weld seam methodology — BS 8203 — Code of Practice for Installation of Resilient Floor Coverings
- Approved Contractor status — Linx Construction — Evolution Flooring Portfolio 2026, Vol. I
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