Description
Overview
Polyflor Polysafe Apex 55 Red Ochre 4206 is designed for environments where the floor has a serious job to do. In commercial kitchens, canteens, serveries and food preparation areas, spills are part of the daily rhythm. Oil, grease, water, flour, food debris and cleaning residue can quickly turn a floor into a slip hazard.
Polyflor Polysafe Apex 55 Red Ochre 4206 helps reduce that risk with specialist safety flooring designed to provide sustainable slip resistance throughout the guaranteed life of the product. Its 3mm gauge makes it a durable option for high-use environments, while also helping improve comfort underfoot and reduce noise in busy back-of-house spaces.
Unlike ceramic tiles, Polyflor Polysafe Apex 55 Red Ochre 4206 is installed as sheet flooring with heat-welded seams. This creates a continuous, impervious finish with fewer joints and no grout lines, making it easier to clean and reducing the places where dirt and bacteria can collect. Very handy when the kitchen is moving at full tilt and nobody has time for flooring drama.
Key Features
- Extremely durable 3mm vinyl safety flooring
- Ideal for use in commercial kitchens & food production areas
- Pendulum test – 55+ (slider 96)
- Enhanced slip resistance to withstand high viscosity contaminants
- Welded seams for an impervious finish
Typical Applications
- Healthcare: Polyflor Polysafe Apex 55 Red Ochre 4206 is suitable for hospital kitchens, ward kitchen areas, food preparation spaces, canteens, serveries and pot wash areas where hygiene and slip resistance are essential.
- Education: Polyflor Polysafe Apex 55 Red Ochre 4206 is well suited to school and university kitchens, canteens, serveries and food preparation areas that need durable, easy-to-clean flooring.
- Commercial: Polyflor Polysafe Apex 55 Red Ochre 4206 can be used in workplace kitchens, staff canteens, food production areas, dry storage areas, cold storage areas and main kitchen zones.
- Hospitality: Polyflor Polysafe Apex 55 Red Ochre 4206 is ideal for hotel kitchens, restaurant kitchens, fast food kitchens, cafés, takeaway preparation areas and leisure venue catering spaces.
- Retail: Polyflor Polysafe Apex 55 Red Ochre 4206 is suitable for supermarket food preparation areas, deli counters, bakery preparation zones, sandwich shops, takeaway preparation areas and retail staff kitchens.
Installation Details
Polyflor Polysafe Apex 55 Red Ochre 4206 should be installed by a qualified flooring contractor in line with Polyflor’s installation guidance and relevant local standards.
- Subfloor preparation: The subfloor should be clean, dry, sound and free from contaminants that could affect adhesion.
- Site conditions: The flooring and adhesive should be properly acclimatised before installation, with suitable working temperatures maintained before, during and after fitting.
- Adhesive selection: An approved adhesive should be selected according to the flooring, substrate and site conditions.
- Installation method: Polyflor Polysafe Apex 55 Red Ochre 4206 should be installed as sheet flooring and rolled correctly after laying to support a strong adhesive bond.
- Seams: Seams should be cut before adhesive is applied and heat welded to create an impervious finish.
- Hygienic detailing: Coved skirting can be used where a sealed, hygienic floor-to-wall finish is required.
- Drainage: In wet or wash-down areas, a vinyl clamping drainage system should be used to help prevent moisture from penetrating beneath the floor.
- Post-installation care: Only light foot traffic should be allowed for at least 24 hours after installation.
Cleaning & Maintenance
All Polyflor commercial sheet vinyl ranges provide a continuous, impervious and hygienic flooring solution which can be confidently cleaned in accordance with recommended maintenance procedures and approved maintenance products. The implementation of an effective cleaning regime is the most important defence against infection.
Polyflor Polysafe Apex 55 Red Ochre 4206 should not be polished or sealed. Correct cleaning is essential to keep the floor safe, hygienic and performing properly.
Technical Specifications
BoQ Specification
Supply and install 3mm Polyflor Polysafe Apex 55 flexible heavy duty safety flooring incorporating white chipped [colour] aggregates through the full thickness of the product’s wear layer to improve traction and safety underfoot and to impart enhanced slip resistance for the guaranteed life of the product, installed with Polysales recommended adhesive which has been spread using an A2 notched trowel on a previously prepared Class 1 subfloor in accordance with SANS 10070, using a Polysales recommended self-leveller and moisture barrier when required, including all cutting and waste, rolling the installed sheeting in both directions with a 68kg three-sectional roller immediately after it has been laid into the adhesive, joints must be butted, U-shape grooved and heat welded using Polyflor’s matching welding rod ensuring that the welding rod bonds to more than 2/3rds of the sheet in thickness, available from Polysales +27 11 609 3500.
- Colour: Red Ochre
- Code: 4206
- Weld Rod: 4206
Comprehensive Specification
Supply and install 3mm Polyflor Polysafe Apex 55 flexible heavy duty safety flooring incorporating white chipped [colour] aggregates through the full thickness of the product’s wear layer to improve traction and safety underfoot and to impart enhanced slip resistance for the guaranteed life of the product, the flooring material shall fully conform with the European Norm for safety flooring – EN 13845, in respect of flame spread, the flooring shall be categorised as Class Bfl-S1 according to EN 13501-1, the flooring shall have been fully tested to ASTM E648 by an independent test house and have a Class 1 rating, making it suitable for use in institutional, commercial and public buildings, the flooring must have been fully tested by an independent test house to the RRL Pendulum Test ≥55 (wet test – 4S Rubber/Slider 96) and have results of ≥55 in the wet, making it suitable for use in areas where enhanced slip resistance is required, the product should be certified as R12 to AS/NZS 4586 & DIN 51130, the product must have been fully tested for abrasion resistance to EN 13845, passing the 50,000 cycles test and also meeting EN 660-2 Abrasion Group T, this product does not accumulate static charges above 2kV and is classified as ‘antistatic’ when tested to EN 1815. For specialist applications where there is a requirement to dissipate the electrostatic charge, see the Polyflor ESD product ranges, the flooring must be available in 2.0 metre width, to minimise the number of joints, the flooring is suitable for Use Area Classification 23/34/43, as defined in EN ISO 10874 (EN 685), in respect of light fastness, the flooring shall have been fully tested to ISO 105-B02 Method 3 and obtain ≥6
- Colour: Red Ochre
- Code: 4206
- Weld Rod: 4206
Designed for the Demands of Commercial Kitchens
FAQs
Q: What is Polyflor Polysafe Apex 55 used for?
A: Polyflor Polysafe Apex 55 is used in commercial kitchens, food preparation areas, canteens, serveries and other demanding spaces where slip resistance, hygiene and durability are important.
Q: Is Polyflor Polysafe Apex 55 suitable for commercial kitchens?
A: Yes. Polyflor Polysafe Apex 55 is specifically designed for commercial kitchens and food production areas where oil, grease, water, flour, butter and food debris can create slip risks.
Q: What slip resistance does Polyflor Polysafe Apex 55 offer?
A: Polyflor Polysafe Apex 55 provides enhanced slip resistance with PVT ≥55 wet test performance using 4S Rubber / Slider 96, as well as an R12 slip resistance rating.
Q: Is Polyflor Polysafe Apex 55 better than ceramic tiles for kitchens?
A: Polyflor Polysafe Apex 55 offers practical advantages over ceramic tiles in commercial kitchen environments. It has fewer joints, no grout lines, heat-welded seams and an impervious sheet finish, making it easier to clean and helping reduce places where dirt and bacteria can build up.
Q: Can Polyflor Polysafe Apex 55 be installed with coved skirting?
A: Yes. Polyflor Polysafe Apex 55 can be installed with coved skirting to create a hygienic floor-to-wall junction, which is useful in kitchens, wet areas and hygiene-sensitive environments.
Q: Should Polyflor Polysafe Apex 55 be polished or sealed?
A: No. Polyflor Polysafe Apex 55 should not be polished or sealed. It should be maintained using the recommended cleaning methods and suitable cleaning products.
Q: Is Polyflor Polysafe Apex 55 easy to clean?
A: Yes. Polyflor Polysafe Apex 55 is designed to be easy to clean when the correct maintenance routine is followed. Regular debris removal, suitable detergents, scrubbing where required and thorough rinsing are all important.
Q: Is Polyflor Polysafe Apex 55 suitable for hot and cold areas?
A: Yes. Polyflor Polysafe Apex 55 is suitable for kitchen environments exposed to hot and cold conditions, including appliance areas, cold storage, sink areas and main kitchen zones.
Q: Is Polyflor Polysafe Apex 55 recyclable?
A: Yes. Polyflor Polysafe Apex 55 is 100% recyclable and contains recycled material.
Q: Is Polyflor Polysafe Apex 55 hazardous?
A: No. The supplied safety data sheet identifies the finished flooring product as non-hazardous under normal handling and use.
