Safety by choice, not by chance
Slip testing across East Anglia
Independent, UKAS-accredited floor testing for the whole region — grip measured wet and dry, by pendulum and surface roughness, with a report that proves a floor is safe.
The PTV scale — 36+ is low slip risk.
The regional board
Everything on one board
The methods, the verdict, the duty, the areas we cover and the proof — pinned up for the whole of East Anglia.
The pendulum (PTV)
Grip measured wet and dry with a calibrated pendulum — a Pendulum Test Value for every area. The method the HSE prefers.
How it works →Surface roughness (Rz)
Microscopic texture measured in microns — vital where floors get wet or greasy. We’re accredited for both.
Slips and trips are the most common cause of major workplace injury.
The verdict
A clear low / moderate / high result. 36+ PTV, or an Rz above 20 microns, is the low-risk band.
Norfolk
Norwich and the Broads, the coast and King’s Lynn — tested across the county.
Your duty
Keep floors safe and assess the risk — under the HSW Act and the Workplace Regulations. In care settings, the CQC expects slip risk to be actively managed.
Estimated annual cost of slips and trips to UK employers.
Suffolk
Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds, Felixstowe and the Suffolk coast — tested across the county.
Independent & accredited
No ties to any flooring or treatment company, and no commission — nothing nudges the number.
Cambridgeshire
Cambridge and Peterborough, Ely and the Fens — tested across the county.
Estimated reduction in claim risk through regular accredited testing.
Our laboratory
An environmentally controlled laboratory (ISO 291) testing over 300 flooring products a year — the same lab trusted by Amazon, Gatwick, British Airways and TUI.
Coverage
Across the whole region — the NR, IP, CB and PE postcodes, and nationwide beyond.
See coverage →The two scales
How readings are graded
| PTV result | Slip risk |
|---|---|
| 0–24 | High |
| 25–35 | Moderate |
| 36 + | Low |
| Surface roughness (Rz) | Slip risk |
|---|---|
| Below 10 | High |
| 10–20 | Moderate |
| Above 20 | Low |
Both to BS 7976-2 and BS EN 16165, interpreted to UKSRG guidance. The full method →
Independent, and accredited
Delivered by Surface Performance — independent, with nothing to sell but the test. The same accredited lab trusted on sites from Amazon and Gatwick to British Airways and TUI, which also tests over 300 flooring products a year.
Get a quote
Get your floors tested
Send the surface type, the rough area in square metres and where you are in East Anglia. A fixed, no-obligation quote comes back — usually the same working day.
Independent and ISO/IEC 17025 accredited (UKAS Testing Laboratory No. 7933). We test floors; we don’t sell flooring or treatments.