These documents are currently available with each product in their product library (
Modular,
Designer Jet,
Broadloom )
Enviromentally Sustainable Design
Godfrey Hirst ESD statement (PDF)
These documents are currently available with each product in their product library (
Modular,
Designer Jet,
Broadloom )
EasyGripTM backing technology enables Godfrey Hirst modular carpet tiles to be securely installed
requiring little or no use of traditional floor sealants and adhesives. EasyGripTM tiles are exceptionally easy to install.
What are the major advantages of EasyGripTM?
1. Reduces or eliminates the cost of adhesive.
2. Reduces or eliminates the cost of primer or sealants.
3. Reduces or eliminates the time required to prime or seal the subfloor.
4. Reduces or eliminates the time required to spread wet adhesive.
5. Reduces or eliminates the time for wet adhesive to tack-off.
6. Reduces or eliminates the time spent when compared with other non-adhesive systems.
7. Reduces or eliminates damage to access floors and high quality sub floors as there is little
or no residue.
8. Reduces or eliminates off-gassing odours typically associated with floor sealants and
adhesives.
9. EasyGripTM tiles contain NO PVC therefore eliminate any possibility of off-gassing odours.
10. Simplifies repositioning or later removal of the tiles.
11. Tiles can be lifted and replaced 2-3 times without loss of effective adhesion making them
ideal for use over raised access flooring.
Where can EasyGripTM tiles be used?
Godfrey Hirst EasyGripTM tiles can be used in most commercial facilities.
Subject to proper installation over a suitable subfloor EasyGripTM technology performs very well in
facilities with normal foot traffic loadings and light to medium wheeled traffic. EasyGripTM is ideally suited
for use in typical office, many types of retail, institutional and public space.
NOTE: All installations should be assessed by a professional installation contractor to determine whether and
how EasyGripTM should be utilized to best suit customer requirements and completed in accordance with
Godfrey Hirst’s EasyGripTM installation instructions.
Godfrey Hirst EasyGripTM Modular Carpet Tiles - Information Sheet
Godfrey Hirst EasyGripTM Modular Carpet Installation Guidelines
Limitations in the use of EasyGripTM technology
- In facilities where walls are not flush with the subfloor and areas subject to heavy rolling traffic
or on inclined flooring, these areas will require the supplementary use of adhesive or double sided tape.
- Adhesive or double sided tape is also required for tiles that have been cut down to less than 300
mm in size, in accordance with Godfrey Hirst’s installation instructions.
- EasyGripTM is not designed for use on stairs
- EasyGripTM is not designed for use in areas subject to moisture exposure.
Refer to Godfrey Hirst’s EasyGrip
TM installation instructions and Guarantee documents for further
details.