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As the original creators of safety flooring, we understand what it takes to keep your environments safe, reducing the risk of injury. With decades of experience and unrivalled innovation, our product range is designed to meet the toughest demands and is tested to the highest standards.

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We offer slip-resistant flooring that meets and exceeds safety standards. It reduces the risk of slips and falls and looks good doing so.

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When it comes to your environments, we know that first impressions count. And your floor is one of the most important elements to get right. For many low slip risk spaces, both aesthetics and performance are important. You want a solution that’s versatile and offers a great choice of colors and finishes as well as being a surface you can rely on.

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With a portfolio that includes luxury LVT with authentic wood and stone visuals, quartz tile and even resilient rubber flooring, our smooth tiles and planks offer practical, lasting solutions that are easy to install and maintain.

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To ensure you have everything needed to complete a high quality, high performance flooring installation, we have a wide range of accessories, including finishings, fixings and tools.

Are you seeking inspiration for your project?

We work with you at every step, from specification to installation and beyond. We provide expertise and aftercare that gives our customers confidence in their choices. With floors, walls and doors with industry-leading guarantees suitable for throughout a building, you can trust your installation will stand the test of time. Start your journey with Altro here.

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Altro floors and walls create a complete solution for buildings that meets the needs of environments from restaurants to operating rooms.

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Altro Whiterock offers a choice of hygienic wall sheets - from cool, crisp white to vibrant colours and patterned or personalised wall schemes meaning we can provide you with complete design flexibility for any environment.

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We have developed a wide range of accessories that form a key part of our wall system integrity from edge trims to transition strips and weld rods.

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Altro floors and walls create a complete solution for buildings that meets the needs of environments from restaurants to operating rooms.

We’ve pioneered a range of solutions to give you the confidence to create the type of environment you really want. Whether it’s a large hospital, care home or community healthcare center, you can provide inspirational rooms that don’t just perform and look good but also take hygiene and the safety of your people, patients and residents seriously.

From heavy-duty, industrial areas to public spaces where the need for safety cannot compromise the look, we’ve got a solution to suit. And our designer range combinations – where color and texture can be used in different ways – give you complete design freedom to create the experience you want for your customers.

Flooring and walls play a key role in creating attractive, welcoming environments. In senior living communities, flooring and walling must be more than pleasant to look at. They must provide a safe, stable, and durable foundation that can handle the health needs of aging and fragile residents.

Materials specified for industrial and mass production areas are required to prioritize both durability and the wellbeing of everyone involved. These environments adhere to stringent health and safety guidelines that dictate nearly every aspect of their design.

Education - introduction

We believe that learning environments are some of the most important places there are and the way they function is just as important as the way they look. Schools, colleges and universities need inspiring, durable, attractive and easy to clean walls and floors that can cope with the demands of growing up; cater for the creativity of the classroom and withstand the attention of everyone who uses the space, term after term.

Altro award-winning, adhesive-free sustainable floors now feature new ranges offering you enhanced comfort under foot and greater impact sound reduction, together with a whole new range of benefits including more color and wood design options, giving complete flexibility for your differing application areas.

We partner with designers, companies and industry experts to provide floors, walls and doors solutions across a number of specialist sectors, each with particular challenges, from providing safe and secure mental health facilities, to the hygiene challenges presented by food production.

The easiest way to contact us is by phone, Live Chat, or through our Twitter feed @AltroFlooring, we're always happy to talk / type / tweet to you, but if you would like to leave us a message, fill in the form below and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.

Find more information and support here, including brochures, technical documents, cleaning guides, installation guidance and much more. And if you can’t find what need straight away, please contact us and we’ll be able to help.

Altro have been at the forefront of innovation for 100 years. Today, working closely with architects, end customers, engineers, designers and contractors around the world, our insight and expertise help them transform everyday spaces into environments that can improve the wellbeing of everyone that uses them.

To continue our commitment to industry development and high quality customer service, we have developed a range of Continuing Continuing Education (CEU) courses focusing on main issues surrounding floor and wall products, plus their impact on the wellbeing of the people using the spaces where they are installed.

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Find out what additional support we can give you, including answering your technical questions.

Altro's sustainability vision

Altro is committed to ensuring the sustainability of all our products: from the sourcing of materials, the energy used in our manufacturing process at our sites in the UK and Germany right through to the end production process and how we wrap and distribute our products. Altro reviews every step of the process from the mileage used in delivering materials through to the type of paper we print on.

Bus

Our Altro Transflor range of safety bus flooring is engineered to give you lightweight solutions without compromising on safety, durability, or ease of maintenance. Choose from a wide range of easy-to-clean designs to ensure your passengers travel in safety and style.

Rail

Discover our range of Altro Transflor lightweight flooring products for rail. We engineer our flooring for rail using a range of materials to ensure high quality performance in safety, compliance, durability and ease of maintenance.

Services for Altro Transflor products

Enhance your installation efficiency and save time, weight, and waste with our range of installation services. Choose from our self-adhesive, kit cutting and logo services for the quickest route to installation success.

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Installation and maintenance guide

Useful technical information and expert written and video guidance on how to install and maintain Altro Transflor flooring products for bus, rail and emergency vehicles.

Adhesives

Finishings

We offer a one-stop shop for everything you'll need for your installation. Explore our range of accessories for use in transport applications.

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Case studies

Interested to see what our products would look like in a vehicle? Find out with our Space Visualizer.

Get inspired with case studies using Altro Transflor products from across the world.

Sustainability

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Sustainability is about so much more than just environmental issues. Sustainability encompasses both social and economic dimensions as well as environmental responsibility. This is known as the three pillars of sustainability or ‘the Triple Bottom Line.’

Altrostore.com

Finding the right tools and accessories for Altro products has never been easier. Our online shopping portal allows you to order Altro cleaning solutions, installation tools, accessories and Altro Lavencia LVT as well as overstock flooring in a convenient, streamlined manner. These items are readily available for you to purchase with the click of a button. Buy our products now

Commercial kitchen flooring and wall panels

Altro offers the most hygienic, safe and cost effective floor and wall finishes for both back and front of house installation areas.

With over 50 years of experience in the food & beverage sector, Altro's floor and wall finishes have been designed to meet the rigorous demands of modern commercial kitchens. From dishwashing areas to industrial kettles and even walk-in freezers, Altro has the products, accessories and knowledge to create a total kitchen solution. We offer a range of products and accessories specifically designed for commercial kitchen applications of any size.

FDA Guidelines state the floor and wall finishes must be durable, easy to clean and non-absorbent. Quarry tile is four times more absorbent than Altro. Portland cement grout joints are extremely porous and quickly become a breeding ground for bacteria. Altro is the premium flooring choice for demanding environments. The unique patented construction of flexible, high grade, resilient vinyl with slip resistant grains throughout ensures a durable, long wearing, safe surface -- that remains slip resistant even when wet and greasy.

Altro safety flooring combined with Altro Puraguard wall system creates the only hygienic wall and floor system in the industry. This system is seamless, water-tight and completely impervious. It prevents water (and subsequently mold) from floor to ceiling and offers easy maintenance, excellent cleanability and excellent resistance to staining.

Commercial kitchens FAQs

Q. What is the best flooring for a commercial kitchen?

A. Altro Stronghold 30 is designed to minimize risk in wet and greasy conditions, making it ideal for commercial kitchen and back-of-house applications. This range achieves our highest slip resistance rating available and can help reduce fatigue with its 3mm thickness.

Q. Can you use Altro flooring in a walk-in freezer?

A. Altro high-performance safety flooring may be installed in new or existing freezers and coolers. Altro Stronghold 30 may be installed in freezers that chill down to -22°F (-30°C). Our other ranges are suitable in temperatures at -4oF (-20oC) or above..

Q. How can I find commercial kitchen flooring installers?

A. Commercial kitchen installations require careful attention to detail, taking equipment, drain systems and existing fixtures into account. Our training program is ideal for flooring installers, general contractors and carpenters looking to learn how to install Altro products in these settings. For a list of qualified installers, contact your local Altro representative.

Q. What kind of drains should you use in commercial kitchens?

A. Altro recommends the use of surface membrane clamping drains in commercial kitchens. Previously, on-site modifications of a preexisting drain were required to enable the flooring to be mechanically fastened in place. Our drain strainer covers are intended as an additional solution to modifying an existing non-surface membrane clamping drain to become a surface membrane clamping drain. Discover our solutions.

Q. Does the Board of Health approve vinyl for use in commercial kitchens?

A. Altro vinyl safety flooring has been approved as safe to use in commercial kitchen applications by the Board of Health. This range is also certified HACCP compliant in accordance with food safety regulations.

Q. What are some wall panel options for commercial kitchens?

A. Create a complete floor and wall solution for commercial kitchens and back-of-house areas by combining Altro Puraguard wall panels and accessories with Altro safety flooring. Altro Puraguard is a durable, economically-priced wall protection product and a great alternative to traditional FRP and ceramic tile options..

Q. How do you clean commercial kitchen floors?

A. With over sixty years of experience in commercial food service facilities, Altro has helped develop cleaning techniques and products specifically designed for culinary environments. Our flooring can be cleaned by hand, with scrubbing machines or even power washed to result in a long-lasting, safe and hygienic floor.

Q. Are Altro floors suitable for commercial kitchens?

A. Altro safety flooring is designed to meet the rigorous demands of modern commercial kitchens. From dishwashing areas to walk-in freezers, we have the products, accessories and knowledge to create a total kitchen solution.

Q. How durable is commercial kitchen flooring?

A. Altro is the premium flooring choice for demanding commercial kitchen environments. Our unique patented construction of flexible, high-grade, resilient vinyl with slip-resistant grains throughout ensures a durable, long-wearing, safe surface that remain safe even exposed to water and grease.

Suggested products

Altro Classic 25 - Light, medium and heavy duty kitchens
Altro Stronghold 30 - Medium, heavy, extreme duty kitchens, freezers, coolers
Altro Atlas 40 - heavy, extreme duty kitchens, industrial processing
Altro Puraguard - All area types

Slips, trips and falls are a big kitchen problem

A recent insurance report cites that slips, trips, and falls by patrons and staff are by far the most prevalent claims suffered by full-service restaurants. Help protect from injury and litigation by installing flooring solutions that reduce the risk of slips & falls.

Altro safety flooring products offer slip resistant values well above ADA and OSHA guidelines and retain their slip resistance even when wet.
Altro offers a variety of floor products to meet the needs of kitchens, big and small.
Pressure created from walking on Altro flooring causes slip resistant particles to brush against the sole of the shoe creating friction.
Unlike other floors with topically applied slip resistant particles, Altro’s safety flooring technology, with aggregate throughout, is designed to maintain its slip resistance throughout the life of the product.
Altro products meet Class 1/A fire and smoke standards, most FRP does not.
The average slip, trip and fall incident typically generates $40,000 in worker’s compensation costs as well as 11 days of absence.
High risk slip, trip and fall industries include construction, public administration and food service.

Detailing guide

View the commercial kitchens detailing guide

Stainless steel walls and heat deflector plates

Altro offers stainless steel panels for behind cooking lines. For equipment with excessive heat, floor heat deflector plates are also available.

Walk-in coolers and freezers

Altro high performance safety flooring may be installed in new or existing freezers and coolers.

Altro Stronghold 30 may be installed in freezers that chill down to -22°F (-30°C). Our other ranges are suitable in temperatures at -4oF (-20oC) or above.

Drains and cleanouts

In new construction or when replacing drains during renovations, clamping ring style drains should be utilized, similar to what is shown below. This style drain facilitates a watertight transition with our flooring.

For existing drains and cleanouts, Altro recommends strainers and tops to be modified in the field by the flooring installer to create a clamping style transition.

Cleaning and maintenance

Commercial kitchens are some of the toughest areas to clean and maintain. Constantly subjected to grease, oil, and other staining foods & chemicals, kitchens require their own specific cleaning regimes.

The slip resistance, hygienic performance and long term durability of any floor is impacted by the chemicals and techniques you use to clean it.

Over sixty years of experience in commercial food service facilities has helped Altro develop cleaning techniques and cleaning products specifically designed for commercial kitchens.

Altro flooring can be cleaned by hand, with scrubbing machines and even power washed. No matter which method is employed, consistent utilization of these protocols will result in a long- lasting, safe and hygienic kitchen floor.

Commercial kitchens maintenance guide

HACCP

Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point

HACCP is an international system for food safety management. HACCP requires a risk assessment for every food preparation area identifying “critical points” where food safety hazards could arise.

Hazards include:

contamination by staff or poorly maintained fittings or equipment
chemical, physical or allergenic risks, caused by ingredients, handling, equipment or fittings, including floors and walls

You can reduce hazard risk and keep inspections to a minimum by selecting Altro flooring and wall cladding, which are all approved by HACCP International.