F BALL
With a history stretching back 140 years, F Ball is the UK’s leading manufacturer of subfloor preparation products and adhesives for the flooring industry. It has a long track record of innovation focused on the creation of next generation products to help flooring professionals work to ever higher standards.
The company has developed high-performance smoothing compounds for a range of general purpose and specialist applications, including fast-track installations, for use over underfloor heating systems and as part of systems for optimising the appearance of LVT installations. Its repair and finishing compounds help ensure a perfectly smooth subfloor finish.
F Ball’s adhesives range includes products for practically every type of decorative flooring. Continuous investment in research and development, supported by dedicated on-site laboratories and testing facilities at its Staffordshire headquarters, enables the company to develop additional functionality for existing products, as well as creating new formulations with revolutionary combinations of properties.
Subfloor preparation products include solutions for identifying and dealing with
subfloor moisture to avoid floor failure, including moisture measurement tools and
liquid waterproof surface membranes for creating a barrier between newly installed floorcoverings.
The company’s products are delivered daily through its network of more than 150 wholesalers throughout the UK and Ireland. On-site support is provided by regional technical representatives, while its technical service department is on hand Monday to Friday to answer questions about subfloor preparation and floorcovering installation.
So confident is F Ball in its products that it guarantees that they will perform for the entire lifetime of a flooring installation, as long as the advised subfloor preparation and installation procedures are followed.
F Ball also produces the flooring industry’s leading guide to floorcovering-adhesive compatibility: the Recommended Adhesives Guide, which features recommendations
for more than 6,000 branded floorcoverings from over 200 leading international manufacturers. A constantly updated version is available on the F Ball website and as
a free mobile app.
