TACTILE PAVING: SURFACE MOUNTED TACTILE PAVING GUIDANCE PATH

Benefits of Guidance Path include:

• Rapid installation - reduced labour costs & disruption
• No excavation required - no landfill expense
• Tiles are light in weight and are easy to handle and cut - no hot works
• No requirement for plant machinery and associated access issues/expense
• Durable - harder wearing than concrete
• Will not crack like concrete - prevents future trip hazards.  Tile & adhesive permanently flexible
• High slip resistance in dry or wet conditions
• Extensive range of types and colours
• UV tested - no colour fade
• Freeze/thaw tested
• Fast curing colour matched adhesive - surfaces ready to use within 2 hours
• Can be installed even in damp conditions
• Adheres to all standard surfaces
• Quality assured - manufactured to BS EN ISO 9001-2008

Applications for Guidance Path include:

• Where the traditional guidance given by a standard footway between the property line and carriageway does not
  exist (for example, in a pedestrian precinct)
• Where pedestrians need to be guided around obstacles
• Where a number of visually impaired people need to find a specific location
• In transport terminals to guide people between facilities

DfT Guidance on areas of use: it is recommended that the surface be in a contrasting colour to the surrounding area so as to assist partially sighted people. It should not be red which is restricted to the blister surface at controlled crossings.

Colours available:

Buff
Charcoal Grey

Types:

Polyurethane

Sizes:

400mm x 400mm

Quantity:

Available in boxes of 10

Guiding visually impaired people along a route when the traditional cues, such as a property line or kerb edge, are not available.

The purpose of the guidance path surface is to guide visually impaired people along a route when the traditional cues, such as a property line or kerb edge, are not available. It can also be used to guide people around obstacles, for example street furniture in a pedestrianised area. The surface has been designed so that people can be guided along the route either by walking on the tactile surface or by maintaining contact with a long cane.

To maximise its effectiveness, the surface should be used sparingly and only after consultation with relevant local groups.

The tiles are made from a hard wearing stone and resin composite moulded to create paving which will outperform equivalent concrete product. Tests conducted at the Transport Research Laboratory on product conditioned at 40?C found no measurable loss in height at the end of a scuffing test.

Surface skid resistance measured: 61

preferred range set by the Joint Mobility Unit of SRV = 50-70

The UK Slip Resistance Group guide to a floor for able-bodied pedestrian

Building Investigation and Testing Services (Redhill) conducted a comparative wear test against a concrete blister slab and found the tactile paving had a wear resistance 7 times greater than the equivalent concrete product.

Installation of the tactile surface system is both rapid & straightforward and is achieved using a colour matched, two part adhesive. No excavation is ever required. Small surface irregularities can be covered with the adhesive to ensure no cavities are left beneath the tiles. The tiles can be easily cut to follow kerb lines or to accommodate ramps and drain covers. They naturally deform over cambered, curved areas.

For example, a typical installation to both sides of a controlled pedestrian crossing can be completed in less than 2 hours ? reducing disruption to the public. Large areas e.g. railway platforms, can be achieved in overnight/possession times. The tactile surface system can be laid on concrete, tarmac and steel surfaces using either standard urethane adhesive or the moisture tolerant epoxy system.

Product Data

Department for Transport (DfT) Guidance on the use of Tactile Paving Surfaces

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