Office Flooring — Carpet Tile, Vinyl, Stone and Raised Access
Office flooring covers carpet tile, LVT, vinyl, stone, wood and raised access floors, chosen zone by zone for traffic, acoustics and the subfloor: carpet tile in open plan and meeting rooms, hard flooring in circulation, pantry and wet areas. Vinyl, LVT and adhesives fail on a slab that has not dried, so moisture is tested before laying.
By Dhruv Agarwal · · 2 min read
What we deliver
Carpet tile, LVT, vinyl, stone, wood and raised access flooring — selected per zone rather than applied uniformly, and laid on a subfloor that has been checked rather than assumed.
Flooring is the largest continuous surface in an office. It sets how the space sounds, how it wears, and how much of it has to be lifted the next time the layout changes.
Choosing by area
| Area | Typical specification | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Open plan | Carpet tile over raised floor | Acoustics, replaceable, easy around outlets |
| Meeting rooms | Carpet tile | Sound absorption |
| Circulation | LVT, vinyl or stone | Wear resistance |
| Reception | Stone, large-format tile, wood | Appearance |
| Cafeteria / pantry | Vinyl or tile | Cleanable, water tolerant |
| Server room | Anti-static vinyl on raised floor | Static control, cable access |
| Wet areas | Tile with correct falls | Drainage and slip resistance |
Scope of works
| Stage | What we deliver |
|---|---|
| Subfloor assessment | Level survey, moisture test, laitance check |
| Preparation | Grinding, self-levelling screed where needed |
| Raised floor | Pedestals, panels, levelling where specified |
| Laying | Setting out, adhesive, tile or sheet installation |
| Perimeters | Skirting, thresholds, transitions between materials |
| Handover | Protection, cleaning, attic stock |
Where projects go wrong
- Laying on a slab that has not dried. The most common cause of vinyl and LVT failure, and it shows up weeks after handover.
- Skipping the level survey. Every dip telegraphs through a thin floor finish, and a raised floor over an uneven slab rocks.
- No attic stock. Carpet tile's main advantage is single-tile replacement, which needs matching stock from the same batch.
- Hard flooring everywhere. The office is then permanently loud, and the fix afterwards is expensive.
- Transitions left to site. Thresholds between two materials are visible, trip-prone and worth detailing on a drawing.
Why Hagerstone
Flooring sequenced with the rest of the fit-out — laid after the dusty trades and before furniture, with protection through to handover, rather than squeezed into whatever window is left.
In-house trades and a 53-member site team, ISO 9001 / 14001 / 45001, 79+ quality checkpoints, 60-day delivery model with a 5-year warranty.
Standards referenced
Imposed floor loading under IS 875 (Part 2). Surface finish and fire requirements under NBC 2016, Part 4.
Standards referenced
- IS 875 (Part 2) — Imposed loads (Bureau of Indian Standards)
- NBC 2016, Part 4 — Fire and life safety — surface finishes (Bureau of Indian Standards)
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