Surface Mounted Tactiles

Key Benefits of Tactile Pavers

Tactile Pavers provide many benefits. Please see below for a select few.

Other benefits 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 are 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.
• Quality assured – manufactured to BS EN ISO 9001-2008

Types of Polyurethane Tactile Pavers

Blister Pedestrian Crossing (Highway)

The polyurethane composite blister surface of the tiles provides a warning to visually impaired people. The surface is therefore an essential safety feature for this group of road users at pedestrian crossing points, where the footway is flush with the carriageway to enable wheelchair users to cross unimpeded.

Corduroy Paving

The purpose of the corduroy surface is to warn visually impaired people of the presence of specific hazards; steps, level crossings, or the approach to on-street light rapid transport (LTR) platforms. Polyurethane composite corduroy tactiles are also used where a footway joins a shared route. It conveys the message: Hazard, proceed with caution.

Blister Platform Edge - Off Street

This Tactile is used to advise visually impaired people about the edge of all off-street railway platforms. The blister surface can be read by foot or cane, warning of the approach to a rail platform edge.

Tactile pavers must adhere to strict regulations for size, angle, and position. Find out more about tactile paving regulations.

Applications for Surface Mounted Tactile Paving

Tactile Blister Pedestrian Crossing Tiles

• Pedestrian Crossings: controlled and uncontrolled
• Bus stops
• Traffic islands
• Car parks
• Kerbs and steps

Tactile Corduroy Paving Tiles

With the exception of pedestrian crossings, corduroy tactile paving slabs can be used in any situation, including:

• The top and bottom of the steps
• The foot of a ramp to an on-street light rapid transit (LRT) platform
• Level crossings
• Where people could inadvertently walk directly onto a platform at a railway station
• Where a footway/footpath joins a shared route

For advice on which tactile paving slabs are right for you, get in touch.

Tactile Paving Adhesives

Our tactile pavers are easy to install and require no excavation. Instead of concrete or cement, our tactile pavers use epoxy and polyurethane adhesive.

Benefits of epoxy and polyurethane adhesive:

• Cost-effective
• No shrinkage
• Solvent-free system
• No slumping or primers required
• Excellent adhesion to a wide range of construction material

Tactile Paving Specifications

 Tactile Blister Paving

• Colours: red or buff
• Type: Polyurethane
• Dimensions: 400mm x 400mm or 450mm x 450mm
• Packaging options: boxed in 10s or singular
• Surface Skid Resistance Value SRV: preferred range set by the Joint Mobility Unit of SRV = 50 -70 Actual:61 (low potential for slip)
• Suitable traffic: foot, light wheeled
• Can be fixed to asphalt, concrete, metal, wood & tiled surfaces

• Polyurethane ( PU) adhesive for dry surface installations
• Epoxy (EP) adhesive for damp surface installations

Corduroy Tactile Paving

• Colours: charcoal grey or buff
• Type: Polyurethane or GRP (fiberglass)
• Dimensions: 400mm x 400mm
• Packaging options: boxed in 10 Tiles
• Surface Skid Resistance Value SRV: preferred range set by the Joint Mobility Unit of SRV = 50 -70 Actual:61 (low potential for slip)
• Suitable traffic: foot, light wheeled
• Can be fixed to asphalt, concrete, metal, wood & tiled surfaces

• Polyurethane ( PU) adhesive for dry surface installations
• Epoxy (EP) adhesive for damp surface installations