Slip testing
in Exeter.

Why Exeter needs real PTV data.

The commercial estate across Exeter spans everything from high-street retail to professional offices. Each floor type — terrazzo, vinyl, tile, resin, coated concrete — behaves differently under wet conditions, and only pendulum testing distinguishes a genuinely safe surface from a marketing claim.

A typical Exeter portfolio survey covers 8–15 sites in a rolling programme, with consolidated reporting that highlights which sites need intervention first.

Pendulum testing. Not opinion.

The pendulum method — defined in BS 7976 and BS EN 16165, and referenced throughout HSE guidance — is the only test HSE considers reliable on wet or contaminated floors. A rubber slider swings from a fixed height and drags across the test surface; energy lost to friction is recorded as a Pendulum Test Value (PTV) on a scale of 0 to 150.

HSE classifies any PTV below 25 as a high slip potential. 25–35 is moderate. A PTV of 36 or above, measured wet and dry with the correct reference slider, is the benchmark for a floor considered safe under normal use. Every report we produce in Exeter is issued under our UKAS ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation — the method, the technician and the equipment are all independently audited.