Overview

Touchsafe is a 4mm thick GRP tile incorporating raised profiles to warn people when they are approaching a change in elevation such as railway platforms, pedestrian crossings, staircase ascent and descent areas and many other applications.

Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) is a fibre reinforced polymer made of a plastic matrix reinforced by fine fibres of glass. Available in blister and corduroy designs, the raised areas incorporate aluminium oxide for increased wear and slip resistance.

Key Features

• Anti Slip Top Surface
• Hard Wearing and Durable
• Fixes to existing substrate
• Use internally or externally
• DDA and Building Regulation Compliant
• Choice of colours
• Choice of top style
  

Benefits

High Quality
All Touchsafe tiles are made from a unique method of construction using fibreglass and resins. This method ensures that each and every tile has exactly the same high quality finish, as opposed to ‘hand layout’ products which can often be inconsistent.

Slip Resistant
As with the majority of the NonSlip range, a special grit formula is added to the top layer to offer extra slip resistance over the traditional materials used in these applications.

Simple to install
Installation of Touchsafe is very quick and extremely easy. Touchsafe tiles are glued and screwed to the existing substrate therefore eliminating pathway closure and costly excavation. Touchsafe is available in 400mm x 400mm standard tiles for all three surface versions.

Legislation Compliant
The Touchsafe tiles can be installed in a wide and varied number of applications. The corduroy surface is often used externally but can of course be applied internally, for example an office stairway area. Given the DDA guidelines for public places the use of Touchsafe should be considered for virtually any area. The Department for Transport website offers further examples of where Touchsafe can and should be used.

Technical

1) Corduroy Tactile

The critical feature of the corduroy surface is to warn visually impaired people of the presence of close up hazards, such as stairs, level crossings or the approach to on-street light rapid transit (LRT) platforms, etc. The tile consists of rows of parallel half-round bars that convey the message ‘hazard, proceed with caution’.

2) Blister Onstreet Tactile

The blister surface’s main purpose is to provide a warning to visually impaired people who, when encountering the absence of a kerb ‘up-stand’ find it difficult to differentiate between where the footway ends and the carriageway begins. This surface is therefore an essential safety feature for this group of road users at pedestrian crossing points.

3) Blister Offstreet Tactile

This product is also an essential for the visually impaired as the design has a flat topped dome set in evenly spaced rows parallel to the direction of travel along a transport platform. The offset of the domes indicates the direction of travel of the vehicle (train or bus.) It can also be used adjacent to safe carriageway crossings. The surface can be any colour other than red and is recommended to be a good contrast with the surrounding area to assist partially sighted people.

Fixing kits are available for all Non-Slip Safety Products.
Please remember to specify them when asking for a quotation/ placing an order.

Type 1: Glue/ screws/ plugs (recommended)
Type 2: Glue only (an industrial/ waterproof glue)