Slip testing in South Shields
North of Sunderland on the Tyne, we cover South Shields with UKAS-accredited slip testing — for its seafront hospitality, retail, care and port industry.
Accredited. Independent. Defensible.
Every test is carried out by a UKAS-accredited technician and reported to the standard the HSE, building-control bodies, insurers and the courts recognise. The full range of methods, properly documented — so the result isn’t just a number, it’s evidence.
UKAS-accredited slip testing in South Shields
South Shields combines a busy seafront and hospitality with town-centre retail, care homes and its riverside and port industry — coastal, often wet environments where slip resistance really matters at entrances and food and production areas.
We cover South Shields and South Tyneside to BS 7976-2, with every test run by a UKAS-accredited technician and the report back within 48 hours.
Turnaround: we reply to every South Shields enquiry within 24 hours and issue reports within 48 hours of the visit.
The methods, and when we use them
We pick the method that fits the surface and how it’s used — then document it to the standard the HSE, insurers and the courts expect.
Pendulum (PTV) testing
The HSE’s preferred in-situ method. A calibrated pendulum produces a Pendulum Test Value, wet and dry, to BS EN 16165.
Shod & barefoot
Slider 96 stands in for footwear; Slider 55 for barefoot areas such as pools, showers and changing rooms.
Surface roughness
Microroughness profiling, read alongside the pendulum data to judge slip potential under wet contamination.
R-rating & ABC
Findings related to ramp-test R-ratings (DIN 51130) and barefoot A/B/C ratings where a specification calls for them.
Questions, answered
Q01Do you cover South Shields?
Yes — UKAS-accredited pendulum slip testing throughout South Shields and the surrounding area, to BS 7976-2 in wet and dry conditions.
Q02How fast can you attend and report?
We reply within 24 hours and aim to issue your report within 48 hours of testing in South Shields.
Q03What PTV is safe?
A wet Pendulum Test Value of 36 or above is the UK benchmark for low slip risk. We measure against this HSE and UKSRG threshold and report it plainly.