Cap and cove flooring is a skirting detail used with vinyl flooring.
It helps create a seamless and watertight junction at the perimeter of the room, or around obstructions, that creates a smooth and easy to clean finish.
Cap and clove flooring is most often found in commercial kitchens, production facilities, healthcare environments, toilets, and washroom environments – anywhere that hygiene is important or where containing water is a also a requirement.
What is cap and cove?
The name refers to the two components involved used in the process – the cove former and capping strip. Where the floor returns up the wall, a cove former is installed to help form the curve up the wall and give it structure. The cap is the capping strip that the floor finishes into, giving a neat finish to the edge of the flooring. When combined with hot welded joints in the flooring, they help eliminate the traditional junction between the wall and flooring where dirt and moisture can build up over time.
The installation of a cap and cove skirting detail can help provide the following benefits:
- It removes the corner detail created with a traditional skirting board where dirt can accumulate; cap and cove can easily be mopped and kept clean.
- The same cap and cove detail is also used in wetrooms and hygienic spaces, where in conjunction with hygienic wall cladding sheets and hot welded joints, it helps to create a watertight seal that can either be used for cleaning purposes or to retain water.
So if you’re looking for cap and cove skirting detail in your:
- Commercial kitchen; including restaurants, hotels, pubs, office or staff canteens or school kitchens.
- Production facility; food processing, bakeries, brewery or dairy.
- Healthcare; hospitals, general clinic, dentists, or vets.
- Care homes; kitchen and laundry rooms, or clinical areas or wetrooms.
- Clean rooms; manufacturing or laboratory environments.
- Schools; kitchens, dining areas, toilets or washrooms.
A cap and cove skirting detail is most commonly installed with non-slip safety flooring. The combination of the slip-resistant flooring and the cap and cove flooring is a standard specification for many of the above noted areas – however it can be installed with a standard vinyl flooring if you just require an easy to clean finish.
We work as a general rule throughout Herefordshire and Worcestershire, including Ross-on-Wye, Evesham, Ledbury, Tewkesbury, Malvern, Pershore, Droitwich, Leominster, and other areas local to these.
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