 To help service providers fulfill their responsibilities under the Disability Discrimination Act, the Shackerley Holdings Group is now offering a hard wearing range of specially profiled ceramic granite tactile floor tiles to alert the visually impaired to the presence of hazards such as staircases, ramps, platform edges and pedestrian crossings.
Detailed specifications for the types of tactile paving (or 'Foot Braille') to be used in different situations have been developed by the Mobility and Inclusion Unit of the Department for Transport. Shackerley assisted in the establishment of these specifications supplying ceramic granite tiles for use in user trials.
Shackerley's All Weather Tactile Tiles can be used, as the name suggests, inside and out. They are made from solid ceramic granite, which is ideal for this application being the most durable flooring material available.
Shackerley's tactile tiles are further reinforced with through-body corundum, which is second only in hardness to diamond. This means that the precisely configured surface profiles are extremely resistance to wear and also offer anti-slip properties. 'Corduroy' (ridged) and 'blister' are the standard profiles offered and have been used over the London Underground.
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