Villa Findeisen
The “Filzli” nursery opened the doors at Villa Findeisen in Ettlingen, south of Karlsruhe, back in June. Commissioned by Findeisen, the specialist company for textile floor coverings made of needlefelt, the application engineers from Wolff, Uzin and Findeisen worked closely together to prepare the various substrates in the three-storey building. They professionally laid hard-wearing and ideally coordinated floor systems – including using the Uzin pump truck. The finishing touches were coloured needlefelt modules of various shapes and structures. Within 28 days, a newly designed area of approx. 550 m2 was created in close collaboration between everyone working on the building, taking into account the different floor heights and conditions and providing the children with a safe space to play and learn in a colourful environment.
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The time that the building stood empty, but also the many years that Villa Findeisen was occupied - built in the 1930s and extended in the 1960s on the Findeisen factory site - have left their mark. Floor coverings had worn away and the screed had come loose in places from the bond. The floors on the different storeys were also not level with height differences between 5 cm and 6 cm. Following the decision to convert the Villa into a company nursery, Uzin and Wolff, working with Findeisen, took on the challenge of removing the wear marks, levelling out the different floor heights and finding an efficient way of spreading the floor material over the widest possible area in the shortest possible time. We also needed to find a solution to install noise-reducing, non-slip and hard-wearing floors that would meet the needs of the children and their care staff long term.
