Floor coverings for schools
Information and advice about floor coverings for your school.
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The Ministry does not have requirements about what kind of floor covering you should purchase. Boards can decide which floor coverings will work best in the different areas of your school.
Get the right floor coverings
These are some things that you should think about when choosing floor coverings.
- Buy good quality floor coverings that are easy to maintain and long lasting to save costs in the long run.
- Hallways get far more use than other rooms so should have hard floor coverings or heavy-duty carpet.
- Laboratories and technology rooms often have spills so avoid carpets or other soft coverings.
- Get floor coverings that are easy to keep clean (refer to the Floor NZ website below).
- Minimise noise by thinking about the acoustic quality of flooring.
Getting advice
The Floor NZ website also has information about floor coverings. They're also able to give advice about the best floor covering for your school.
Floor NZ website(external link)
Paying for floor coverings
Budget to replace floor coverings in your 5 Year Agreement funding and plan for it in your 10 Year Property Plan. Floor coverings in new buildings and extensions are paid for from the project budget.
Non-fixed coverings, such as rugs, are counted as furniture and equipment, and you pay for them from your furniture and equipment funding.
Furniture and equipment funding
To repair floor coverings, use your property maintenance grant.
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