Pendulum testing
across Oxfordshire.

Why Oxfordshire needs real PTV data.

Hospitals, care homes and universities across Oxfordshire operate 24/7 with mixed footwear, wet-cleaning regimes and vulnerable users. A PTV of 36+ in both wet and dry states is the baseline — anything less is a CQC, HSE or insurance conversation waiting to happen.

Home to one of the world's largest research and healthcare clusters, plus Bicester Village's exceptional retail footfall.

Pendulum testing. Not opinion.

The pendulum method — defined in BS 7976 and BS EN 16165, and referenced throughout HSE guidance — is the only test HSE considers reliable on wet or contaminated floors. A rubber slider swings from a fixed height and drags across the test surface for exactly 127mm; energy lost to friction is recorded as a Pendulum Test Value (PTV) on a scale of 0 to 150.

HSE classifies any PTV below 25 as a high slip potential. 25–35 is moderate. A PTV of 36 or above, measured wet and dry with the correct reference slider, is the benchmark for a floor considered safe under normal use. Every report we produce in Oxfordshire is issued under our UKAS ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation (Lab 7933) — the method, the technician and the equipment are all independently audited.