How to rectify a failed slip test

Clean and chemicals. Anti-slip treatment. Grind. Replace. We name one path, write a scope you can take to another contractor, and quote Premrest to do the works if you choose us.

Path 01

Clean and chemicals

Polish build-up, the wrong detergent, a film from a “shine” product, or a contaminant the tester noted. If the substrate already has the texture the area needs, the first move is the cleaning regime — not a coating.

Path 02

Anti-slip treatment

A chemical etch on a mineral floor, or a treatment system on resilient sheet. Used when the surface is sound and the gap is one or two classes, not when the tile is glass-smooth and the area is a kitchen.

Path 03

Grind

Mechanical texture on concrete or stone that will not hold a treatment, or where a film keeps coming back. It changes the floor you already have. It is not a polish.

Path 04

Replace

When the installed material cannot reach the handbook class, or when every treatment would be a short life. New material is specified to the target P class. That is a flooring job, not a wipe-on.

Opinion first. A scope you can take elsewhere. Then a quote.

We will not send a menu of brand names and ask you to pick. The report plus the area type plus the photos is enough to name a path in most cases. If it is not, we will say what we still need — a closer photo, the substrate, whether the tester wet the floor or found residue.

The written opinion includes a scope of works you can print or forward to another contractor for a second quote. That is deliberate. Premrest has built a business on long-standing, honest, trustworthy relationships — you are not obliged to use us.

Then the works, nationally — if you choose us

Premier Restorations quotes the path and can carry out the works across Australia. We are not a referral broker. After the works, a retest is a separate visit and a separate record. We do not roll the retest into the works report and call the job “compliant”.

What the paper trail is

  • Your original fail PDF — still the measurement of record until something new is tested.
  • Our rectification opinion and take-away scope of works — what we think should be done, written so another contractor can price it.
  • Our quote — Premrest’s price to do those works, if you want us.
  • A works report if we do the job — what was done, where, and with what system. Not a compliance certificate.
  • A retest report if you order one — a new in-situ result. Not a compliance certificate.

Send the failed slip report for the opinion and take-away scope. What a failed AS 4663 slip test means if you still need the P-gap named. If you are still pricing the job, slip testing for tenders is the page. If the floor is in and the test is the close-out, use slip test before handover.

Send the fail report

Upload the PDF. We come back with a rectification opinion, a scope of works you can take to another contractor, and a Premrest quote if you want us to do the job. Call 1300 207 915 if the deadline is tight.