Knightcott Surface Solutions
UK Pendulum manufacturer · Since 2011

The British Pendulum, built and backed by a family who've made them since 2011.

Knightcott Surface Solutions designs and manufactures Pendulum slip-resistance testers in the UK — and calibrates, services and tests with them. One of the country's only true manufacturers, led by the Secretary of the UK Slip Resistance Group.

Calibration to BS EN 16165:2021Road testing to EN 13036-4Conformity certs with every unit
KSS Pendulum slip-resistance tester
Model · KSS Pendulum
Manufactured in Banwell, UK
WEMBLEY STADIUMBIRMINGHAM INT'L AIRPORTHSE NORTHERN IRELANDNHSTOTTENHAM HOTSPUR FCEAST MIDLANDS AIRPORTNEXUSPOLYFLORALTROFORBO FLOORINGKARNDEANAMTICO WEMBLEY STADIUMBIRMINGHAM INT'L AIRPORTHSE NORTHERN IRELANDNHSTOTTENHAM HOTSPUR FCEAST MIDLANDS AIRPORTNEXUSPOLYFLORALTROFORBO FLOORINGKARNDEANAMTICO
What do you need to do?

Three ways we keep floors safe — and proven.

Most people arrive needing one of three things. Pick your route; each one leads straight to the right team, no hunting through menus.

KSS Pendulum kit in its wheeled flight case
For labs, surveyors & flooring firms

Buy a Pendulum

A complete, hand-built UK kit in a wheeled flight case — sliders of your choice, calibration certificate, conformity certificates and free training at our on-site training facility. Built to last a working lifetime.

See what's included
Pendulum measuring scale
For anyone who owns a Pendulum

Calibrate & service

Annual calibration is required to stay compliant — on every make and model, not just ours. Quick in-house turnaround with full traceable certification to keep your downtime to a minimum.

Book a calibration
On-site floor slip testing
For building owners & specifiers

Get your floor tested

Don't want to own a Pendulum? We come to you. Independent on-site slip testing — or send samples to our lab — with a clear digital report for compliance sign-off and handover.

Arrange a floor test
Trusted where slips aren't an option
Venues, transport & infrastructure
Wembley StadiumBirmingham AirportEast Midlands AirportHealth & Safety Executive NINHSTottenham Hotspur FCNexus
The companies that make the flooring
PolyflorAltroForbo FlooringKarndeanAmtico

When the firms that manufacture the world's flooring use your services — that's the reference that matters.

The recurring backbone

Whatever the badge, we can calibrate it.

Every Pendulum needs calibrating each year to stay compliant — any make or model, ours or not. Send yours to our Banwell factory from anywhere in the world and our engineers turn it around fast, with traceable certification to BS EN 16165:2021.

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ALL
MAKES & MODELS
SERVICED IN-HOUSE
Why Knightcott

A manufacturer, not a middleman.

We design and manufacture our Pendulums right here in the UK. Because we build them ourselves, we can stand behind every reading — repairing, recalibrating and providing professional training on the very instruments we make — which is also why our floor-testing reports carry real weight.

EST.
Family-run since 2011 — over a decade of building and standing behind Pendulum testers.
UKSRG
Our Director serves as Secretary of the UK Slip Resistance Group — the body whose guidance the industry tests against.
STD.
Calibration traceable to BS EN 16165:2021; testing to British & European standards. Conformity certificates with every unit.
REACH
Equipment and on-site testing supplied across the UK and worldwide; recalibration accepted from anywhere.
Meet the team →
KSS Pendulum and full accessory kit
Talk to the makers

Tell us about your floor, your tester, or your project.

Unit 7, Knightcott Industrial Estate, Banwell, UK