Failed slip test on a tender or build: rectify and retest
A failed slip test on a tender or build is a rectification job: send the report, get an opinion on the floor — we recommend whichever treatment works on that covering — quote the works, do them across Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, and arrange a retest.
AS 4586 names the material. AS 4663 measures the floor.
Slip resistance testing for a builder is two conversations that get collapsed into one line item. Keep them apart in the price, or the first failed pendulum reading becomes a variation you never wrote.
AS 4586 slip rating — new materials
AS 4586 classifies new pedestrian surface materials. The wet-pendulum method produces a P-rating (P0 through P5). Some specifications also name an oil-wet ramp class (an R-rating). Those two methods are not interchangeable, and neither is an on-site reading of the finished covering. A tile or vinyl that carries an AS 4586 slip rating in a data sheet has been classified as a material. It has not been tested as your floor.
AS 4663 — on-site pendulum testing
AS 4663 is the measurement of existing pedestrian surfaces. Once the covering is down, the usual tender requirement is an on-site wet-pendulum test of that floor: locations, slider, conditions, and a P-rating for each spot. Installation residue, sealer, grout haze and the wrong first clean all sit between a product classification and that reading. The document that comes back is a slip test report, not a contractor works docket.
What the spec is actually asking for
Tender documents often write an AS 4586 P-rating as the required classification — P3, P4, P5, or a mix by room. HB 198 and the NCC are where location types get recommended ratings; if the spec names one, use that figure. If it only says “slip resistance testing”, ask which standard, which locations, and which P-rating the floor is supposed to meet. Guessing a class in the price does not make it the right one.
What to include in the builder price
A slip resistance testing builder line should cover four things: the test visit, the report, access, and a rectification contingency if the floor fails. Testing and reporting are a measurement. Access is how that measurement happens on a live site. The contingency is what you do when the pendulum comes in below the specified rating.
SlipRectify is the contractor side of that last item. We do not run a testing laboratory. We read the result you already have — or the scope you are pricing — write a rectification opinion, quote the works, and carry them out across Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. A retest after those works is a separate measurement.
Quote turnaround
Quotes come back once you send the scope. We do not publish a turnaround figure. Price follows the opinion: locations, the P-rating named in the spec, the covering if you know it, and anything about access. If a failed AS 4663 report already exists, send the PDF. If the floor is still a line in a tender, use the contact form and describe the rooms. Prefer to talk? Call 1300 207 915.
If the question is what happens after a fail — not how to price the test — start at what to do after a failed slip test. A floor that has to be measured before practical completion is on slip test before handover.
Questions that usually come next
What do I do after a failed slip test on a tender or build?
A failed slip test on a tender or build is a rectification job: send the report, get an opinion on the floor — we recommend whichever treatment works on that covering — quote the works, do them across Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, and arrange a retest.
What slip testing belongs in a builder tender?
Slip testing in a builder tender is the on-site AS 4663 pendulum measurement of the installed floor, plus the report, access, and a rectification contingency if the floor fails. An AS 4586 product classification is not that on-site measurement.
What is the difference between AS 4586 and AS 4663?
AS 4586 classifies new pedestrian surface materials; AS 4663 measures existing pedestrian surfaces on site with the pendulum. A tender that names an AS 4586 slip rating is naming a material classification. Proving the finished floor is a different visit.
What is an AS 4586 slip rating?
An AS 4586 slip rating is a classification of a new pedestrian surface material — usually a P-rating from the wet pendulum — not an on-site measurement of the installed floor. R-ratings come from a different method and are not interchangeable with P-ratings.
What should a builder include in the price for slip resistance testing?
A builder price for slip resistance testing should include the test visit, the report, access to the floor, and a contingency for rectification if the result is below the specified rating. Leaving out the contingency is how a passed product sample becomes an unpriced failed floor.
How quickly do quotes come back for slip testing in a tender?
Quotes come back once you send the scope. We do not publish a turnaround figure. Send the locations, the P-rating named in the spec, and the covering if you know it — or call 1300 207 915.
More short answers — failed reports, works vs retest, who SlipRectify is — are on the FAQ.
Send the scope. We will quote the rectification line.
Locations, the named P-rating, and the covering if you know it. If a report already exists, send the PDF. We work across Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Or call 1300 207 915.