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FLOORINGS
FLOOR
Structural component made to provide a
level surface
STRUCTURE OF A FLOOR.
The floor is divided into three
components
Sub floor, base course or floor base
Floor covering or simply, flooring
Requirements
Adequate strength and stability
Adequate fire resistance
Sound insulation
Damp resistance
Thermal insulation
SUBFLOOR
The floor under the
flooring is called
thesubfloor.
This provides the
support
for the
flooring.
Special purpose
subfloors
likefloating
floors,raised floors
orsprung floorsmay
be laid upon another
underlying subfloor
which provides the
FLOORING
Flooringis the general term
UPPER FLOORS
TYPES
Jack arch floors
Reinforced cement concrete floors
Filler joists floors
Precast concrete floors
Timber floors
Ribbed or hollow tiled floors
Jack arch
Timber floors
FLOORING MATERIALS
The choice of material for floor covering
SELECTION OF FLOORING
MATERIAL
depends upon below factors:
Initial Cost
Appearance
Cleanliness
Durability
Damp Resistance
Sound Insulation
Thermal Insulation
Fire Resistance
Smoothness
Hardness
Maintenance
SOFT
COVERINGS
Carpetis a floor covering
woven or felted from natural
or man-made fibre.
WOOD
FLOORING
RESILIENT FLOORING
Resilientflooring is
made of material
that has some
elasticity.
It includes many
different
manufactured
products
includinglinoleum,
sheetvinyl,vinyl
composition tile
(VCT),cork(sheet
or tile),rubber, and
Cork flooring
Cork is the outer bark of cork oak trees
TILES FLOORING
Square, hexagonal
MOSAIC FLOORING
EXAMPLES OF MOSIAC
FLOORING
SEAMLESS CHEMICAL
FLOORING
Many different seamless
MARBLE FLOORING
MARBLE FLOORING
BRICK FLOORING
Such a flooring is used in low cost
BRICK FLOORING
GLASS FLOORING
STONE FLOORING
RUBBER FLOORING
SUSTAINABLE FLOORING
Sustainable flooring is produced from
FLOORING TOOLS
Special tools used for flooring
include:
Flooring clamp, a clamp
fortongue-and-groovefloors
while nailing
Knee kicker, used to position
carpets precisely and stretch
small areas, like steps
Concrete moisture meterused
to check a concrete floor before
laying flooring on top
FLOOR FEATURES
There are a number of special features that may be
used toornamenta floor or perform a useful
service:
Floor medallionsdecorative centrepieces of a floor
design
Doormatsto help keep a floor clean
Gratingsused to drain water or to rub dirt off shoes
Tactile or rumble strips to warn of for instance a
wheelchair ramp, these would normally also be
distinctively coloured or patterned.
Light strips to show an escape route out, especially
on airplanes.
Mouldingsor
baseboardsto
decorate the
sides of a floor or
to cover the edge
of a floating floor.
Anti-Slip
DevicesThe
addition of either
granular or
rubberized
particles that will
allow wheels,
shoes, or feet