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Floor Finishes
Floor Finishes
Brick
MARBLE Brick is the oldest human
FLOOR FINISH
This is the best know of all the stone manufactured flooring material,
TYPES:
floorings and is available in wide and its use dates back
Stone range of colors and textures .Marble thousands of years. Terracotta Glass floors are
Concrete is primarily crystallized limestone. It tiles only in thickness and shapemade with
Terrazzo may have a banded(serpentine ) transparent glass
they are usually not glazed and
pattern or may be mottled. Marble is when it is useful to
Vitreous/ Ceramic are porous.
durable, but lighter colors yellow with view something from
Flooring Glazed ceramic
CONCRETE
age . above or below;
tiles/clay tiles whereas translucent
. Concrete floors are often
Quarry tiles glass is used when
found in utility areas or
Mosaic areas that will receive a there is no need to
Brick great deal of traffic from view through. In
Terracotta tiles heavy equipment ,Lodging Vitreous/ceramic flooring either case,
Pavers properties often have Ceramic tiles are beautiful, Resin flooring toughened glass is
Magnesite / Oxychloride concrete floors in parking tough and enduring floor These are composed usually
of chosen,
synthetic for
resins, its
areas, garages and and wall covering material.usually epoxy, durability
polyester, or and
polyurethane,
Resin flooring
exhibition areas Apart from its very with appropriate resistance
hardness. Vinyl to
or marble
Terrazzo chips may be included breakage
to give a . more
Terrazzo is a composite presentable look, it is
resistant to almost all of decorative flooring ,resembling terrazzo
material, poured in place or
the common sources of .polyurethane flooring are the most
precast, which is used for
wear endured by quality common of this type ,and give an
floor and wall treatments. It A carpet is a textile Pavers
flooring. extremely heavyduty,hard surface.
consists of marble, quartz, floor covering typically these are tiles that resemble
granite, glass or other consisting of an upper layer natural quarry tiles. These are
suitable chips, sprinkled or of pile attached to a produced by compression and
unsprinkled, and poured backing. The pile was are available in a wide range of
with a binder that is traditionally made from colours and are used either for
cementitious, chemical, or a wool, but, since the 20th appearance or for heavy-duty
combination of both. century, synthetic fibers applications such as in
such as polypropylene, nylon driveways
or polyester are often used,
as these fibers are less
expensive than wool
GAUTAM BUDDHA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE SUBMITTED TO- AR. ANJALI VERMA
SUBMITTED BY- LIZA (15/AR/006)