Design 138 #1
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Resilient Floors:
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stain resistant
easily cleaned and maintained
broad color range
economical price
smooth surface for easy walking
resilient
water resistant - Resilient floor topset base
- like a baseboard, sits on top of the product
- Resilient floor types
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tile
sheet vinyl
linoleum - Vinyl Composition Tile (VCT)ingredients
- binders, fillers, pigments
- Solid Vinyl Tile
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not all vinyl
lower percentage of filers and higher percentage of PVC - Pure vinyl Tile
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homogeneous
very few fillers if any
color is pure throughout and resistant to abrasive wear - Rubber tiles
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pure rubber
most costly and most wear resistant
sound resistant good muffling of noise
recovers easily from spills, burns, and gouges
maintenance is very minor - Linoleum
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first resilient sheet flooring
composed of linseed oil, rosins, and powdered sawdust and binders
truly sustainable product
applied in sheet form
does not do well in wet environments - Inlaid
- wear layer composed of vinyl chips for color and patter that goes to the backing
- Rotovinyl
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made from rotogravure process the combines photography and printing.
A photographic print layer is convered by a pure vinyl wear layer - positive qualities of ceramic and stone flooring
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stain resistance
easily cleaned and maintained
broad color range
natural material
water resistant
load bearing but not resistant to sharp impacts - Negative qualities of ceramic stone floors
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hard surface for walking
subject to cracking and breakage
can be very costly
some maintenance problems with mildew and mold, especially in grout joints - ceramic and stone options
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hand made
matte or glossy
slip resistance
many sizes and shapes - Dust process
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forces clay into molds and bakes it at a very high temperature to form a bisque
the bisque tile is then glazed and fired a second timeat a lower temp to fuse the glaze to the tile - Extruded process
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made by forcing clay through a die.
It forms a curder, more hand made looking tile
can be glazed in the same manner as the dust process - Ceramic tile
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any fired tile product
composed of its "body" or basic clay composition and its "glaze" is the surface of the tile that gives its color and texture - Porcelain Tile
- ceramic tile made from dry pressed porcelain clay resulting in a dense, impervious, fine grained and smooth with sharply formed face
- ceramic mosaic and porcelain ceramic mosaic tiles
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intefrally colored, but may also be glazed
tiles are fired at a very high temperature, very dense and colored throughout
impervious, stain proof, dent proof and frost proof - Stone Flooring
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dramatic effect
highly durable floor surface
meaning of stone flooring is associated with timelessness, institutional strength and wealth - most commonly used flooring types
- marble, granite, slate and travertine
- Travertine
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porous limestone material
holes can be filled with cement or epoxy to create a smooth surface - Terrazo flooring
- stone flooring with chips of marble or granite
- Terrazzo flooring positive qualities
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extremely durable
appearance of elegance
flexible design potential due to poured format
stain resistance
easily cleaned and maintained - Terrazzo drawbacks
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costly to install
difficult to make minor changes in layout or to repair
difficult to match colors
does not guarantee a seamless appearance - Field Tile
- primary tile used to cover a wall or floor area
- Ceramic Mosaic tile
- ceramic tile with a surface area of less than 6 sq. in. and may be porcelain or natural clay composition and are usually less than 3/8" thick
- Quarry Tile
- tile made from the extrusion process from shale or natural clays and are usually 6" square or more and can be glazed or unglazed
- Paver Tile
- ceramic tile with surface area greater than 6 sq. in.
- Glazed Tile
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ceramic tile with a fused facial finish composed of ceramic materials
glaze is essentially a liquid form of colored glass that provides color and texture
prevents staining of ceramic tile - Vitreous tiles
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non-water absorption between 3% and .5%
can be used outdoors - White Body
- fequently "dust press" method with glazed surface, fired twice
- Porcelain
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fine clay fired at very high temperature
(sinks, toilets, tubs) - Ceramic
- fine clay, high firing temperature
- Mosaic
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form of ceramic with small units
defined by its size cannot be more than 6 sq in - Quarry
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fine clays, uniform, fired at high temperatures
used in commercial kitchens and lobbies - Basic types of wood flooring
- plank, strip, prefinished, parquet, cork, specialized, laminate