civil engineering ppt on flooring.

1. PRESENTED BY AMEENA H HONYAL
TYPES OF FLOORING

2. FLOORING TYPES
Soft Flooring
Carpet
Rugs
Resilient
Hard Flooring
Wood
Stone
Tile

3. WOOD - MOST POPULAR
• Strip Flooring
• Tongue and groove
• Nailed to sub floor
• Pre-finished or unfinished
• Random Plank
• Wider than strips
• Screwed to sub floor
• covered with wood plugs

5. STONE
• Marble
• Various colors depending on origin
• Verdigris (v r-d -grēs)ə ə : marbles that have a green
color
• Limestone: most common, usually white but
may have cloudy streaks

6. STONE
• Terrazzo formed using marble or chipped stones
embedded in full concrete.
• artistic and very reliable
• best for outdoor spaces such as verandas or patios.
• strong but 50% chance of breakage at quarry

7. STONE
• Travertine: porous limestone used on floors or walls
• Comes from mineral springs
• Holes from escaping gas
• Holes filled with resin which may or may not be same color

8. CERAMIC TILE
• Bathrooms, kitchens, entryways
• Made from baked clay
• Durable, moisture resistant, easy to clean
• Can crack if not installed on even surface

9. OTHER TILES
• Ceramic Mosaic
• Individual tiles mounted together
to keep together and make
installation easier
• More often on walls
• Mexican
• Made from clay
• Shaped by hand
• Dried in sun
• Quarry
• Fired Earth/Clay
• Warm brown to beige

10. VINYL
• Vinyl Tiles
• 12 in. X 12 in.
• Sticky backing
• Place together like a puzzle

11. CARPET
• Insulates against drafts
• Decreases noise
• More comforting feel
• Quality
• Pile (nap): visible surface of carpet
• Density: how close the tufts are made together,
more important than depth
• Heat setting
• Twist
• Depth

12. CARPET FIBERS
• soft
• durable
• long lasting
• expensive
• moth sensitive
• shrinkage
• allergies
• hard to clean
Wool:

13. BACKING OR CUSHION
• Extends life of carpet
• Shock absorber
• Less than ½” thick

14. THANK YOU