Flooring
Understanding the flooring
Flooring is a very important aspect that one should always consider very carefully before designing the house. Flooring should reflect you as an individual and the lifestyle that you family leads. A typical room surrounded by four walls can be transformed into a beautiful place to live in by simply designing it according to your personality .There are various type of flooring that are commonly done in residential or public area these days. Each floor has their own merits and demerits. This article will make you know about all the flooring that is commonly available and in what environmental conditions you should use it.
The selection of the floor from such a huge choice often becomes a problem but one should carefully keep in mind the following points before finalizing flooring.
Now if we start from the very early time, people used to have mud flooring, then came the muram flooring. Now coming to Brick flooring, this is quiet common in stores, godowns, and ware houses. Now coming to the most commonly used floorings.
Cement Concrete Flooring
This type of flooring is commonly used in residential as well as commercial buildings also. This is non-absorbent flooring and thus is very useful for water stores. It is quiet durable, easy to handle and pleasing in appearance. It possesses good wearing qualities.
Mosaic Flooring
This is quiet similar to cement concrete , the difference being that over the hard base concrete bed , a thick layer 5cm-6cm of lime surkhi mortar is spread in small areas. Tiles or marble pieces cut to the desired shapes are then put on this surface in desired pattern. This is again common flooring that people use in their houses.
Granite Flooring
Granite is a very hard volcanic rock that can withstand more pressure than marble, thus can be used for heavy usage. It is quite appropriate for kitchen counters m bathrooms. It comes in three four colors, thus one can choose the color according to the taste.
Marble Flooring
Marble is a natural and a metamorphic stone. It is a relatively soft stone. Marble flooring used to be only provided in place of worships and in public buildings having rich specifications but now they are the most common choice of every person. Marble is a stone that is generally polished and then used in flooring or other building work. It may be white in color or can be colored the size of the marble slabs to be used in flooring depends upon the pattern to be adopted. The slabs for normal works are square or rectangular in shape and their thickness varies from 20mm-40mm. This is a universal floor but it is quiet costly, it can be easily stained with anything so it should be taken care of carefully.
Timber flooring
This flooring is generally used in hilly areas where the climate is damp and wood is easily available and a cozy environment is to be created. There are a few different types of wood flooring available to you. The first and perhaps the oldest in existence is the "solid wood floor". These floors are generally 3/4" thick and can be purchased raw or pre-finished. The other style of wood flooring which is actually now becoming much more popular is the "engineered wood floor". The top layer is generally made out of oak, maple, cherry, etc. In this type of floor, prevention of dampness is taken to check the dampness from rising above.
Terrazzo Flooring
This type of flooring is becoming very common these days in offices, schools, residences. Terrazzo is a concrete surface with special aggregate of marble chips. This flooring is quiet attractive and has good wearing properties.
Laminate flooring
Laminate flooring consist of two layers, one is outer layer, a glued-on layer and an inner layer. Laminate flooring look like wooden flooring, some even has a look of marble and granite. From various brands come various patterns and styles that can easily be combined to create finished product that is unique. Laminate flooring gives the flexibility. Almost any wood patterned or lightly colored stone patterned laminate floor will give the opportunity to change the look of a room completely. Borders also change the look dramatically. But if you are putting borders in a small room that that is not right because due to furniture you will not be able to see any borders. But these borders will look very attractive and decent in big rooms.
Ceramic Flooring
Ceramics are inorganic, non-metallic materials that have been subjected to heat treatment. It is made with low fired clay that is either white or red. Material used is clay that contains a large amount of silicates. Ceramic tiles come in sizes from 1”X1” to 1’X 1’ or even larger .Tiles comes either glazed or unglazed. The first thing is to decide on is the overall look one wants. If you want a formal look, then one should use marble looking or glossy tiles. If you are planning to have a casual look, then you should go for a textured or stone looking tile.
Vinyl flooring
Vinyl tile is a simple, inexpensive way to cover a floor. Many tiles have a self-adhesive that only requires peeling off the backing and sticking them down. Tiles without the backing require spreading an adhesive over the floor with a notched trowel, then setting the tiles.
Flooring is a very important aspect that one should always consider very carefully before designing the house. Flooring should reflect you as an individual and the lifestyle that you family leads. A typical room surrounded by four walls can be transformed into a beautiful place to live in by simply designing it according to your personality .There are various type of flooring that are commonly done in residential or public area these days. Each floor has their own merits and demerits. This article will make you know about all the flooring that is commonly available and in what environmental conditions you should use it.
The selection of the floor from such a huge choice often becomes a problem but one should carefully keep in mind the following points before finalizing flooring.
- Flooring should be easy to maintain and clean
- It should be durable and inexpensive
- It should have a good appearance
- It should be noiseless and free from dampness
- Preferably it should be fire resistant
- The sub floor and under layment are the fundamental keys to have a level , stable floor
Now if we start from the very early time, people used to have mud flooring, then came the muram flooring. Now coming to Brick flooring, this is quiet common in stores, godowns, and ware houses. Now coming to the most commonly used floorings.
Cement Concrete Flooring
This type of flooring is commonly used in residential as well as commercial buildings also. This is non-absorbent flooring and thus is very useful for water stores. It is quiet durable, easy to handle and pleasing in appearance. It possesses good wearing qualities.
Mosaic Flooring
This is quiet similar to cement concrete , the difference being that over the hard base concrete bed , a thick layer 5cm-6cm of lime surkhi mortar is spread in small areas. Tiles or marble pieces cut to the desired shapes are then put on this surface in desired pattern. This is again common flooring that people use in their houses.
Granite Flooring
Granite is a very hard volcanic rock that can withstand more pressure than marble, thus can be used for heavy usage. It is quite appropriate for kitchen counters m bathrooms. It comes in three four colors, thus one can choose the color according to the taste.
Marble Flooring
Marble is a natural and a metamorphic stone. It is a relatively soft stone. Marble flooring used to be only provided in place of worships and in public buildings having rich specifications but now they are the most common choice of every person. Marble is a stone that is generally polished and then used in flooring or other building work. It may be white in color or can be colored the size of the marble slabs to be used in flooring depends upon the pattern to be adopted. The slabs for normal works are square or rectangular in shape and their thickness varies from 20mm-40mm. This is a universal floor but it is quiet costly, it can be easily stained with anything so it should be taken care of carefully.
Timber flooring
This flooring is generally used in hilly areas where the climate is damp and wood is easily available and a cozy environment is to be created. There are a few different types of wood flooring available to you. The first and perhaps the oldest in existence is the "solid wood floor". These floors are generally 3/4" thick and can be purchased raw or pre-finished. The other style of wood flooring which is actually now becoming much more popular is the "engineered wood floor". The top layer is generally made out of oak, maple, cherry, etc. In this type of floor, prevention of dampness is taken to check the dampness from rising above.
Terrazzo Flooring
This type of flooring is becoming very common these days in offices, schools, residences. Terrazzo is a concrete surface with special aggregate of marble chips. This flooring is quiet attractive and has good wearing properties.
Laminate flooring
Laminate flooring consist of two layers, one is outer layer, a glued-on layer and an inner layer. Laminate flooring look like wooden flooring, some even has a look of marble and granite. From various brands come various patterns and styles that can easily be combined to create finished product that is unique. Laminate flooring gives the flexibility. Almost any wood patterned or lightly colored stone patterned laminate floor will give the opportunity to change the look of a room completely. Borders also change the look dramatically. But if you are putting borders in a small room that that is not right because due to furniture you will not be able to see any borders. But these borders will look very attractive and decent in big rooms.
Ceramic Flooring
Ceramics are inorganic, non-metallic materials that have been subjected to heat treatment. It is made with low fired clay that is either white or red. Material used is clay that contains a large amount of silicates. Ceramic tiles come in sizes from 1”X1” to 1’X 1’ or even larger .Tiles comes either glazed or unglazed. The first thing is to decide on is the overall look one wants. If you want a formal look, then one should use marble looking or glossy tiles. If you are planning to have a casual look, then you should go for a textured or stone looking tile.
Vinyl flooring
Vinyl tile is a simple, inexpensive way to cover a floor. Many tiles have a self-adhesive that only requires peeling off the backing and sticking them down. Tiles without the backing require spreading an adhesive over the floor with a notched trowel, then setting the tiles.
| ©
Serene Interiors. All Rights Reserved (Terms
of Use) Developed and Managed by IndiaMART InterMESH Limited |
|