Flooring and Finishes in Housekeeping Department
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FLOORS AND FLOOR FINISHES
Factors of selection of flooring:
•Aesthetic appeal
•Comfort
•Durability
•Life Expectancy
•Safety
•Ease Of Cleaning
•Cost
CHOOSING FLOORING
Classification Of Floorings
Floors
Hard Finishes Semi-Hard Finishes Soft
Marble Cork Carpets
Sandstone Rubber
Brick Linoleum
Wood P.V.C
Stone Vinyl Asbestos
Concrete
Ceramic
By degree of porosity
Floors
Porous Semi-Porous Non-Porous
Wood Vinyl Ceramic
Cork Linoleum Stone
Magnesite Rubber Marble
By origin of materials
Vegetable Plastic Stone
Wood Rubber Marble
Cork Thermoplastic Concrete
Linoleum Bitumastic Slate
Magnesite
Cementatious Flooring:
-- Granolithic-
These flooring can be placed in situ. It has Granite chips,
can be used near laundry areas, cloakrooms (entrances) & entrances of the hotels.
-- Terrazo-
It has marble chips, different colours
can be placed in situ or precast tiles if the marble chips are bigger
Used in areas like lobby/ decorative areas
Ceramic tiles -- Quarry (clay)
Base is clay, Size available- 10, 15, 23 cm Square.
available in browns, red, blues.these tiles form an impervious, hard wearing surface used in kitchen areas, cloak rooms
-- Tessellated tiles are small ceramic tiles often used as mosaics, giving a highly decorative floor (Tumbled mosaic).
Ceramic tiles with hard glaze & a wide range of colors can also be used as more decorative flooring.
Natural Stone: Kota, Marble, Granite, Red sand-stone, Quartzite & slate. Widely found in churches public buildings, institutions, etc.,
Laid on screened concrete sub floor & bedded in a mortar or cement grout.
Bitumastic : It is with gravel, joint less flooring with asphalt content. It absorbs water & is not s very resilient flooring.
Magnesite: combination of burnt magnesite & sore wood flour. Laid in situ in the form of small blocks. Extremely porous, harmed by water, chemicals.
Italian Marble
Verde Alpi Issogne Verde Guatemala
Statuarietto Statuario Extra
Thassos
Thassos
Rosso Verena, Verena red
Rosso Levanto
Rosa Norvegia,
Norwegian Rose Contd…
Perlino Bianco
Noir St. Laurent
Noir St. Laurent Giallo Reale
Fior Di Pesco Carnico Crema Valencia Calacatta Gold, Calacatta
Oro
Botticino Fiorito Botticino Classico Bianco Venatino Contd.
Bianco Carrara D
Bianco Carrara C
Arabescato Vagli
Types of wood
Wood Flooring
Hard Wood Soft Wood
•Soft wood was used as sub floors for rooms.
•Wood can be used as sheets, patterns, tiles.
• Wood cannot be used in wet areas of the guestrooms
Wood Flooring
•Strip Wood Flooring•Consists of lengths of hard wood strips less than 10 cm wide.
•The strips are fixed to joists or to timber insets in concrete.
•Has resilience and is very suitable for ballroom floors, gymnasia etc.
•Wood Block FlooringConsists of either hard or soft wood blocks often laid in a herringbone pattern or panels about 45 cm square.
Parquet FlooringConsists of rectangular pieces of wood (23x 7.6 cm and less than 10 mm thick).
Patterns
Patterns Of Parquet Flooring
Designs and Sizes Of Parquet Flooring
Linoleum: combination of powdered cork, resins, linseed oil & pigments, put on a jute canvas & subjected to heat & pressure. Further treatment given to harden it. Can be used in places like linen rooms, offices.
Rubber: responsible for sound insulation, gets damaged by heat application, sunlight. Used in areas like bars,entrance halls, etc.
Thermoplastic: combination of Asphalt & have inert fillers & pigments, can be found in sheet form, tile. Used in bathrooms, corridors, offices.
Shades Of Vinyl Flooring
Maintenance and Care
Daily Cleaning
Special Cleaning
Maintenance/Upkeep
Sealing
Finishing
Stripping