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RESILIENT FLOORINGit’s everywhere…
09650 Resilient Flooring• durable, ductile floor covering• ASTM F1700 (Resilient Floor Covering Standards)• Main types:• Cork• Linoleum• Vinyl• Rubber• Leather• Composite
main characteristics• stain resistant (with coating)• durable• comfortable• cheap• resistant to water• easy maintenance• disinfected easily
old school: cork• Used since the turn of the century• Takes 9 years to obtain• 4-12$ square foot• Tile sizes from 1/8 to 2 inches thick• Planks• Engineered backing • Tongue and Groove edges • Cushion layer
cork-acteristics• used for over 2000 years• comes from trees• unfinished or prefinished • needs 3 coats of urethane • has a memory• Portugal• glued, floating, nailed
Cork
linoleum • Patented in 1863 by
Fredrick Walton• Popular in Victorian
England• $3-25 square foot raw costs• biodegradable • sensitive to water• Oxodized linseed oil, pine
resin, wood flour• tiles or sheets• jute backing• hygienic, antistatic• many, many styles• Marmoleum
vinyl 1878, patented in 1913
3 types:• pure vinyl• vinyl• vinyl composition
products contain fillers:
• up to 1980’s contained asbestos
• mineral aggregate• pigments• plasticizers• stabilizers
info…• $1-10/sf, materials• glued• old style• how it’s made• manufacturers• mannington (more expensive)• congoleum (cheaper)
• low VOC• cushioned (thickness affects cost)• easy to make patterns• seam sealing
Rubber flooring• known to indigenous Americans prior to 1525• coagulated latex • tiles or rolls or preformed treads• natural or synthetic rubber• degraded by oil• coefficient of friction of .8 or higher• Needs regular buffing• $1-8 square foot
Rubber
Leather• very, very old flooring• $5-50 square foot• tiles cut from heavyweight skins• different shapes and sizes• natural colors or dyed• must be sealed• should be waxed on site 2-3 times• acquire patina with age
Leather
Leather
subflooring• typically directly adhered to concrete • thin layer of plywood for ease of removal
transitions and bases• www.roppe.com
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