Resilient flooring is usually a mixture of fillers, binders, and color. Filler materials can include synthetic fibers, ground wood or limestone, and mineral fillers, such as asbestos.
The material that binds the mixture together is either asphalt (asphaltum) or resin.
There are six main types of resilient flooring:
1. linoleum,
2. asphalt,
3. vinyl (composition and solid),
4. rubber,
5. wood, and
6. cork.
Roll flooring comes in the form of large sheets of material. One sheet either covers the floor completely or, if the floor is very large, two or more sheets are used to cover it with heat welding to waterproof the seams. If a floor is covered with sheet flooring, you will see just one or two long seams where the sheets meet.
If a floor is covered with square tiles, you will see many cracks or seams where the tiles meet each other. In either case, there should not be large open spaces between each tile that could allow moisture in. Each type surface has benefits and challenges. One key point to remember is that they must be protected from moisture getting under the surface through breaks or damage.
Vinyl Flooring :
Each material that constitutes the vinyl flooring possess certain inbuilt properties that are the final property of the flooring. types of vinyl flooring ---
Poly Vinyl Chloride (PVC)
Fillers
Vinyl Sheet Flooring
Vinyl Tile Flooring
Rubber Flooring :
This type of flooring consists of natural rubbers that are also accompanied by many filling compounds. The rubber as a raw material itself is highly expensive, which make this method more expensive.
These flooring systems are available in tiles as well as sheets. The rubber flooring is carried out on an even floor. This installation can be carried out only by specialized people.
There are two types of rubber flooring:
Homogeneous rubber tile having uniformity in color throughout the tile thickness
Laminated rubber tile that has pattern and colors only in the wear layer.
Linoleum Flooring :
The linseed oil that is obtained from the flax plant is the primary material of linoleum. The oil is oxidized which later is combined with following materials to impart the respective properties:-
Natural resin
Powdered rock for flexibility
limestone for hardness and strength
Pigments and wood flour for color fastness
Fiber backing is undergone for dimensional stability
Cork Flooring :
The cork oak trees that are grown in the Mediterranean regions give the cork material for the flooring. The outer layer of the cork oak trees is taken for this purpose. After every nine years, the bark loses and it is taken away from the tree.
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