This document discusses different types of flooring materials including soft flooring options like carpet and rugs, and hard flooring options like wood, stone, tile, vinyl and ceramic. It provides details on popular wood flooring styles, characteristics of various stone materials used for flooring, advantages of different tile and vinyl flooring options, and factors to consider for carpet like fiber material and texture.

1. Top Schools in Gudgao
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2. Types of Flooring
Interior Design
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3. Flooring Types
Soft
Flooring
Carpet
Rugs
Resilient
Hard
Flooring
Wood
Stone
Tile
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4. 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
• Parquet
– Small pieces arranged in different designs
– Pre-finished squares for easy installation
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6. Stone
• Marble
– Various colors depending on origin
– Verdigris (vər-də-grēs) : marbles that have a green
color
• Limestone: most common, usually white but
may have cloudy streaks
• Onyx: may have layers of colors or banding
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7. 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
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8. 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
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9. Ceramic Tile
• Bathrooms, kitchens, entryways
• Made from baked clay
• Durable, moisture resistant, easy to clean
• Can crack if not installed on even surface
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10. 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
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11. Resilient Floor Coverings
• Flooring with a semi-hard
surface that returns to its
original shape after
stress
• Warmer and quieter to
walk on
• Not quite as durable
• Vinyl and plastic laminate
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12. Vinyl
• Resists stains, affordable
• Sheet Vinyl
– 6, 9, 12 foot sheets
– Rotogravure (rō-tə-grə-vyu̇r)
• Top layer covered with clear coating
• Thin, tears easily
– Inlaid
• Colored chips make designs (heat,
pressure)
• Design all the way to backing
• Most durable of the vinyl
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13. Vinyl
• Vinyl Tiles
– 12 in. X 12 in.
– Sticky backing
– Place together like a puzzle
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14. 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
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15. Carpet Fibers
95% made of manufactured fibers
Nylon:
–most popular,
– durable,
– easy to
maintain,
– limited colors
Polypropylene (olefin):
– strong,
– nonabsorbent,
– resists stains and static,
– colorfast,
– cheap,
– crushes easily,
– limited colors,
– heat sensitive
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16. Carpet Fibers Cont.
Polyester blend (PET)
• made from recycled plastics,
• resists stains and fading
Acrylic:
• feels and looks like wool,
• low static level,
• resists mildew,
• subject to pilling school.edhole.com

17. Carpet Fibers Cont.
Wool:
• soft
• durable
• long lasting
• expensive
• moth sensitive
• shrinkage
• allergies
• hard to clean

18. Carpeting Textures / Categories
• Cut Pile
– Formal looking plush, velvet,
smooth, may flatten
• Saxony
– Similar to cut but yarns have
been twisted more giving less
formal appearance
• Frieze
– Informal, curly texture, shows
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19. Carpeting Textures / Categories
• Level Loop
– Loops are all same height, may have flecks of
darker color, durable
• Multi-level Loop
– Two or three loop heights, sculpted or
embossed effect, good in high traffic areas
• Cut and Loop Pile
– Sculptured effect from some looks cut and
some braided, very durable
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20. Backing or Cushion
• Extends life of carpet
• Shock absorber
• Less than ½” thick
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21. Laws
• Flammable Fabrics Act- Federal Govt.
protects consumers with regulations.
Must follow standards for fabrics, rugs,
carpets, mattresses
• Label must include:
– Fiber content and percentage
– Manufacturer
– Country of origin
– Care information
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