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- 1. Construction Materials Typologies AndCost Wooden Flooring Submitted By :- Puru Sharma Rituparna Shristi Agarwal Shruti Kapoor Shailesh Vaishnav Shubhamkar Bapat
- 2. Wooden Flooring • Woodflooring is any product manufactured from timber that is designed for use as flooring, either structural or aesthetic. • Wood is a common choice as a flooring material due to its environmental profile, durability, and restorability, thus it provides value to many homeowners.
- 3. Laminate flooring • Laminateflooring is a compressed fibreboard plank, covered by a photographic image of wood, stone or tile, with a protective overlay. Application :- • Living areas • Study room • playrooms
- 4. • Some laminatefloors include a waterproof core, which manufacturers claim are suitable for bathrooms and kitchens. • Prices start at ₹250 per sq m, but the cheapest kinds are smooth and appear relatively unrealistic. • QuickStep (about 1120-2760 rupees per sq m) and Pergo (about 1500-4250 rupees per sq m).Also it gives more natural look and texture.
- 5. Merits and De-merits Merits:- • It’s cheap and hardwearing. • Click-lock designs are simple to install. • A wide variety of imitations of natural materials are available.
- 6. Merits and De-merits De-merits:- • Even the best laminate flooring won’t look or feel exactly like the real thing. • The joins wear over time, and once the surface is damaged it’s hard to fix. It’s easily swollen by moisture, and the damage can’t be repaired. • Poorly laid laminate is a turn-off for homebuyers.
- 7. Engineered Wood Flooring •Each floorboard consists of three or four layers of wood, glued together at right angles to create a plank around 14mm thick. • It has a real-wood veneer of around 4mm thick on top, which means it can be sanded back and treated to restore the original finish if it becomes scuffed, worn or damaged. • It can be used anywhere it won’t be exposed to water or a humid atmosphere. • It is time-consuming, fiddly and noisy to lay wood on stairs, and in some places it is hard to achieve a good finish – for instance, around toilet pans and pedestals. • Prices range from about 1600 rupees per sq m, to more than 14200 rupees per sq m for expensive woods.
- 8. Merits and De-merits Merits:- • The way it is constructed makes engineered wood flooring more stable than a piece of solid wood, and less prone to changes caused by a room’s temperature or humidity. • It is more attractive than laminate flooring and cheaper than comparable solid-wood planks.
- 9. Merits and De-merits •There are very few cons, but tongue-and-groove is harder to install than click-lock. • It can be a lot more expensive than laminate.
- 10. Solid Wood Flooring •Each board is made from a single piece of wood, typically 18-20mm thick. It is usually fitted using tongue-and-groove. • All types of wood have a hardness score, which indicates how easily they can be damaged, dented or worn by everyday wear and tear. • Solid wood flooring can be sanded back to restore the finish – the number of times is determined by how deep the tongue is set from the top of the board. • It can be used anywhere with a relatively constant atmosphere, particularly in hallways and living areas where you can show it off.
- 11. Merits and De-merits Merits:- •It looks fabulous and, provided it’s installed correctly, is an appealing feature if you decide to sell or let your home. De-merits:- • Solid wood flooring swells in damp conditions and shrinks in dry ones. • It’s the toughest to install because it has to be glued or nailed down, and fitting the individual boards together can be difficult because they change shape once they’ve been manufactured. • Highest price for entry-level products.
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- 17. METHOD OF FIXINGTHE WOODEN FLOORING FOR INTERIOR SPACES. I would like to explain the three main fitting method available in India: I. Floating II. Glued III.nailed
- 18. FLOATING The floating flooris a floor that is neither nailed nor glued to the sub floor. This floor might be laid over the sub floor after laying an appropriate underlay. It is not recommended for solid wood flooring. The floor board are small.
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- 20. GLUED Fully glued floorfitting is the most popular choice for fitting. In this fitting the board are placed directly on top. It is fitted on top of UFH(under floor heating). This will prevent existence of air pocket which might occur.
- 21. NAILED :- Nailingis the traditional method used to fit wooden floors. It is involves what is known in trade as ”secret nailing”. Means putting nails through the tongue of the wooden boards these nails are covered when the groove is butted up to the board.
- 22. Nailed floor canbe laid over timber battens, directly on to the timber floor joist after fitting a layer of plywood or an oriented strand board(OSB).
- 24. CONDITIONS TO PROVIDEWOODEN FLOORING: Wood floors should be installed at the final stage, prior to decoration. The boards should be laid lengthways towards the main incoming light source and, where possible, down the length of the room. It is the responsibility of the owner/installer, to determine that all internal conditions are stable and suitable for the installation of the flooring.
- 25. To accommodatethe natural expansion and contraction movement of wood 15mm expansion joints are required around the entire perimeter of the area to be fitted. This includes doorways and fireplaces. 5mm expansion gap is provided between the wooden boards / planks. The building must be completely enclosed i.e. doors and windows should be installed . All the wet construction elements like concrete ,plastering , etc. should be completed and thoroughly dried before the wooden flooring is provided.
- 26. permanent heating andair conditioning systems should be operating at least five days preceding installation to promote proper acclimation and should be maintained during and after installation. Appropriate humidity and temperature should be achieved inside the building . Basements and crawl spaces should be dry .
- 27. Acclimating the woodflooring is necessary because there may be chances of excessive expansion, shrinkage, dimensional distortion or structural damage of the wooden boards and planks.
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