Notes Chapter 14 Creating Interior Backgrounds: Floors

Name ______Date ______Period ______

By Evelyn Lewis and Carolyn Turner

Floors walls, and ceilings create ______for furnishings and accessories in rooms. They also hide construction details and provide insulation.

Floor Treatment

• ______ consist of flooring materials and floor coverings.

• Consider its ______, and maintenance.

Flooring Materials

• ______are materials that are used as the ______of a floor.

• Common flooring materials include______.

Wood Floors

• Wood has some resilience and is durable, but can be ______.

• The ______is moderate to high, depending on the type & quality of wood chosen.

• ______are typically more expensive than softwoods.

Hardwoods

● Hard maple ●

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• Oak is the most common hardwood because of it is smooth, strong, and hard.

• Hard maple is also common because it is smooth, strong, and hard.

Softwood:

● Southern Yellow Pine ● Douglas Fir

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• Types of wood floor installation (Unfinished solid wood and Pre-finished engineered wood flooring).

• Installing unfinished solid wood

a. Give time to adjust to the house environment.

b. This wood will expand and contract during fluctuations in humidity and temperature.

Engineered Wood

• ______and, therefore, already sanded and stained.

• Can be installed over ______subfloors.

• ______floors, require a plywood underlayment with installed over concrete.

• Will withstand moisture.

Strip flooring

• The planks or the sheets are tongued and grooved so they can be laid down on the floor with no gaps.

• This floor is more durable, more resistant to marking and more colorful.

Plank

Wood flooring in widths of ______.

Parquet Flooring

• Consists of ______which are laid down individually in a pattern. ______is the most common pattern.

• This type of flooring is often referred to a ______.

• ______, such as alternate plank and parquetry.

Wood finishes of polyurethane, plastic, wax, and oil make the task of maintaining wood floors easy. They protect the wood from moisture, stains, and wear.

Tile

Tile is a ______

______that is available in a wide range of sized, colors, finishes, and patterns.

Residential Tile Choices

• Ceramic

______is a flat piece of fired clay coated with a protective glaze. ______is the substance that fill the space between the tiles.

Often used in baths and kitchens and come in various sizes. Originated in Egypt about 4700 B.C.

Moisture resistant, durable, easy to clean, but ______

• Porcelain

Porcelain tile is the ______ceramic tile made. ______temperatures and can therefore be used indoors and outdoors.

More ______than ceramic tile.

• Natural Stone

a. limestone b. Granite c. Slate d. Travertine e. Marble

• Quarry

It’s made of ______that has been mixed and fired, or baked at a high temperature. Resists ______

______

● Limestone

Limestone comes from ______which cause limestone to be porous.

Taupe White Gray

Light & dark brown Gold or light green veins

● Travertine

Travertine-______that can be used on floors or walls.

GRANITE Almost any color

MARBLE Almost any color

Concrete

• ______durable.

• Smooth or textured surface.

• It can be ______if stood or walked on for long periods of time.

• It is often used in large ______and utility rooms.

• It can be painted, stained or treated to be attractive.

Brick

• Brick floors are beautiful, durable, and costly.

Ceramic Mosaic

• Individual tiles mounted together on a sheet to help keep

• them together and make installation easier.

Mexican

• Made from ______.

• Shaped by hand which results in ______.

• ______and often have prints of leaves, animals, etc., that fall into or step into the drying tile.

Vinyl Flooring

• one of the best ______.

• resists many stains, ______.

• durable and easy to clean

• comes in ______

• can have no-wax finish with built in luster

Asphalt

• Is the least expensive resilient covering.

• It can be damaged by grease or dented so it may not be good for kitchens but it is a good cover for concrete floors

Rubber

• resists denting and most stains

• is quiet and easy to walk on

• often used in hospital for “static

• electricity” reduction

Cork

• Environmentally GREEN …

• Quiet and comfortable easily damaged

• Not stain- or grease- resistant

• Best used on area of light traffic

Floor Coverings

Carpets & rugs

Wall-to-Wall Carpeting

Room-Size Rug

Area Rug

Resilient Floor Covering

• Floor treatments that are generally ______

______.

• ______come in lots of colors, patterns, and textures.

• Either in ______. Little or no waxing is needed.

Laminate

· ______.

· Easy to clean, comfortable for walking, good sound absorption.