Floor Finishes In A Commercial Building

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Floor finishes in a commercial building. How abrasion resistant it is do not use soft quick wearing finishes in areas with heavy foot traffic. Summery of floor finishes for commercial building. When compared with residential concrete floors commercial concrete floors usually have greater demands placed on them in terms of performance and durability. Stains dyes and textures can also be added to enhance the surface s look.

They often need high performance finishes or coatings so they can withstand heavy foot traffic abrasion and stains and to make them easier to maintain. Understand the basics in the design specification and building of commercial concrete flooring. Marble and wood have low abrasion resistance for example and granite and cement tiles have high abrasion resistance. There are five basic categories of floor finish ingredients 1 polymer emulsions 2 film formers 3 modifiers 4 preservatives and 5 water.

Polished concrete floor finishes are charming with their marble like gloss. We know that durable flooring is paramount for any high traffic commercial or industrial environment. Surface finish with commercial or industrial floors a hard troweled surface is the most common finish but beware of air entrained concrete when hard troweling can lead to delaminated surfaces. Floor finishes in commercial and institutional uses make considerable use of synthetic fibre carpeting and vinyl composition tile in areas of higher traffic harder surfaces may be used for example cut stone tiles of marble or granite ceramic tile applied with epoxy adhesive to the substrate or terrazzo terrazzo is made in two ways traditional and thin set.

How slippery or smooth it is.