Guest Lecture

Homogenous resilient sheet and tiles:

  • from front to back its the same product

  • non directional patterns

  • Medium and high traffic areas

  • easier to maintain

  • smooth, slip-rsesisstant

  • Static/1 dissipative flooring: people like healthcare workers walk along the floor, static charges and the flooring dissipates it.

Hetergenous

  • layered product

  • PUR surface treatement, wear laterm high-reso design layer, glass fiber layer, compact layer

  • starts at 2mm thick, sheet, tile, and plank, wood stone, and abstract oatters iffer uniqye desugns, klight mid, and high traffic areas

  • wear layers range from 5 mils to 32 mils, smooth and slip0resistant

  • resilient flooring can contribute to noise reduction — can get 15 to 19 dbs

  • You cant use carpet flooring as its not up to code?

  • stair treads, nosings, safe-T first




if you store a roll of materials horizontally, it can compress and damage the current flooring… Should always be vertical

it is the GC’s responibility to level the flooring

we dont use markers on the flooring because

acrylic is basic water adhesive

polyurethane— stinky, chemical reaction—- you pour something into a pail—-


linolium is a natural product

  • has sustainability, doesnt belong everywhere

  • liniolium and grit are not friends

  • because its natural,

  • You can never weld, when you heat them up youll get a thermal fuse weld.

  • rubber and vinyl cant be welded



ask for clamping drain

ultro- they have a safety floor in their bakery