✔ Veneered (coated)
MODULE 1: FLOOR PLANS
A floor plan is a drawing to scale, showing a
view from above, of the relationships between
rooms, spaces, traffic patterns, and other
physical features at one level of a structure.
Dimensions are usually drawn between the
walls to specify room sizes and wall lengths.
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Things to consider:
✔ Line weights
✔ Furniture layout
✔ Appropriate hatches
✔ Door and window tags
✔ Drawing tags
✔ Dimensions
✔ Specifications
✔ Architectural Materials
✔ Pros and Cons of Materials
✔ Applications of Flooring Materials
✔ Common Problems involving these
flooring materials
STONE - Stone Finish is very expensive. This
material is common in public space inside the
house for aesthetic purposes. There are a lot of
textures to choose from based on the type of
stone installed.
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Common types of Stone Flooring:
✔ Marble
✔ Limestone
✔ Terrazzo
✔ Travertine
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Types of Stone Finish:
✔ Natural Cleft
✔ Polished
✔ Honed
✔ Flamed
✔ Sandblasted
✔ Leather Finished
✔ Split Face
✔ Veneer Stone
✔ Antiqued
TYPES OF FLOORING
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HARD FLOORING
☑ WOOD
☑ STONE
☑ TILE
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SOFT FLOORING
☑ CARPET
☑ RUGS
☑ RESILIENT
WOOD - Wood flooring 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
and can come in various styles, colors, cuts, and
species.
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Forms of Wood Flooring:
✔ Strip Flooring
✔ Random Plank
✔ Solid Wood
Natural Cleft Unique to slate & sandstones,
it has a slightly uneven surface that is still usable
for flooring. This finish cannot be created but
occurs naturally as the layers are quarried. One
side (back side) can be gauged to facilitate ease
of "thin set" installation. Some marbles, granites
and limestones are available with heavy clefting,
suitable for wall installations or paving purposes
only.
Grinding, sanding, and buffing produces a
high gloss, mirror-like surface. Polishing can be
done only on crystallized stones. A polished
finish doesn't affect the porosity of the stone.
This type of finish is used in reception areas,
where marble, granite and some harder
limestones are laid. The most popular uses of
polished stone are in; interior and exterior wall
cladding, Interior and exterior paving, Fireplace
facing and hearth, Lavatory tops, Residential &
Commercial counter tops, Table Tops etc.
This is a rough, but tidy look created by
applying a high-pressure blast of sand to the
stone's surface. A sandblasted finish creates a
finely textured surface ideal for use in trafficways. Applying a high-pressure jet of water
mixed with sand, this treatment softens the
color and characteristics of the original stone.
Grinding and sanding produces a smooth,
yet not glossy finish. This is best for low
maintenance, high traffic applications. Honed
finishes unlike polished finishes are not
reflective. The honed finish is a satin smooth
surface with little light reflection. • This finish is
often used on walking surfaces and other areas
where heavy traffic would wear off a polished
finish.
Available only in some varieties of
marble & granite, this finish gives the stone a
suede looks and feel. This texture is smooth and
slip resistant.
One of the most popular finishes for
external use where slip resistance is a concern.
It is produced by applying a high-temperature
flame to the surface of the stone which creates
thermal shock and causes the inherent crystals
to fracture, resulting in deeply textured surface
ideal for external surfaces. This finish is mainly
used on granites and will hide surface
imperfections and tone variations. In stone with
yellow shading such as Honey Jasper it oxidizes
the iron components and enriches the yellow to
making it pale orange/pink, this creates a rich,
dramatic effect in originally quiet colors.
Mainly used for cladding, this is
achieved by splitting stone either by hand or by
machine so that the surface exhibits a natural
quarry texture. It has a flat back and uneven
front surface and creates the uneven look of
protruding bricks. The surface evenness varies
with the stone and not all stones can be
obtained in split face finish.
✔ Quarry
✔Porcelain Tile
✔ Vinyl Tile
• Bathrooms, kitchens, entryways •
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Made from baked clay.
Durable, moisture resistant, easy to
clean.
Can crack if not installed on even
surface.
Any stone used as a decorative facing
material as wall cladding which is not meant to
be load-bearing. Veneer may be made from
different finishes, such as split face, cleft,
honed, polished, flamed or tumbled.
• More often on walls •
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Individual tiles mounted together to
keep together and make installation
easier.
Any stone used as a decorative facing
material as wall cladding which is not meant to
be load-bearing. Veneer may be made from
different finishes, such as split face, cleft,
honed, polished, flamed or tumbled.
Fired Earth/Clay
Warm brown to beige
TILES - A tile is a thin object usually square or
rectangular in shape. A tile is a manufactured
piece of hard-wearing material such as ceramic,
stone, metal, baked clay, or even glass, generally
used for covering roofs, floors, walls, or other
objects such as tabletops.
✔ Ceramic Tiles
✔ Ceramic Mosaic
✔ Mexican Tile