Category: Ground and Upper Floors

High quality marble slabs in the required sizes and colours are available in the market. The construction procedure is same as that of mosaic flooring except that marble slabs or pieces are used instead of mosaic tiles or pieces. This type of flooring is preferred when sanitation and cleanliness are required as in the case…

Asphalt floorings are of two types, viz., (i) using asphalt tiles and (ii) using mastic asphalt. Asphalt tiles are made from asphalt, asbestos fibres and other materials and pressed under pressure. Asphalt mastic is a mixture of fine aggregates and natural or artificial asphalt. Asphalt tiles are used to cover wooden or concrete floors. These…

In this type of flooring tiles either of clay or cement concrete, manufactured in different shapes, are used. A 15 cm thick layer or lime or cement concrete is laid over the levelled ground. In order to receive the tiles at 25 mm thick layer of lime mortar (1: 3) or cement mortar (1:1) is…

For construction of this type of flooring, a hard concrete base is laid first. When the base is wet, a 2 cm thick layer of cement mortar (1: 2) is evenly laid. Over this layer small pieces of broken tiles are arranged in different pattern. After this the inner space between tiles is filled with…

Terrazo is a special type of concrete flooring containing marble chips as aggregates. Any designed colour and designs can be obtained by using marble chips of different shades and colour cement. Terrazo mix of 1: 2 or 1: 3 (1 cement to 2–3 marble chips) is used depending on the size of marble chips. Terrazo…

It is a concrete flooring with a different type of floor finish called granolithic. Granolithic finish is a concrete made of special selected aggregate. The thickness of layer varies from 1.25 to 4 cm. When it is greater than 4 cm this may be laid monolithically or after the base concrete has hardened. This flooring…

Concrete floorings are mostly used in all residential, commercial and public buildings. The flooring is constructed adopting either monolithic or non-monolithic construction. In the monolithic construction, after laying the base course layer, immediately a concrete topping is provided. In this type of construction, only a small thickness is needed for wearing surface as the bond…

This type of flooring is used in case of warehouses, stores and godowns. This is a cheap construction and used in areas when stones are not available but good quality bricks are available. This flooring may be laid flat or on edge. They may be arranged in herring bone pattern or at right angles to…

Usual sizes of stones of 30 cm × 30 cm, 45 cm × 45 cm or 60 cm × 60 cm with a thickness of 2–4 cm are used. Generally square stone slabs of the above sizes are used but the slabs can be of rectangular or oblong in shape with square edges. Stone slabs…

As the ground floor directly rests on the ground, there is no need for a sub-floor. In order to drain the water outside completely, adequate drainage arrangements have to be made beneath the floor. In normal practice, the space above the ground, up to a height of about 25–30 cm below the plinth level, called…