FLOORING: Building Material and Building Construction DOCX

Title	FLOORING: Building Material and Building Construction
Author	CEng. Abhisek Panda
Pages	11
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File Type	DOCX
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11.0 FLOORING 11.1 INTRODUCTION: Flooring is done to provide a leveled surface capable of supporting applied live load like humans and furniture and all quasi permanent loads including partitions. In addition to these it also should possess adequate fire resistance, sound insulation, damp resistance and thermal insulation etc. along with adequate strength not to undergo any subsequent settlement. The floor resting directly on the ground is known as ground floors. Other floors are known as upper floors or storey floors. The upper floors have major problem of facing sound insulation. The fire resistance of the upper floor is also a problem. The floors also face problem of foundations. While the dampness and thermal insulation is a major problem for ground floors. The problem of fire resistance for the ground floors is not major but the problem for the upper floors are concern able. Similarly upper floors do not suffer from dampness. Ground floors may or may not rest on slab and even it may be found directly on the ground. But upper floors are on the floor slabs due to lack of foundation beneath the floor. The upper floor slabs may rest on the walls or may lie on the beams and columns 11.2 FLOORING MATERIALS AND THEIR SELECTION: Taking in to account, the construction and finishing, the flooring materials can be classified under two categories. They are floor construction material and floor finish material. Floor construction materials are those which are used for construction of floors while floor finishing materials are those which are used as covering materials i.e. they cover the floor surface after construction of floors. Considering floor construction, following materials are used: a. Cement / Lime b. Stone c. Brick d. Wood Similarly considering floor finishing, following materials are used: a. Muram b. Bricks c. Stones d. Terrazzo e. Mosaic f. Tiles g. Glass and cork h. Plastic and P.V.C i. Asphalt j. Rubber k. Wood...