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2. What is Flooring?
• Flooring is the process of providing clean, smooth, durable and
impervious levelled surface to the occupants of the house and the said
surface is called Floor.
• The Floor should be hard, durable and sufficiently strong to withstand
the loads coming over it.

4. Why Flooring is Important?
• Floor of a house is first thing in house which comes in contact with
humans on everyday basis.
• They usually are the first surfaces in home to bear wear and tear.
• If flooring is not done then the house floor will not last for longer
period of time.
• It will not look pleasant to eyes.
• And most important our foot will not feel comfortable with rough
surface.

5. What to consider while choosing flooring
Q) In which area the flooring will be Installed such as the
basement,bathroom,or kitchen or dining room or bedroom ?
A) If it is installed in bathroom then there is high amount of moisture, If it is for
kitchen the there is a chance of things dropping or oil spillage and for that
flooring will be different.
Q)Do you have children or any need for durable floors or low maintenance ?
A)If yes then you have to choose something ceramic or marble flooring
And lastly the budget which is very important ,along with these thing search in
market what is the per square feet rate of that flooring.

7. Types
• Tile Flooring
• Vinyl Flooring
• Granite
• Marble
• Mix match
• Laminate
• Linoleum
• Concrete
• Terrazzo
• Oxide flooring
• Stone

8. Tile Flooring
• Ceramic Tile used for flooring is made up of sand, clay and some
natural products, then they are moulded in a Klin and they are putted
on fire.
• They come in 2 variants ,one is glazed and another is unglazed. Most
home owners prefer glazed tiles as it gives a shinny look to the floors.
• ceramic tiles can be used for floors and walls also.
• Manufactures make tiles according to their use such as kitchen
tile,Bathroom tile,Wall tile.
• Their texture varies according to their use.

11. Porcelain tile flooring
• Porcelain tiles are one form of ceramic tiles.
• They are variant in some aspect from ceramic tiles.
• The clay used to make this tile is generally more denser than ceramic
tiles.
• The water absorption rate of Porcelain tile is less than 0.5 % than
ceramic tiles.

14. Marble flooring
• Marble is a very popular flooring options giving the house a
sophisticated look
• It is made up of metamorphic rock that forms when a sedimentary
stone, such as limestone, is transformed under heat and pressure into
a harder stone with beautiful color and veined patterns.
• Marble is a natural stone which is then processed to use.

17. Vinyl sheet flooring-
• It is made up of synthetic polymers. Vinyl sheet flooring comes in
large roll bundle & then it is cut & fitted into the floor.
• It is excellent for bathrooms & basements.
• Water does not get into the beneath of the vinyl floors.
• Require low maintenance

20. Vinyl tile flooring:-
• Vinyl tiles are good options for the home owners who have very tight
budget.
• A vinyl tile floor is often installed in commercial settings where high
traffic is a constant, or where a clean or static-free environment is
desired.

23. Granite flooring
• Granite is the best known igneous rock.
• Granite tile is made by processing granite until making it smooth
surface.
• It is used for many purposes in day to day life.
• But when it comes to flooring granite is preferred by many people
due to it’s natural beauty.
• It comes in many style. It provides very good look to the house.

26. Stone flooring
• Stone flooring is a type of floor covering carved out from natural solid
rock.
• Stone is a rock that has been quarried and cut.
• These blocks of rocks are cut into slabs which are sent to a processing
plant to be re-cut, shaped and polished.

30. Concrete Flooring
• Concrete flooring Is one the most easily done flooring.
• Concrete mixture is only poured upon the surface & then it dries to
form a solid flooring.
• Somtime colour is mixed to create designs.

33. Terrazzo Flooring
• Terrazzo is a composite material, poured in place or precast, which is
used for floor and wall treatments.It consist of two layers.
• The under layer is made up of cement concrete, then the top layer is
consist of marble chips,quartz,granite.
• After the layer is dried & cured then polishing is done. It can be used
for both indoor & outdoor.

37. Laminate Flooring
• Laminate flooring is a multilayered synthetic product fused together
with a lamination process.
• Laminate flooring can be Installed in living rooms or where there is
less moisture.
• Laminate flooring Installs first & easy.

40. Linoleum Flooring
• Linoleum, also called Lino, is a floor covering made from materials
such as solidified linseed oil, pine rosin, ground cork dust, wood flour,
and calcium carbonate. Pigments are often added to the materials to
create the desired colour finish. The finest linoleum floors, known as
"inlaid", are extremely durable.

43. Mix and Match type of flooring
• Instead of Single flooring many people now prefer to have mix &
match type of flooring.
• Such as you can go for vinyl sheet or laminate flooring with tiles.
• It depends upon you how you want to mix & match.

46. Oxide Flooring
• Oxide flooring are oxidized cement flooring.They are first Introduced
by Portuguese in Kerala.
• For this Oxidation mostly red colour is preferred.
• But you can choose other colours also.
• Though it lost it’s popularity due to emergence of contemporary
flooring , but it is an eco friendly & budget friendly flooring.

49. • If you want to know more about pros and cons of different type of
flooring then go to builtify blog or go through this link.
https://blog.builtify.in/2019/07/11-best-suited-flooring-types-for-
Indian-home-builtify.html