Interior decoration 1 Introduction Floor are an important

Interior decoration 1

Introduction • Floor are an important aspect of hotel interiors – functional and decorative • Hotel is largely determined by floors • 70% of dept cleaning cost is spent on floor cleaning in hotels

Section of Floor Coverings • • 1. Apperance –Colour, Pattern, Texture 2. Comfort – Sound, Slippery 3. Durability – Resitance 4. Life Expectancy – eg Kitchen, Hospital wards – 10 to 12 yrs • Guestroom floors surface – 7 -8 yrs • Bar – 2 – 3 yrs

Section of Floor Coverings • 5. Safety • 6. Ease of Cleaning • 7. Cost

Sub- Floors • 1. Suspendeted timber floors • 2. Solid Concrete floors

Classification of Flooring and Finishes Hard Flooring Semi Hard flooring Soft Flooring

Hard flooring • Durable but noisy • Fire Retardant • Easily cleaned

Non-Resilient • • • Stone – Types Marble Sand stone –Compressed sand Granite – Granular crystalline rock Concrete Vitreous Tile Glazed Tile Mosaic Resin (synthetic resins, polyster/polyurethene)

Resilient • • • Wood Soft wood eg maple and pine Hard wood eg oak, teak, maple, walnut etc Wood parquet Ply wood Bitumastic flooring

Semi Hard flooring • • Cork tiles with PVC Rubber Plastic flooring - Tiles

Soft Floor Coverings • Carpets • Mats and rugs

Lightings *Definition Lighting is a form of energy without which there can be no vision. when light strikes an object, it may be reflected, absorbed, allowed to pass through 12

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