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Resilient Floor Joint: Rubber tile. Made of a rubber composition and Resilient Floor Joint to the step, rubber Tile is often used as a substitute where marble floors are desirable. It is made only in stock colors, which include a great variety of marbled types. Sheets are made 24 by 36 inches, and can be cut to any smaller size. The possibilities in pattern design are practically unlimited in this ma¬terial. Rubber Tile may be laid on any type of Floor surface.
Cork. A popular material for Floor covering, particularly in modern rooms. It is made Y8 inch, % inch, and l/2 inch thick for floors, and in thin sheets for walls. The bulk of cork Floor and Wall covering is made in one of the three stock shades of brown, though it may also be stained to a va¬riety of colors. The material is very Resilient Floor Joint and is an excellent silencer. It may be laid on either concrete or wood. It is necessary to keep it waxed in order to preserve its surface.
Spline Joint.-A spline joint may be applied to a miter or an edge-butt joint. It consists of fit¬ting a piece of wood called a spline into grooves of both parts of the joint to give it rigidity, as well as to make it invisible in some cases.
Dovetail Joint.—This joint has wedge-shaped fingers cut on the end of one piece of wood which fit into matched socket cuts in the other piece. It can be either a true dovetail or a stop dovetail joint. The latter is commercially used in better drawer construction. The electric router with a special jig or attachment will make a precision dovetail joint.See Also Resilient Floor Ional:Synthetic Floor Coverings
Among the Floor coverings made from combinations of synthetic ma¬terials may be mentioned vinyl, linoleum, rubber, cork, and asphalt tile. Vinyl is a plastic used extensively for Floor tiles. It has a hard, slightly Resilient Floor ional surface and is reasonably resistant to denting, scratches, grease and acid stains. It is very suitable to heavy wear and particularly in kitchens and other service portions of a house. It is manufactured in variously dimensioned square and rectangular Tile sizes of %th and l/12th inches in thickness, and in many colors, marbleized and wood-grained effects. It can be laid in patterns of contrasting shapes and colors and is often alternated with ceramic tiles or brass strips. It is also used as a binder in making tiles of cork, asphalt and asbestos.
Resilient Floor ional Flooring includes asphalt tile, vinyl asbestos tile, and pure vinyl in tiles or in 6-foot-wide sheets. In addition to wearing well and being relatively inexpensive, it is available in a wide variety of patterns suitable to any area. Floor designs can often disguise architectural defects, making a small room seem larger or a narrow one wider. In a multipurpose room the Floor may be designed to distinguish different activity areas by changes in pattern or color.
Soft Flooring includes rugs, which cover part of a Floor and are unattached, and carpeting, which completely covers a Floor and is fastened down (see Rugs AND CARPETS). Rugs and car¬pets may be plain or patterned, hand or machine made. For centuries wool has been generally considered the best fiber for woven Floor cover¬ing, but today there are many man-made fibers that are sturdy and easy to maintain. The quali¬ties of each fiber should be investigated in the Light of the purpose of the Floor covering. A wall-to-wall carpet in a solid color will usually make a room appear larger and will help unify the decorative scheme and tie together the furni¬ture. Today, however, in both modern and period rooms, area Rugs distinguish Furniture groupings.
On The Other Hand See Resilient Floor N-style:Hotels and Restaurants. To make a profit in hotels and restaurants, it is necessary to take great care to balance the costs of planning, deco¬ration, and operation with income. The design must provide for easy circulation in all areas occupied by the public and must locate kitchens and auxiliary facilities to allow for efficient service. Furniture and Decoration may vary in style and quality from a de luxe to a moderate establishment, but they should always be at¬tractive, sturdy, and easy to maintain. Color and Lighting should be carefully planned so that the overall design will present the image desired by the management. For example, in a dimly lit, luxurious dining room, chairs may be covered in rich red fabric and the Floor carpeted in an all-over pattern that does not too readily show stains. In a brightly lit coffee shop, on the other hand, chairs may be covered in a gay-colored plastic, and the Floor may be of Resilient Floor n-style tile.
Hard Flooring includes wood, stone, brick, tile, and Resilient Floor n-style coverings. In modern houses a pop¬ular fashion consists of large expanses of wood Floor with area Rugs to define Furniture groupings within a room. The wood may be laid in long, 2-inch-wide strips parallel to the sides of the room or may be made into prefabricated squares of smaller strips arranged in patterns, to imitate, at less cost, the hand-laid parquet floors of tradi¬tional rooms. Well-kept, polished wooden floors are an attractive background for any style of furniture.
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