RESILIENT FLOORING it’s everywhere…

09650 Resilient Flooring durable, ductile floor covering ASTM F1700 (Resilient Floor Covering Standards) Main types: Cork Linoleum Vinyl Rubber Leather Composite

main characteristics stain resistant (with coating) durable comfortable cheap resistant to water easy maintenance disinfected easily

old school: cork Used since the turn of the century Takes 9 years to obtain 4-12$ square foot Tile sizes from 1/8 to 2 inches thick Planks Engineered backing Tongue and Groove edges Cushion layer

cork-acteristics used for over 2000 years comes from trees unfinished or prefinished needs 3 coats of urethane has a memory Portugal glued, floating, nailed

Cork

linoleum Patented in 1863 by Fredrick Walton Popular in Victorian England $3-25 square foot raw costs biodegradable sensitive to water Oxodized linseed oil, pine resin, wood flour tiles or sheets jute backing hygienic, antistatic many, many styles Marmoleum

vinyl  1878, patented in 1913  3 types: pure vinyl vinyl vinyl composition products  contain fillers: up to 1980’s contained asbestos mineral aggregate pigments plasticizers stabilizers

info… $1-10/sf, materials glued old style how it’s made manufacturers mannington (more expensive) mannington congoleum (cheaper) congoleum low VOC cushioned (thickness affects cost) easy to make patterns seam sealing

Rubber flooring known to indigenous Americans prior to 1525 coagulated latex tiles or rolls or preformed treads natural or synthetic rubber degraded by oil coefficient of friction of.8 or higher Needs regular buffing $1-8 square foot

Rubber

Leather very, very old flooring $5-50 square foot tiles cut from heavyweight skins different shapes and sizes natural colors or dyed must be sealed should be waxed on site 2-3 times acquire patina with age

Leather

subflooring typically directly adhered to concrete thin layer of plywood for ease of removal

transitions and bases

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