Floors

Tile

floor

Wooden floor
Stone

floor
floor
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Marble

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Mosaic

Wooden Floor
Main

Features: very common, light, strong cheap, easily available, can be used at any level of the building

Advantages:

Disadvantages:

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few colours, not fire

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Tile Floor
Main

Features: it is very common, practical and cheap. It can be decorated with coloured glazes cheap, practical, easy

Advantages:

to clean

Disadvantages:

not very resistant

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Stone Floor
Main

hard

features: very ancient and very

Advantages:

resistant and durable

Disadvantages:

very heavy, can be laid only on the ground floor

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Marble floor
Main

features: different colours and textures, smooth cold surface hard, resistant, cool under foot, can be cut and fitted into intricate patterns

Advantages:

Disadvantages:

expensive, heavy, sliding when wet 24/03/10 5

Mosaics
Main

Features: pictures built up of small fragments of stone or coloured glass called tesserae, very old

Advantages:beautiful

Disadvantages:

very expensive, difficult to make 24/03/10 6

Doors
Function: to allow the passage of people, vehicles, goods from one area to another Structure: a fixed and an opening section, handles, locks, hinges Materials: timber, metal, plastics Requirements: weather exclusion, security, fire resistance, operation, durability Types: hinged, folding, sliding, revolving

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Types of doors

Hinged

supported on hinges that are fixed to the frame.

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Types of doors

Folding:

a number of leaves joined by hinges. Suitable for large openings

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Types of doors

Sliding: supported on a track which may carry one or more leaves

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