Types of Terrazzo - Aesthetic Appearance

Source:www.stonediamondtool.com Date:2017/9/15 Read:500

Standard Terrazzo is made from relatively small stone chips and is typically ground and polished.

Venetian Terrazzo is also ground and polished, however the stone chips are larger in size. The larger chips can also be infilled with smaller chips.

Rustic Terrazzo is a uniformly textured finish where the binder is recessed from the chips. To accomplish this, the surface is sprayed before the binder fully sets, which slightly exposes the stone chips.

Palladiana Terrazzo is more of a mosaic finish where very large chips (or slabs) of stone are set with the joints between slabs infilled with standard terrazzo.

There are a number of terrazzo systems that can be used. The diagrams below show the main types of systems. While the type of terrazzo is selected for its physical appearance, the terrazzo system is selected based on construction technique and the project conditions.