Terrazzo Flooring

Source:www.stonediamondtool.com Date:2016/9/6 Read:843

Terrazzo is a composite material poured in place or precast, which is used for floor, base and wall treatments. It consists of marble, quartz, granite, glass or other suitable chips, sprinkled or unsprinkled, and poured with a binder that is cementitious, chemical or a combination of both. Terrazzo is cured, ground and polished to a smooth surface or otherwise finished to produce a uniformly textured surface.
The following are the generally accepted types of terrazzo which meet the above definition:
• Standard Terrazzo: Most common type of Terrazzo using relatively small chip sizes.
• Venetian Terrazzo: Terrazzo in which larger chips are used.
• Palladiana: Utilization of thin, random fractured slabs of marble, sometimes with Terrazzo joints between each slab.
• Structural Terrazzo: Terrazzo Contractor places 4 inches of 4,000 psi concrete plus cementitious Terrazzo topping.
• Rustic Terrazzo: A uniformly textured form of Terrazzo in which the matrix is depressed to expose the chips.
• Resinous Matrices: A Terrazzo system usually applied in a thin cross-section in which small chip sizes are used. The matrix is composed of resinous or chemical materials or, in some cases, resinous additives to Portland cement, which are often highly resistant to acids, alkalis and other normally harmful materials.