INDIAN PATENT STONE (IPS) FINISH/FLOORING

1. IPS flooring stands for Indian patent stone flooring, it is a basic type of flooring
which provides good wearing properties.

2. It is generally used for all types of floors and mix of concrete used for IPS flooring
specification is 1:1.5:3 (cement, sand and stone aggregates). As per the nature of
use the flooring thickness of concrete is decided from 25 mm to 50 mm.

3. It is laid over the concrete base (1:4:8), which is almost 3 to 4 inches thick plain
cement concrete (PCC) base.

4. You can decide the thickness of the IPS flooring as per the requirement of work;
in residential floor 75 mm floor thickness is sufficient whereas industrial floor
thickness should be kept 150 mm.