5 Flooring Innovation adopted

by the industry experts

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There are hundreds of flooring options to choose from though which can be
overwhelming. Moreover, it’s important to choose the right flooring from the
outset as the wrong floors can actually detract from a house and cost you
money to replace should the need arise.

The market is constantly evolving and there are technological advancements

happening across the country. Highlighted below are some of the innovative
trends in being done in the market.

REINFORCED STEEL FIBRE AND SEAMLESS FLOORS

Image Source: Bekaert
Bekaert is the inventor of the Dramix SFRC flooring solution and they are
trying to penetrate SFRC (Steel fiber reinforced concrete) as a concept rather
than product selling. Over The 10 years of continuous efforts via various
marketing tools such as Exhibitions, Technical Seminars, Live
Demonstrations, they have seen an increase in awareness about Floor
importance.

They also have a novel solution – Seamless floors, which are slowly getting
acceptance in Cold Storage, Food Industry, Pharma Industry, Tire Industry
and Textile Industry.

Epoxy Terrazzo Flooring in Mall

Image Source: Neocrete
Neocrete is using this technique. For good quality terrazzo floor, it common
for installing any epoxy floors, which consists of filling of cracks and joints,
grinding to get mechanical key and ensuring that the moisture content is
below 4%.  For design layout it is pivotal to transfer the design on the
prepared floor using templates or any other method and then to install the
divider strip as per design.

Then comes use of Neoflor Ultra terrazzo. It consists of epoxy resin,

hardener and filler consisting of various grades of marble chips and glass
chips. All are supplied in pre-measured containers for easy mixing at site.
Then comes Pouring Ultra Terrazzo, Grinding Terrazzo, Grouting Terrazzo
Polish and Sealing Terrazzo.

Concrete restoration flooring services

Image Source: STA Concrete Flooring
As the new floors are needed, but there are many oldfloors in use.As a
facility is in the use, nobody want to stop operation due to bad or unusable
floor.To overcome this situation STA Concrete Flooring Solutions offer
restoration services of old floors without need to remove the existing floor. It
mainly divided into- Restoring by grinding & polishing the old floor and
Restoring by laying new cementitious screeds (Toppings

Resin Flooring for Warehouse Environments

Image Source: Flowcrete
Epoxy resin floor coatings have become a popular choice for warehouses
thanks to the ability of these solutions to provide a robust, level platform
that can withstand the on-site challenges for an extended period of time
while providing additional operational benefits. Epoxies are available in a
wide range of colours and can be tailored to ensure surface flatness as well
as resist heavy loads, hard rubber and steel-wheeled forklift traf

Innovations in Floor Joint Systems

Image Source: RCR Floors
Joint size is decided on floor thickness. For floor thickness of 200mm, joint
size of 175-190mm can be selected. Lesser heights are to factor unevenness
in base surface. The challenge is to have stock of variable heights of
armourjoint and idle inventory of balance stock. Secondly lead time for
sourcing joints of variable heights.

To overcome these challenges, RCR has introduced Alpha Joint Universal for
slab thickness from 150-200mm. It has preset positions to which joints can
be set and installed. More than 70% of grade slabs have thickness ranging
from 150-200mm and single type of joint meets the demand of majority of
floors.It is a joint design pioneered by Permaban UK, a RCR group company.
Alpha Joint is a leave-in-place, heavy duty Arris/Joint protection system for
Industrial floors.Leave-in-place floor joint system comprises of 2.4 m long
armoured section with lap joint at both ends, 4-way, 3-way section at
intersections of joints.