TERRAZZO FLOORING

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Niharika Kotiyal
Unnati Desai
Vidita Parikh
Umaima Doola
Jesmi Dodhiawala

 Terrazzo flooring is a type of floor finish

that is laid in thin layer over concrete
topping.
It is very decorative and has good
wearing properties. Due to this, it is
widely used in most of the buildings like
residential, commercial, hospitals, etc.
Terrazzo is a specially prepared concrete
surface containing cement and marble
chips of different colours, in proportion to
1:2.
When the surface has set, the chips are
exposed by grinding operation.
Marble chips may vary from 3 mm to 6
mm in size.
Colour can be mixed to white cement to
set desired tint. This kind of flooring is
however, more expensive.

Before laying the flooring, the entire area is divided into suitable panels of
predetermined size and shape. For this, aluminium or glass strips are used.
The strips are of the same height as the thickness of the flooring (i.e. 40
mm). The strips are joined to the base concrete, with the help of cement
mortar, and their tops are perfectly set to level and line. Alternate panels are
then filled.
The surface of the base concrete is cleaned of dirt, etc.
and thoroughly wetted. The wet surface of the base
concrete is smeared with cement slurry.
Concrete of grade 1:2:4 is then laid in alternate panels
leveled and finished to rough surface.
When the surface is hardened, the terrazzo makes
is laid and finished to the level surface.
Additional marble chips may be added during
tamping and rolling operations, so that at least
80% of the finished surface show exposed marble
chips.
The surface is then fluted and trowelled, and left to dry for
12-20
hours.
After that,
the surface is cured properly for 2-3 days.

The first grinding is done, preferably by machine, using coarse grade

carborundum stones, using plenty of water.
The ground surface is then scrabbed and cleaned.
Cement grout of cream like consistency,
of the same colour, is then applied on the
surface so that pores and holes, etc. are filled.
The surface is cured for seven days and then
second grinding is done with carborundum
stones of fine grade. The surface is srabbed
and cleaned thoroughly, and cement grout is
again applied.
The surface is cured for 4-6 days and final grinding is done with
carborundum stones of 320 grit size.
The surface is thoroughly scrabbed and cleaned, using plenty of
water. The floor is then washed with dilute oxalic acid solution.
Finally, the floor is polished, with polishing machines to get fine shine.
Wax polish is also applied with the help of the polishing machine, to
get final glossy surface.

It is popular flooring for residential as well as public buildings. A

Terrazzo floor is usually not slippery when wet because of many
grout lines.