5 Sections
25 Lessons
4 Hours
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1. What It Does and How It Fails
5
1.1
Floor finishes: the job to be done
1.2
The physics: wear, moisture from below and movement beneath
1.3
How it fails: a screed that fails, or a finish that curls at the edges
1.4
The vocabulary you need before you can draw it
1.5
Where this sits in the whole building
2. The Options Compared
5
2.1
The main systems, side by side
2.2
When to use which
2.3
Cost, programme and availability
2.4
Regional variation: how this changes with climate and market
2.5
Choosing: a decision framework
3. The Detail
5
3.1
Reading and drawing the standard detail
3.2
The finish-to-wall junction and the threshold: the critical interface
3.3
Corners, edges and terminations
3.4
Penetrations and how to close them
3.5
Tolerances, gaps and buildability
4. Performance
5
4.1
Measuring it: slip resistance, wear class and substrate moisture content
4.2
Moisture and condensation risk
4.3
Fire performance
4.4
Acoustic and thermal consequences
4.5
Durability, maintenance and service life
5. Specifying and Building It
5
5.1
Writing the specification
5.2
Coordinating with structure and services
5.3
What goes wrong on site with floor finishes
5.4
Inspecting and testing on site
5.5
Checklist: floor finishes
Floors and Finishes That Survive
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