Commercial Flooring: Under-Floor Surfaces For Natural Stone Carpets

All-natural Stone Carpets are specially created for application to any type of fixed below-floor. This should, nevertheless, be dry and free of charge of dust. Any old adhesives must to begin with be removed. The floor temperature must be at least 12NC.

Concrete and Cement-Bonded Floors

Laying a Natural Stone Carpet on a concrete or cement-bonded floor is frequently not a dilemma for trained personnel supplied the floor is up to the excellent regular required. Which implies it ought to be even and cost-free of chips. To avoid any contraction/expansion of the under-floor it is advised the incorporation of shrink netting, 6-150mm diameter in the sand/cement layer. You can generally arrange this in advance with the contractor.

Exactly where sand/cement floor is already in location, a flexible membrane can be put to use to compensate for any contraction in the under-floor and stop cracking. The under-floor will be sufficiently hardened and dried soon after 28 days for the All-natural Stone Carpet to be laid. Depending on the under-floor, the primer might possibly be applied and the Natural Stone Carpet laid in a single or two days.

Tiled and Flagged Floors

Tiles and flagged flooring does not typically have to be removed.  Loose tiles or joints ought to nevertheless be removed. On the initially day of laying, a special tile primer will need to be applied to ensure maximum adhesion. Any unevenness in the tiled floor will be leveled out on the second day when the Natural Gravel Floor is getting laid.  Bear in mind that tiled and flagged floors constantly demand an further quantity of the All-natural material.