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Choosing materials for home flooring

Aug16
2011 Leave a Comment Written by admin

The floor is widely used to lay the goods and a variety of activities, ranging from putting chairs, tables, cabinets, and so on. The floor is also used for walking, children running, sitting on the floor, and so on. ‘Burden’ received by the floor sometimes quite large, such as when we move heavy objects such as cabinets by dragging it.

There are types of floors that can not be burdened with heavy objects, such as the floor of masonry, brick block, the wood is rather soft, and so on. Each material used for the flooring materials to determine what activities should be done on it. Conversely, what types of activities may be carried out on the floor has become a major consideration in choosing a flooring material. Type of material varies from very hard as ceramics, concrete, rocks, or soft or easily broken such as vinyl, brick, carpet, and so on.

Materials commonly used flooring material is ceramic, tile, and hardwood species such as teak, ironwood, concrete, or parquet manufacturers are pretty hard material. Such hard floor can be used to place heavy objects on it. With a layer of hard material such as ceramic, good enough for home use and is the most commonly used option, because the surface is hard, and easy to clean. Ceramic is currently present with various motifs and colors are increasingly enrich your interior design.


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Laminate parquet, Practical and Scratch Resistant

May27
2011 Leave a Comment Written by admin

When you come to the store building, or a walk in the exhibition material, you may hear the term laminate parquet for floor coverings. What exactly is this thing?

Parquet laminate can be spelled out is the development of the parquet (wooden floor). In the past, when wood is still available in large quantities, wood floors are made of solid wood. But when the timber began to rare, that is where innovation starts to burn. Appears so-called parquet laminate.

Parquet laminate made ??of multiple layers of material (because it used the words laminate) are glued together. Generally there are 4 layers that create it.

Most under-protective layer is usually melamine-which serve to protect the wood from moisture that caused the existing floor (the floor below). Layer on top is the main ingredient-usually MDF (medium density fiberboard) or HDF (high density fiberboard). The layer above that is a decorative material. Because MDF and HDF has a smooth surface (not patterned), then the motif is required for the appearance of artificial wood floors look like natural wood. Wood patterned layer is usually made ??of resin. Finally, the top layer is a transparent film is strong and serves as a protector. With the layers of this film, parquet laminate is more scratch resistant and water resistant than solid wood parquet.

Weaknesses parquet laminate, because it is made of wood powder, it is not too strong to resist the load compared to solid wood. Therefore, this material is suitable for spaces that do not bear many burdens, such as the bedroom or living room. Parquet laminate is usually available in 2 thicknesses of 8 mm and 12 mm.

For ease of install, parquet laminate is designed with interlocking system between the tongue and the niche. In one piece, his left side is the tongue and his right side is a niche; upper side of the tongue and the bottom side niches. How to install it is to enter the tongue of one piece into another niche chip.

This differs with the installation of ceramic that every disc must be affixed to the floor underneath. Here the adhesive is also needed, but only to put between one chip with another chip (glue smeared on the tongue and recess).

In this way, the installation of parquet laminate becomes easier, such as installing a puzzle. And besides that, because it does not need to be glued to the ground floor, this floor covering can be applied to the floor which was covered ceramic or other materials. Practical, right?


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Make Hay

Apr08
2011 Leave a Comment Written by admin

If you look at the magazines, we often see an ornament of a dried flower of grass. We can buy it in stores or supermarkets, but the price quite expensive.

Actually, we can dry them yourself. Boil water the grass with flowers that are a few teaspoons of salt. Add dye fabrics if you want colored. After boiling, lift, then chill. While waiting for the cold, pour the floor fragrances, aroma therapy scented roses or desired. Then drain, dry in the sun to dry. To give a shiny effect, you can spray with hair spray clear.


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Healthy House Design

Dec20
2010 Leave a Comment Written by admin

Building a house is not just about the form and building materials, but also designs that support healthy living.

One of the qualities that are very important in building a house is the house must be healthy! Outside the pursuit of health quality are interesting or your latest product application materials must be in a house. This is the most basic question that must be met.

A healthy home is a house design that supports the health of its inhabitants. The house is quite open, flexible, and easy to maintain. The material used is free from harmful chemicals. Children and parents can access easily and safely to various places in the house.

Sure there are a number of other requirements. Some practical presented here, and can become a point in the planning of your home

Natural Lighting

Natural light comes from sunlight. The light will illuminate and give warmth previously dark corners. With so prevent moist chamber. Sunlight is able to kill 80% bacteria and germs that have the potential to grow.

Replace the opening of doors, windows, bouvelicht, or vent. The percentage of openings in the ideal home is 10% -20% of floor space.

The location of openings should be adjusted to the room in need of natural light. Also, sync with the direction of the beam so that it can enter through openings that we make.

Air Circulation

Smooth circulation of air makes the air inside the house cooler and healthier. Easy exchange of air, oxygen and carbon dioxide levels in balance. Try not too low ceiling. Hot air under the roof will be easy on the body, if the ceiling was too low. Minimum ceiling height is 3m from the floor. That way, the hot temperature at the top is not easy on the body.

You also may request made cavity or hole in the bottom of the roof. The high range between 10cm-20cm of length that can be adapted to the size of the roof beam. This will make the air cavity under the hot roof, easily exchanged with a new air cooler.

Water Supply

At least, every single person occupant requires 60 liters of clean water per day. To ensure the provision of water, a house requires a water storage tank (reservoir).

Making water wells should be sufficient distance from the septic tank hole. Minimal is 3m. If less, it is feared choli bacteria from septic tanks will seep into water wells.

Waste Water Channels

A healthy home is also marked by a good sewage systems. Waste is usually derived from the kitchen, bathroom, service area. Consider the following.
* Installation of pipe bends should be minimal so that smooth flow of waste water flows.
* The slope of the discharge pipe from the source to roil the city is 70 degrees. Measuring the degree that would make the waste water to flow smoothly.
* Use a goose neck snare for pipes under the sink and the sink for insects caught and prevent the musty odor.
* Channels dirty water from the toilet waste must be separated and channeled only to the septic tank.

Dry wall and floor

Humidity can occur in the walls and floors. This will create a room that tends to wet and become a source of proliferation of germs.

You can apply the tiles. Ceramics is a type of waterproof material. Floor or wall to be easily dried.

The walls are attached to the wall of a neighbor’s house will generally damp. Between the two walls with waterproof materials (waterproofing) before closing ceramics.

Garbage disposal

Make sure that in making the design of the house there is adequate landfill. Bins should be sufficient to accommodate the amount of daily garbage. There is a cover, and has holes for drainage if the trash was cleaned.

Wells penetrating

Clean water is increasingly difficult to obtain. Meanwhile, we often let the rain water flushing into the canal city. You can request the architect of your home to provide rain water absorption well in your yard. Minimum by making a hole called biopori.

Some things about the above can you discuss with the architect. After the stage was built there to always care for and maintain the cleanliness of the house. All this will make your stay more calm. Living comfortably with the family for a long time.


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