Materials and construction: Resilient Floorings in the Commercial Sector

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© Florian Holzherr
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© AllesWirdGut  Architektur?/?Guilherme Silva Da Rosa
© José Luis Moro
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© AllesWirdGut  Architektur?/?Guilherme Silva Da Rosa
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© Arbeitsgemeinschaft PVC-Bodenbelag Recycling (AgPR)
Resilient floorings are made of layers just a few millimetres thick, which are sometimes applied to particular backing materials. As a result of their flexibility and thinness they differ from hard floor coverings such as stone, ceramic, wood or laminate.

Unlike textile coverings, which exhibit a similar elasticity and comparable thickness, resilient coverings have no fibre structure. Therefore, like hard floor coverings, they are classified as having smooth surfaces. (José Luis Moor)