Self-leveling bulk floors are a real breakthrough in the field of construction technologies, which allowed to expand the framework of design solutions and implement the most courageous ideas. Today, the production technology of this coverage implies the use of liquid polymer mixtures, due to which you can create an ideal level. In addition, it has many variants of decorative finish. We are talking about how the criteria choose the best bulk sex will go in this article.
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Types of bulk
Before deciding what the bulk self-leveling floor is suitable for finishing your home, key requirements should be determined to match the coating. In other words, you have to answer a number of questions: in the room of which type it is necessary to fill the floor whether it will have only decorative value or special requirements are set to it, what physical and mechanical loads must withstand the coating, which base is already available in the repair room and what Is it required in addition to the fill of the floor? Based on the responses, it will be much easier to choose the material. So, 90% of all bulk coatings are produced on the basis of epoxy or polyurethane composition. Consider the detailed features of each type.
Polyurethane base
This type of bulk gender, the price to which is somewhat superior to the alternative material, allows you to create a smooth coating with the following indicators:
- wear resistance;
- strength to chemical and mechanical damage;
- good response to temperature regime drops;
- stability for deformation or vibrations.
The bulk floor can be bought on a polyurethane basis for filling indoors, where there is a constant mobility or vibration of the base, as well as rooms with aggressive abrasive loads.
Coating objects:
- industrial refrigeration workshops, freezers, special storage;
- objects of agricultural type (greenhouses, boxes for birds or animals, greenhouse structures);
- facilities for food production (meat processing plants, oil refrigeration, fish processing plants);
- storage space, terminals, trading or exhibition halls;
- production workshop premises (machine-tool construction, mechanical engineering or woodworking).
Epoxy Bulk Paul
The bulk floors included in this group are decorated with many design directories, perfectly withstand the effects of coarse media: alkali, acids, salts, gasoline, oil, oil, etc. in comparison withpolyurethane, these coatings are characterized by less elasticity and high fragility. However, epoxy floors have less cost, higher strength and wear resistance to the effects of various kinds. In addition, such a material is characterized by a more exquisite appearance, due to which the variable design solutions can be created.
Presented floors, reviews of whom are not only experts, but also consumers, making them ideal for use in the pharmaceutical and chemical industry as well as medical facilities, retail space, warehouses and storage facilities.
Coating objects:
- kindergartens, educational institutions, medical facilities and public services;
- premises of chemical, food and pharmaceutical industries;
- shopping areas, warehouses, storage facilities and "wet" department.
Classification of liquid coatings
Besides the presented varieties grounds for self-leveling floor there is also a classification of products according to the basic parameters. Let us consider in more detail the main aspects:
On the composition of the material are distinguished:
- cement and acrylic;
- polyurethane;
- methyl methacrylate;
- epoxy.
Depending on the application, there are variations in the floor:
- decorative;
- industrial;
- universal.
distinguished by the technical parameters:
- quick;
- self-leveling;
- thin layer;
- highly filled;
- universal coverage.
Advantages and disadvantages of the material
Despite the wide availability and variability of liquid coatings, many consumers are in no hurry to communicate with the material. However, in order to determine whether the floor should focus pouring in key benefitsThat provides this type of product:
- durability of the material;
- high coefficient of moisture resistance;
- perfect evenness of the surface;
- no joints, seams and gaps;
- practicality in operation;
- high chemical resistance;
- fire safety, as the material is inflammable.
However, it is worth paying attention to number of shortcomingsWhich may influence the choice of products:
- troublesome and time consuming to fill;
- strict adherence to the rules and technology for packing;
- difficulties in dismantling the cover.
Factors in selecting filler coating
The process of selecting bases filler occurs depending on the operating characteristics of the target destination, and the technical intricacies coating. This will depend on the type of the required self-leveling floor, material consumption, etc. Thus it is necessary to take into account a number of these factors.:
- The current state of the grounds on which it is planned to fill the floor:
- defects - potholes, gaps, cracks, dirt, with reduced strength zone;
- material subfloor;
- the design features of the basics;
- availability of communications;
- additional education - adjacency to the walls, foundation, embedded seams;
- conditions for work - deadlines, humidity and bases, temperature modes, environmental requirements.
- Design operating parameters:
- the temperature loads on the coating - cooling on the border of the floor inside the room and the street side, the possibility of heating when used, solar radiation;
- mechanical parameters - shock, static and dynamic loads;
- the effect of chemical factors - concentration, intensity, frequency, volume, as well as type (solvents, oils, acids, fats, alkali);
- special conditions - the texture and relief of the surface, combustibility and elasticity, evenness, decorative coating.
Designer diversity
When choosing an outdoor coat, you should navigate in the key parameters and specifications of each of the possible types of bulk sex:
- The type of fill the "primer" or also called "dedusing" - is the easiest in operation and cheap at cost. The main task for such a gender is to strengthen the outer layer of the foundation in order to eliminate the risk of destruction and dedusting the coverage. In the process of fillings, a special primer is applied to the base, which is absolutely colorless, and therefore design variations do not exist. The scope of application of such a gender is the design of warehouse space or production workshops. At the same time, the service life is about 3 years.
- Floors type "Sweep" are an even fill of the base with a polymeric material with the addition of quartz sand. This type of coating is the most durable among all analogues. In addition, it is distinguished by unlimited color gamut variability, since production specialists can paint sand into any color from the RAL table at the request of the customer. The most significant advantage of such a floor is an anti-slip basis, due to which the fill is relevant for the design of the floor in the bathroom, premises with high coating strength requirements, as well as high humidity. The service life of the average is about 50 years.
- Outdoor coverage of the type "Procas" is a thin layer fill, which is characterized by high strength and a wide decorative spectrum of design. Such floors are suitable for operation indoors with low load. At the same time, the customer can choose not only the color coloring, but also the type of the front side of the floor - glossy, matte, etc. As a rule, the scope of application is the premises of a hundred, storage space or production rooms. The main advantages of this coverage are low cost and a wide variety of design solutions. The service life is about 15 years.
- The coating of the "mono-decor" is the type of floor base, which is similar to the "proxim", with the exception of the layer thickness and the fill method. This type of floor is excellent for the design of the room for all the time of its operation, since the service life exceeds 50 years. At the same time, manufacturers pose a wide variability of color solutions and textural species to the buyer's choice. The only disadvantage is that when liquid enters the liquid, the coating becomes quite slippery, and therefore it is not recommended to pour in the bathroom. As a rule, mono-floor is used to design a residential premises, exhibition halls or offices.
- Floors type "Decor-Moire" are similar to the operational characteristics with the "mono-decor" with the exception that the device uses more than 2 tones. Designer solutions allow you to fill the floors with different colors at the same time, make drawings or divorces, as well as smooth transitions between shades. However, such work can only be made by a qualified specialist to achieve a qualitative result. Such floors are suitable for use in office space, residential apartments, as well as exhibition halls. The service life is also about 50 years.
- Outdoor 3D coverage is the most popular type of product, characterized by high decorative characteristics. The main feature is applied at the intermediate stage of the fill of the photo print image. Such an approach will allow you to bring individuality in the design of the design of the room, while the characteristics of the strength is high enough. Scope of application - residential premises. And the service life is an average of 35 years.
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