- Author
- Sigler, P. A. | Koerner, E. A.
- Title
- Performance Test of Floor Coveringsw for Use in Low-Cost Housing. Part 1.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Report
- BMS 34, January 15, 1940, 16 p.
- Keywords
- floor coverings | housing | costs | tests | adhesives | installations
- Abstract
- A performance test was conducted in the floor-testing chamber of the National Bureau of Standards on 40 different test installations involving 12 floor coverings and 11 adhesives. The floor coverings tested included several kinds of linoleum, felt-base floor coverings having various wearing surfaces, pressed fiberboard, and three strip-wood floors. The bonding agents used included lignin pastes, various resinous cements, casein-latex cement, asphaltic cements, and nails. Installations on both a concrete subfloor and a wood subfloor were tested. Descriptions of the testing equipment and test installations are given. Results showing the relative magnitude of the depressions in the floor coverings caused by the testing equipment are summarized and presented in tables. The appearance of the various installations after 48,000 cycles of the testing equipment is discussed and representative photographs are shown.