- Author
- Wolfe, W. C. | Cullen, W. C.
- Title
- Performance Testing of Floor Coverings.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Report
- NBS BSS 001, January 1970,
- Book or Conf
- National Bureau of Standards. Performance of Buildings - Concept and Measurement. Proceedings of the 1st Conference in a Series of Conferences on Man and His Shelter. September 23-25, 1968, Gaithersburg, MD, Walton, W. W.; Cadoff, B. C., Editors, 85-92 p., 1970
- Keywords
- building design | housing | planning | performance evaluation | floor coverings | tests | static friction | resilience | water | solvents | durability | maintenance
- Identifiers
- health and safety - sanitation; slip hazard; static charge; movement of wheeled equipment; comfort - resilience; acoustical properties; resistance to wear; economics
- Abstract
- Floors and floor coverings are more or less taken for granted, but many properties are involved in the selection and use of these products. For example, manufacturing concerns are interested in durable floors for their factories. Office buildings require floors which are economical and resistant to wear from walking traffic. Hospitals need floor coverings which are sanitary and which will allow for free movement of beds, stretchers, food carts, portable X-ray units, and other mobile equipment. Owners of restaurants, hotels, motels, and private homes want attractive, easy to clean and durable floors.