What is it like to water the terrazzo floor at home?
Since the photos of the new home were posted, "terrazzo flooring" has been one of the most common topics in the comments.
Why do you have to spend so much time watering the grindstone at home? In fact, it also came from an experience of being planted. When I first started decorating my house last year, I went to the home of a good friend who is an architect and found that the material used in his home was similar to the floor of the primary school classroom 20 years ago. The cement color and stone proportions that I personally prepared make the color of the floor appear vivid and elegant, and the touch when stepped on is warmer and more delicate than marble. The simple and friendly childhood memories, and the full participation in the creation and production process, made me immediately attracted to it - I will also try to have freshly watered millstones in the area of my home!
Terrazzo is a material made by mixing gravel, glass, granite and other materials into cement, and grinding and polishing the surface after solidification. It is mostly used in floor and wall construction. The classroom floor in my elementary school and the floor in my grandma’s living room were both made of terrazzo. I still remember when I was on duty in primary school, mopping the terrazzo floor over and over until it was shiny.
The super beautiful terrazzo floor joints taken at the New Carlsberg Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark, are the highlights?
The advantage of terrazzo is that it is strong and wear-resistant. The longer the floor surface is used, the warmer it becomes, making it easier to clean daily. . And the great thing is that the flooring of your own home is no longer a matter of choosing materials, but creating materials. As British designer Max Lamb said:
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"Why do I like terrazzo? Because it is completely 'invented' by myself! It's like brewing beer at home." , choose the materials, mix the ingredients, and watch it pour into something real, which can be used to build a house or make furniture... just like wood is born from nature, and terrazzo is born from your hands. The feeling of creation excites me.
The terrazzo works made by British designer Max Lamb are super beautiful
The effect of terrazzo as floor, wall and countertop is from the Internet
The terrazzo floor in my house
Looks very elegant in large areas
It is a warm beige color under the sunlight
If you look closely, you can see that the floor is obviously smaller. Stone particles
So, how to terrazzo at home? Step 1: Find a reliable terrazzo engineering team. You can try to contact the interior designers or architects around you and ask them to recommend it to you. ; Step 2: On-site survey to see if the site has the conditions for making terrazzo flooring, such as a certain floor height, whether the elevator can put down the terrazzo machine, etc.; Step 3: Sample production, by adjusting the color of the cement and stones, as well as the cement and The proportions of stones and the styles of terrazzo will be as varied as the color palette. You can even add color powder to the cement to create various colors. However, I personally think that large-area floors should be quieter and more restrained, and don't be too dramatic. , so we used a beige base, mixed with black, gray and a little yellow stone. In actual use, this floor is light gray when it is cloudy, and a little warm beige when the sun shines. Step 4: On-site production. Use copper strips to separate out the shape of the floor. The cement and main stones are mixed on site. At the same time, the master worker uses copper strips to separate out the predetermined shape (it can be a square or a pattern of your own design) according to the drawing. The master worker mixes the Pour cement and stones into the shape separated by the copper strips. Step 5: Polish the terrazzo floor. The dry terrazzo floor is just a rough surface and needs to be polished. Step 6: Polish and wax. After preliminary grinding, The floor is then polished and waxed to give it a warm luster.
Professional and reliable terrazzo production master
Making samples
The final color of terrazzo is beige, gray, black, white and yellow stone particles
Because The style of my home is more natural and simple, so I also prefer the color of the floor to be low-key and not steal the show
Terrazzo production site
The terrazzo floor exclusive to my home is ready!
It should be noted that
terrazzo will crack to a certain extent due to thermal expansion and contraction, but it will not affect its use. I really like this imperfect natural feeling, but if you mind, be sure to choose terrazzo as a floor material carefully~
My floor also has inconspicuous cracks about one meter long
Although it took us nearly a month longer than expected to make the terrazzo floor, the fun of "creation" and the final effect made me feel that it was well worth it!
Decoration novice shared his home decoration watered millstone. If there are any inaccuracies, professionals are welcome to correct them.
Happy terrazzo making!
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