Construction Field Guide
This chapter focuses on resilient floor coverings.
Green Building Materials and Products
Go to chapter 6.2.3 Flooring Systems and read about different flooring materials to evaluate their benefits and flaws.
ICE Manual of Construction Materials
Read about the effects of moisture on different types of flooring.
Handbook of Green Building Design and Construction
Handbook of Green Building Design and Construction: LEED, BREEAM, and Green Globes, Second Edition directly addresses the needs of building professionals interested in the evolving principles, strategies, and concepts of green/sustainable design. Written in an easy to understand style, the book is updated to reflect new standards to LEED. In addition, readers will find sections that cover the new standards to BREEAM that involve new construction Infrastructure, data centers, warehouses, and existing buildings.- Provides vital information and penetrating insights into three of the top Green Building Codes and Standards applied Internationally- Includes the latest updates for complying with LEED v4 Practices and BREEAM- Presents case studies that draws on over 35 years of personal experience from across the world
1001 Ideas for Floors
Hard floors, wood floors, resilient floors, soft floors - there are more than 600 colour photos and illustrations from leading flooring manufacturers, space designers, and interior decor specialists.
Complete Do-It-Yourself
There is clear step-by-step advice on internal and external maintenance, repairs, carpentry, flooring, brickwork, roofing, fences, walls and paths. A reference for beginners and experienced do-it-yourselfers alike, this is an essential manual that you will refer to again and again.
The Complete Guide to Flooring
This third edition of a classic favorite includes information on renewable flooring materials, such as bamboo, reclaimed floorboards, and natural stone. Also the latest techniques for polished and etched concrete flooring.
Floors & Stairs: Repair & Renovate
From laying laminate flooring to damp proofing, changing newell posts to mending a broken stair tread, this book contains everything the that DIY enthusiast could want to know.
Installing and Finishing Flooring
...diagrams simplify the installation of a wide range of flooring, including wooden plank and parquet, ceramic tile, masonry, vinyl tile and carpeting. Also.. techniques for grouting, cutting, making seams, butting other floors, fitting around irregular objects, and sanding and finishing.
Maths for the Building Trades
Maths for the Building Trades provides students with a minimum level of mathematical knowledge and thoroughly covers the basic rules. It then goes on to fully explain some of the more complex areas in which the student will be required to demonstrate competence.
Pre-apprenticeship maths & literacy for general construction
This resource has been specifically tailored to prepare students for sitting apprenticeship or VET/TAFE admission tests and for giving students the basic skills they will need for a career in trade. In many ways it is a win win situation with students enjoying and studying relevant maths for trades and RTOs receiving students that have improved basic maths and literacy skills.
