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Article: Resilient floors. (includes related source list of carpets and flooring)
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- Interior Design
- Article date:
- March 22, 1987
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RESILIENT FLOORS What resilient flooring lacks in glamour it gains in practicality. Economically priced, suited for a host of functions, easy to maintain and extrem ely durable, it can take on a variety of different appearances and match virtually any color. Rigidly speaking, the resilience applies to the ability to absorb pressure and return to the original surface position. Vinyl, rubber, leather, cork, wood and a range of composite materials all qualify. Yet rubber and vinyl are currently exhibiting a resurgence in application, in part because these are visually the most unusual products on the market, and in part because there has been tremendous vitality in expanding ...