Concetti Chiave
- Wooden floors come in various types, including strip wood, wood block, and parquet, each offering different aesthetic options.
- Wooden floors can be cost-effective, warm, and long-lasting if made from quality wood and well-maintained.
- Challenges of wooden floors include vulnerability to moisture, pests, and scratches, as well as being inflammable.
- Regular cleaning involves sweeping daily and, weekly, either scrubbing plain floors or polishing polished ones.
- Cork flooring is resilient and noiseless but less common, with disadvantages like moisture absorption and low indentation resistance.
Wooden and Cork Floor
Good quality wood is needed for floor finishing. There are different types of wooden floor finishes. These include:
a. Strip wood flooring which is made from strips of hardwood less than 10 cm wide.
b. Wood block flooring which is made from wood blocks.
c. Parquet flooring which is made from rectangular pieces of wood.
A wooden floor can be plain or even polished.
Advantages of a wooden floor:
1) it can be cheaper than other types of floor.
2) it is warm to the feet.
3) it can be made to look attractive if we'll maintained.
4) it can last long if made from good quality wood and if well maintained.
Disadvantages:
1) it can be easily damaged by moisture.
2) it is inflammable.
3) it can be damaged by pest.
4) it can be scratched with dragging of heaving objects.
Daily cleaning
- sweep to remove surface dust.
Weekly cleaning
a. Plain wood floor
- sweep the floor.
- scrub with a brush and soapy water following the grain of the wood.
- rinse and wipe dry thoroughly with clean cloth.
b. Polished wood floor
- sweep the floor.
- polish with correct floor wax.
- rub the polish thoroughly with non-fluffy cloth.
Cork Floor
Cork is cut and laid as tiles on concrete, stone or wooden base. Cork floor is not common. It is resilient or elastic. It is also absorbent.
Advantages:
1) it is warm to the feet.
2) it is noiseless.
Disadvantages:
1) it can absorb moisture.
2) it can easily be burnt.
3) it has little resistance to indentation.
Cleaning of cork floor
Daily cleaning:
i) Sweep with suitable broom to remove surface dust.
ii) Remove any stains.
Weekly cleaning:
i) sweep the floor.
ii) apply suitable floor wax.
iii) rub thoroughly.
Domande da interrogazione
- ¿Cuáles son los tipos de acabados de suelo de madera mencionados en el texto?
- ¿Cuáles son las ventajas de un suelo de corcho según el texto?
- ¿Qué pasos se deben seguir para la limpieza semanal de un suelo de madera pulido?
El texto menciona tres tipos de acabados de suelo de madera: el suelo de tiras de madera, el suelo de bloques de madera y el suelo de parquet.
Según el texto, las ventajas de un suelo de corcho incluyen ser cálido para los pies y silencioso.
Para la limpieza semanal de un suelo de madera pulido, se debe barrer el suelo, aplicar cera adecuada para suelos y frotar la cera a fondo con un paño que no suelte pelusa.
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