A high performance, innovative solution and increasingly common in construction, raised flooring installation is most appreciated where there is a need to lay wiring, piping or plant equipment as well as create aesthetic, functional spaces. Let’s see what the main features and benefits are to raised installation.
Properties of raised flooring installation
Fitting floating flooring is a dry installation technique used to obtain a raised surface compared to the original flooring, creating a cavity between the two surfaces that will act as a technical chamber for housing the plant equipment needed to configure each room. The installation of modular panels on adjustable supports allows you to achieve a completely flat and even surface even when the pre-existing floor is uneven. For this purpose, at the design stage, it is important to pay attention to the height of the raised flooring’s support columns that can be adjusted to achieve the end height of the entire structure.
Ideal for both indoors and outdoors, raised flooring installation differs in the materials used, assembly systems and the technical repercussions and system standards, but it adapts perfectly to any design requirement and guarantees extremely high performance in any context. Irrespective of where it will be used, raised flooring needs to guarantee adequate resistance to static and dynamic loads and the end composition given by floating floor installation generally involves:
- A finishing surface
- A series of support panels
- A protective layer
- An ABS perimeter edge
- An anti-vibration seal
- A series of crosspieces
- A series of columns adjustable in height
- Sound insulation mating.
It is worth pointing out that this composition involves a considerable load reduction compared to a traditional flooring, that weighs heavily on the load bearing floor and has an effect on the size of the structures and seismic calculation.
The advantages of floating floor installation
Not just flexibility, fast installation and easy maintenance: floating floor assembly offers a series of financial and logistical strong points that differentiate it from other kinds of flooring and explains why it has become so popular in recent years.
- High level of functionality thanks to the technical chamber that is created to house technical plant equipment under the treadable surface;
- The installation of individual panels provides access at any point of the cavity that has been created, offering the possibility to inspect the plant equipment in a matter of minutes. This makes it possible to intervene on each individual module of the flooring without moving the others to the advantage of maintenance work, where required;
- Raised installation is extremely easy and requires no glue or plaster: all the elements are assembled dry and this means the floor can be walked on immediately after being installed;
- Improves living comfort: installing floating flooring improves thermal-acoustic insulation in a room and prevents the formation of rising mould and damp;
- Design freedom and flexibility: the configuration of a room is no longer bound by plant equipment and can be modified at any time;
- Highly customised, given the extensive variety of materials, finishes and accessories available for this kind of installation;
- Raised flooring installation eliminates the need to carry out building work and offers a fast solution and one that can be used immediately;
- The ideal solution in building renovation, the reconditioning of pre-existing flooring and repairing any defects on the bottom;
- As a result of all the advantages just listed, raised installation offers clear financial and time-saving benefits.
