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Colorado Design Inc., Tile and Terrazzo. Locally owned Member NTMA More than eighty years of combined experience. Build Green.
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Colorado Design Inc., Tile and Terrazzo • Locally owned • Member NTMA • More than eighty years of combined experience
Build Green • As today’s market moves toward sustainable design and construction and green products, Colorado Design Inc. is prepared to meet those needs. Terrazzo is a versatile option that is in line with green construction. With Terrazzo, there is a flexibility of endless colors and patterns utilizing richly colored marble, granite, glass or other aggregate to create limitless design and color possibilities.
Why Terrazzo? Terrazzo flooring systems were one of the original recycled products available, and today, Terrazzo aggregates, binders and finished Terrazzo flooring systems may contribute to US Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Credits under the LEED Rating System. • Sustainable product • Typically lasting the life of a building • Can be used for art in public projects • Green Product • Recycled materials • Glass or plastic • Inorganic based binders contain zero Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC)
Terrazzo Finishes • Flexibility • Endless colors and patterns • Installed on floors and walls • Utilize richly colored materials • Granite • Glass • Other Aggregate • Natural finish • Low maintenance • Can be polished up to 3000 grit
Installation of Terrazzo • Most important step of a successful Terrazzo job is the preparation. • Moisture testing • Shot blasting and priming concrete
Installation of Terrazzo • Proper preparation of joint.
Installation of Terrazzo • Installing of Crack Membrane over control joint. All control joints should be honored.
Installation of Terrazzo • Installing Iso-Crack Membrane, required on all elevated floors.
Installation of Terrazzo • All floors requiring fill should be filled with epoxy.
Installation of Terrazzo • Layout and setting strips follow floor prep.
Installation of Terrazzo • Setting strip over epoxy fill
Installation of Terrazzo • Setting strip for emblem. An example of 1” wide strip.
Installation of Terrazzo • Pouring Terrazzo
Installation of Terrazzo • Pouring Terrazzo
Installation of Terrazzo • Pouring Terrazzo at elevator
Installation of Terrazzo • Pouring different colors of Terrazzo
Installation of Terrazzo • All colors poured
Finished Product • Finished floor over controls joints with Iso-Crack membrane after three months.
Finished Product • Logo example of strip detail
Finished Product • Logo with aluminum strip
Finished Product • Greeley Police Station
Finished Product • Stainless steel inlays with integral cove base.
Finished Product • Example of Palladiana floor with Travatine. Other materials may be substituted.
Finished Product • Palladiana Terrazzo infill with recycled material
Finished Product • Countertop out of recycled materials shows versatility of Terrazzo.
Installation of Terrazzo • Example of detailed strip layout.
Finished Product • Elevator Lobby
Finished Product • Example of versatility of patterns.
Finished Product Elevator lobby
Finished Product • Walls and floor with integral base
Finished Product • USAFA
Finished Product • Hospital
Finished Product • Hospital
Finished Product Floor polished to 3000 grit with no sealer. This application will significantly decrease your yearly maintenance cost.
Finished Product • All strip fabricated on job site. Shows quality of strip detail.
Finished Product • Varying strip widths
Finished Product • Polished floor
Finished Product • Carrying of pattern through elevators.
Finished Product • Elevator
Finished Product • Lobby floor
Finished Product • Lobby floor
Finished Product • Example of flatness of floor.