WHY NOT?
Specifying a polished natural stone or terrazzo floor will leave your client with an in-house maintenance program that exceeds the 2009 New York State Office Of General Services Guidelines and Specifications for Environmentally Sensitive Cleaning on Hard Surfaces.
Wax-free polished natural stone and terrazzo floors have the lowest lifetime maintenance cost of any other flooring material (other than dirt).
Naturally honed/polished terrazzo is one of the easiest floors to maintain.
Provide your clients with the BEST floor care option available.
The Benefits of incorporating natural stone and terrazzo polishing specifications into building plans:
It allows your clients to be Proactive, Not Reactive with the Go Green revolution.
Polished natural stone and terrazzo floors are a major step for any institution in advancing towards sustainability and Green Initiatives.
A polished natural stone/terrazzo floor helps in the following ways:
- Eliminates the need for purchasing and using hard surface waxes/finishes and strippers for general floor care.
- Improves the indoor air quality by eliminating a major source of indoor volatile organic compounds and contaminants, therefore helping to protect building occupants’ health and safety.
- Eliminates the detrimental environmental impact of dumping used harmful chemicals down the drain.
- Reduces long term maintenance costs and has one of the lowest lifetime costs of any floor.
- Maintains a shine and appearance much longer than any floor coated with waxes/finish.
- Allows floor to “breath” which allows water moisture to evaporate from under the floor which minimizes the posibility of having moisture problems in the future.
For more information about why you should start spec'ing your polished natural stone and terrazzo on your projects please visit the Stuck in the wax?
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