Show decorative flooring adds to home beauty flooring Is more than a mere surface to be walked on it Is 19 ft a distinct decorative decora e part of a room it ts Is one of the vital features in the construction of a house and in nanny many cases it Is a means of preventing the spread of basement fires and consequently a potential lifesaver life saver these are but a few of the things that should be given careful consideration when the question of flooring Is raised by the architect wood floors are perhaps the most popular and they may be laid in n never ending variety of patterns narrow boards wide boards or a combination of booth blocks or the old fashioned planking all make attractive and durable floorings but again there Is more to a floor than its surface all floors should be laid over a sub floor and with wood laid diagonally to lend rigidity to the finished floor the joists foists should be bridged to pre vent bagging bridging involves till placing of wood or metal strips dlag anally between the floor foists joists to min imide the chances of lateral movement recently there have been introduced many non wood flooring materials perhaps the most used of these Is linoleum an interesting pattern of linoleum Is one which simulates the old plank flooring of colonial days even the wooden pegs and butterflies which held the planks together tire are ingrained in this material many finished floors are laid on n base of cement to use this a wire re Is needed this re enforcing Is backed with a heavy hulid ing frig paper which holds the cement as tt it Is poured when it Is hardened the crisscrossed criss crossed wires impart strength A base of this sort Is particularly baliv able in prevent preventing log the spread of anse i ment fires it will also aid in deduc I 1 ing fire insurance premiums |