Colorado Design Inc., Tile and Terrazzo

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Colorado Design Inc., Tile and Terrazzo

• Locally owned
• Member NTMA
• More than eighty years of combined experience

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Build Green

• As todays 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.

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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 Councils (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)

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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

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Installation of Terrazzo

• Most important step of a successful Terrazzo job
  is the preparation.
• Moisture testing
• Shot blasting and priming concrete

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Installation of Terrazzo

• Proper preparation of joint.

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Installation of Terrazzo

• Installing of Crack Membrane over control joint.
  All control joints should be honored.

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Installation of Terrazzo

• Installing Iso-Crack Membrane, required on all
  elevated floors.

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Installation of Terrazzo

• All floors requiring fill should be filled with
  epoxy.

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Installation of Terrazzo

• Layout and setting strips follow floor prep.

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Installation of Terrazzo

• Setting strip over epoxy fill

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Installation of Terrazzo

• Setting strip for emblem. An example of 1 wide
  strip.

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Installing on walls
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Base
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Installation of Terrazzo

• Pouring Terrazzo

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Installation of Terrazzo

• Pouring Terrazzo

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Installation of Terrazzo

• Pouring Terrazzo at elevator

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Installation of Terrazzo

• Pouring different colors of Terrazzo

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Installation of Terrazzo

• All colors poured

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Grinding base
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Grinding floor
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Grinding floor
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Polishing Terrazzo
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Finished Product

• Finished floor over controls joints with
  Iso-Crack membrane after three months.

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Finished Product

• Logo example of strip detail

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Finished Product

• Logo with aluminum strip

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Finished Product

• Greeley Police Station

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Finished Product

• Stainless steel inlays with integral cove base.

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Finished Product

• Example of Palladiana floor with Travatine.
  Other materials may be substituted.

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Finished Product

• Palladiana Terrazzo infill with recycled material

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Finished Product

• Countertop out of recycled materials shows
  versatility of Terrazzo.

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Installation of Terrazzo

• Example of detailed strip layout.

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Finished Product

• Elevator Lobby

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Finished Product

• Example of versatility of patterns.

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Finished Product

• Elevator lobby

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Finished wall and base
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Finished Product

• Walls and floor with integral base

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Finished Product

• USAFA

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Finished Product

• Hospital

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Finished Product

• Hospital

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Finished Product

• Floor polished to 3000 grit with no sealer.
  This application will significantly decrease your
  yearly maintenance cost.

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Finished Product

• All strip fabricated on job site. Shows quality
  of strip detail.

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Finished Product

• Varying strip widths

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Finished Product

• Polished floor

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Finished Product

• Carrying of pattern through elevators.

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Finished Product

• Elevator

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Finished Product

• Lobby floor

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Finished Product

• Lobby floor

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Finished Product

• Example of flatness of floor.

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Colorado Design Inc., Tile and Terrazzo 7245
Gilpin Way Suite 250 Denver, CO
80229 Office 303-288-9688 Fax
303-286-1126 Website coloradotileandterrazzo.com