We’ve all seen terrazzo divider strips, though many never know that is what they are looking at. If you’re unsure whether or not you’ve encountered terrazzo strips, just consider that each star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is made from two tones of terrazzo flooring embellished with brass emblems set inside of, you guessed it, a star made of terrazzo strips. There are countless examples of creative applications made from terrazzo strips; today we’ll discuss the basics of using terrazzo strips to create your own stunning display.
Simply put, terrazzo strips serve a vital purpose in separating different colors, textures, and materials in a terrazzo flooring, as well as providing a definitive “edge” to the floor. This function is vital to keeping your floors contained, level, and looking great. Regardless of how you choose to utilize your divider strips, the terrazzo flooring will “fill” the difference between the divider and the polished floor below, making the divider something like the walls of a very large, but extremely shallow, box. Whether you use terrazzo strips to create the illusion of massive terrazzo tiles, separate colors, or draw out incredible patterns to be filled by multiple colors and textures of terrazzo chips, your dividers are equally crucial to all goals.
In addition to providing the “lines” that house different colors of terrazzo, essentially drawing the shapes and patterns that will become the visible surface of the floor once completed, your terrazzo strips can themselves be decorative. If you’ve ever noticed a shiny gold line on a large smooth floor, that was a terrazzo divider strip acting as both structure and decoration, simultaneously. The colors and possibilities for divider strips extends far beyond simple silver or metallic colors, extending into matte colors that can make visible white or black lines. Additionally, divider strips are no longer limited to a straight line, and can instead make wavy and rounded shapes for truly intricate customization. Whether your floor is made of multiple colors of terrazzo or simply uses the dividers themselves as decoration, the ability for dividers to create a dazzling display cannot be understated. In fact, without the use of dividers, terrazzo would be a far less innovative and imaginative flooring, lending itself to only one color in a large area; this simple fact makes the terrazzo divider strip an inextricable part of the flooring process.
If you think of your flooring as a blank canvas that can house any color, colors, or lines, then you’re beginning to scratch the surface of what is possible with terrazzo strips. By using these effectively, you can transform a large entryway into a stunning display or simply embolden an already powerful terrazzo flooring choice with a complimentary divider strip color. Thanks to divider strips, the possibilities for terrazzo flooring customization are nearly endless. Once your design is set, simply lay it out on the floor using divider strips, and then treat those lines like a coloring book when laying your various terrazzo flooring into the spaces created; it’s as simple as that!
At Klein and Company Inc, we make terrazzo flooring our business; even as one of the nation’s top terrazzo supply providers, our online store only features products used by our local terrazzo flooring installation and maintenance business. We are small business owners and project managers at heart, which gives us an edge in providing high-quality terrazzo supply to commercial and residential projects everywhere.
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