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Ease of maintenance, ease of maintenance, ease of maintenance!!!!!

Check whatever product you are thinking of for floor covering for
maintenance procedures...

Vinyl is easy... wash and wax... carpet gets vacuumed and
extracted... what do you need to do with rubberized floor covering?

Also, check on slip resistance...what happens when the surface
gets a little wet... do people slip and slide?

The only experience I have had with rubberized floor products
has been problematic... over time there was shrinkage that
caused gaps and water wasn't enough to clean it.

David

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> From: John Bowditch <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: Informal Science Education Network
> Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 13:27:22 -0400
> Subject: Re: Flooring

> Hi Rich,
>
> The rubber should work well but be very careful about whatever you use in
> place of the carpet from a sound perspective. I'd wager that noise remains a
> major problem at every science center on earth.
>
> John Bowditch
>
>> ----------
>> From:         Rich Fedele
>> Reply To:     Informal Science Education Network
>> Sent:         Friday, July 9, 2004 12:48 PM
>> Subject:      Flooring

>>
>> Hi ,
>>
>> Anyone have any wisdom to offer on the type of flooring you have in your
>> center?  We are getting rid of the carpet and going with some other surface
>> maybe rubberized?  Any thoughts?
>>
>> Richard Fedele
>> Manager, Public Outreach Dept.
>> Kitt Peak National Observatory/NOAO
>> Tucson, AZ 85719

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