PAPER FLOORS

Waikato Independent, Volume V, Issue 327, 22 January 1907, Page 6

PAPER FLOORS

Wood pulp or paper floors are the latest fad in Germany,, and the new idea lias many points of advantage over wooden floorings. A rough board floor is first laid, any sort of soft pine being used, since this is to serve merely as a foundation for thn flooring proper. Over this is spread a special preparation of pulp which drii-s almost as hard as stone, and with ait absolutely even surface. When thoroughly dried it can be painted or stained to imitate any wood and, as it is absolutely impervious to water oil or dirt, it can be kept much cleaner than the best hardwood floor, and the absence of cracks prevents the gathering of insects wilder the baseboard. It costs but two-thirds of what a hardwood lloor would, and it is being adopted in tin- best houses, as well as in the cheaper apartments, where the item of cost is an important consideration.