The floating floor concept employs a walking surface that is elevated above the concrete tile to create a technical hollow space. This appropriately sized section allows all types of cabling and connectors to pass through it (power, telephone and IT wiring, supply piping, fluid discharge, etc).
Because of its dry removability, a floating floor is particularly useful for speeding up maintenance activities and later adjustments to the cabling and connections, with no need to go under the floor while doing so. There is no need for construction, resulting in a significant decrease in both the time and cost of activities.
The need for additional cabling is becoming more common as work instruments and data transmission networks become more technologically advanced, particularly in office buildings.
This installation is made much easier by the flexibility of a floating floor.
In general, the raised floor allows for inspection of the quality and position of the supply and discharge piping or channels for air treatment, as well as quick intervention and appropriate maintenance.
The following are the key advantages of a floating floor over a traditional floor:
insertion of new work stations or revisions to existing ones; possibility for any maintenance and modifications of systems to operate on single panels individually without having to modify neighboring ones; freedom to remodel rooms at any time, according to new space organization requirements;
Dry installation and removal of the various components without the need of adhesives; elimination of "pop-out" issues caused by incompatibility of the concrete tile with standard flooring;
Thermal separation between the concrete tile and the walking surface, resulting in improved living quality; potential of employing the components in situations other than those in which they were initially used;
greatest creative flexibility for the designer, who is no longer constrained in terms of where the various systems should be placed throughout the design phase;
In terms of economics, the ability to view floating floors as moveable walls allows for greater tax benefits.