1. On-site Inspection – We carry out an inspection, accurate and punctual, to assess the feasibility of the operation and the specific nature of the construction site in order to formulate a clear and personalized estimate.
2. Selection of essences – A wide sampling of Venetian floors and the opportunity to build new ones, on request, from raw non pre-mixed materials, are the starting point for a customized terrazzo , a unique and unrepeatable solution.
3. Preparation of the screed – for lime floors we realize the coat starting from the planks. For cement floors, we provide assistance on the characteristics of a screed, not technical, not suitable to support the terrace.
4. Laying of terraces – The laying of terraces provides the formation of a layer of concrete, about 1 cm thick, formed by the binder (cement or lime) and thin grit in volumetric reason of two parts of grit and three parts of binder.
5. Semina – afterwards it is performed the “semina”, tossing different sizes of marble chips. The skill of the terrazzo master is to let them slip from his hand, in a homogeneous and compact way, up to cover the entire surface.
6. Dampening – Once the sowing is finished, the master manually wets the surface to obtain a consistency that will allow the deep insertion of the chips in the following steps of rolling and beating.
7. Rolling – The roller is a tool weighing about 70 kilos that, with numerous crossed passages, compresses and levels the granulate. The master’ skill in rolling allows him to obtain the homogeneity of the seed avoiding any waves on the floor.
8. Threshing – This procedure involves the use of a roller and of a special iron tool called “fero da bàter” on completion of the rolling for the parts of the cement terrazzo that the roller does not reach. It is, instead, the main process of compression for the lime floors.
9. Roughing – when the binder is mature, the surface is roughed with a manual tool called “orso”, or with sanding machines, through a series of steps with a higher abrasive grain.
10. Pointing – The roughing brings to surface physiological micro-holes, which are closed through the stucco work filling the entire surface.
11. Polishing – When the stucco is mature, the lime floor is polished manually with natural oil. For the cement terrace sanding machines, abrasives, diamond wheels and polishing products are used to obtain the desired pplishing degree.
12. Innovative Finishing – The “crystallization of floors” gives greater resistance to abrasions, ensuring a more durable sheen. This finishing is the result of continuous research and application of innovative processes of our company.

The terrazzo is inextricably linked to the foundation and urban evolution of Venice whose homes, in continuous adjustment, recall the requirements of the stability and elasticity of the vessels. Its origins lie in ancient Greece and Rome, but it is not clear how they could concentrate and diffuse themselves in Friuli, in the early Christian and Byzantine era.
In the period between VII and XIII century the floors of the Venetian houses could be of “antinelle“, a particular kind of brisks, arranged in a herringbone pattern on the ground floor and the upper floors of wooden planks, larch and fir, covered with “cocciopesto“, (Opus signinum) with the surface “smeared ” with red, yellow or green lime. Around 1400 the terrace reaches a high degree of sophistication: marble, colored chips, mother of pearl embellish the surface. From “wooden town” Venice turns into “city of stone”.
The terrazzieri organize themselves in Schola rather late in 1586 and only in 1590 appear the first illustrations of the installation and working tools.
Between 1600 and 1700 the art spreads in Milan, Genoa, Bologna and new decorations and motifs are processed.
From 1800 up to now, the “Terrazzo alla Venziana” hasn’t changed much; materials and machinery have evolved, as well as the inclusion of glass, murrine and other precious items, but the procedures for implementation, the gestures of master terrazzieri, and the processing times have remained almost unchanged.