Podium in the house
Podium - is the lifted part of a floor and usually it is a frame design. The skeleton can be most different - wooden, metal (providing the greatest durability), from above on a skeleton the finishing material (wood, tile, stone, stopper, laminate, etc.) is put. Sometimes, for creation of original design decisions, the color, which is distinct from color of a floor, is used. Dot fixtures are usually arranged in end faces of steps.
The podium is hardly higher the steps, and also there are areas, on which the whole kitchens are being arranged. As a rule the podium height makes 100-200 mm, if the height exceeds these parameters, it is necessary to add steps to podium for extra convenience.
Usually podiums are classified as technical (necessary for communications and more often established in bathrooms and on the kitchen) and decorative podiums (in bedrooms, sitting and other rooms of the house).
Podium can compensate absence of cases, in it is easy to establish sliding containers and to put any things, saving free space of residential zone.
If you have decided to arrange podium, than you should take care of its rigidity and sound insulation, using special isolating materials.