Flooring

Flooring

Of or pertaining to the laying or building of floors.

Industry: Construction

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Flooring

sleeper-constructed subfloor

Construction; Flooring

A wood subfloor installed over or on an existing concrete subfloor on or below grade without 18 inches of well-ventilated air space.

slats

Construction; Flooring

Individual components or fillets held together by wire to form a parquet flooring square or tile.

In tongue and groove strip and plank flooring, the individual pieces have a tongue milled on one side and a groove milled on the opposite side, so that when the individual strips or planks are placed ...

skin

Construction; Flooring

The film of oxidized or polymerized finishing material that forms on the surface while in a container or tank.

shelf life

Construction; Flooring

The period of time which the manufacturer guarantees the unopened adhesive will be useable. The date of manufacture is normally stamped somewhere on the adhesive container. In most cases, the ...

shellac

Construction; Flooring

A finish produced from a combination of alcohol and resins excreted by the Lac Beetle. Has good ambering, may become tacky when subjected to high humidity and lacks the high abrasion resistance of ...