Flooring

Flooring

Of or pertaining to the laying or building of floors.

Contributors in Flooring

Flooring

A fabricated wood board made of three or more separate plies or panels of wood veneer laid with grain of adjoining plies at right angles. The most dimensionally stable of wood underlayment boards, ...

polish

Construction; Flooring

A temporary coating that enhances the appearance and protects the substrate to which it is applied.

polishing

Construction; Flooring

The application of a temporary coating that protects the floor from wear, abrasion, soiling and discoloration, while smoothing the surface and significantly improving gloss. Polishes are easily ...

polyurethane

Construction; Flooring

A large molecule of chemically joined urethane units, having the capacity to solidify or "set". Irreversible when acted upon by heat, radiation or chemical cross-linking or curing agents. See ...

pores

Construction; Flooring

Small straw-like ends of hardwood elements appearing on the ends of a slat or flooring unit as small holes. They are very predominant in the springwood of red oak.

plastisol

Construction; Flooring

Made from a special kind of vinyl resin which is suspended in plasticizer and stabilizer to make it pourable as a liquid for coating purposes.

plugs

Construction; Flooring

Dowels that simulate the Colonial American plugged or pegged plank look. They are used to cover countersunk screws when installing wood flooring or for decorative purposes in wood flooring.