- Industry: Construction
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a.) A framework, resting on a bearing at each end, used for supporting a roof or some other load. b.) Engineered or solid floor joist system.
Industry:Construction
A hand tool with notches used for spreading adhesives onto the substrate. Trowels are recommended with notches which are able to leave adhesive ridges of a size which will ensure complete contact with the flooring being installed.
Industry:Construction
The finish materials in a building at the floor of rooms (baseboard, base shoe, and quarter round for example).
Industry:Construction
Normally a plastic, wood or metal strip which smoothly transitions a higher piece of flooring to a lower piece, such as carpet to vinyl.
Industry:Construction
The durability of flooring products as related to traffic wear takes into consideration many factors. Abrasion resistance; resistance to gouging, punctures, cuts and impacts; rolling and sliding (dynamic) loads; and standing (static) loads affect the life of the floor. To determine the relative durability of Armstrong commercial flooring products, the above factors are measured against the known performance of other Armstrong resilient floors used in commercial applications for many years.
Industry:Construction
Yellowing caused by a chemical interaction of the anti-oxidants put in rubber shoe soles and plasticizers in vinyl. The more plasticizer, usually the higher the staining, except with the use of very expensive non-staining plasticizer.
Industry:Construction
In strip, plank and parquet flooring, a tongue is milled on one edge and a groove cut on the opposite edge. As the flooring is installed, the tongue of each strip or unit is engaged with the groove of the adjacent strip or unit. See End Matched and Side Matched.
Industry:Construction
A molding designed for obtaining an expansion space up to 1/2" wide between two different Armstrong hardwood floors or hard surface floors of the same thickness or as an internal expansion space for long spans. It is 3/8" thick x 2" wide x 78" long and prefinished in urethane to blend with the floor or available unfinished.
Industry:Construction
A white pigment used in paints and enamels primarily to increase hiding power and give greater brightness. It has a specific gravity of 3.9 and a relatively high oil absorption, which usually ranges from 20 to 26. The particle size is usually very small.
Industry:Construction
