- Industry: Construction
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The cutting and placement of a design or motif, usually of contrasting colors, into the overall floor covering.
Industry:Construction
Being or composed of something other than plant or animal (i.e. mineral); primarily relates to fillers being inorganic.
Industry:Construction
Floor surfacing material in which the decorative pattern or design is formed by color areas set into the surface. The design may or may not extend through to a backing.
Industry:Construction
Not capable of being mixed together without impairing the original properties of the materials being mixed. Mixing incompatible materials usually results in a separation of solid particles, cloudiness or turbidity.
Industry:Construction
A test for determining the resistance to shattering of a dried film by dropping a weight onto the finish.
Industry:Construction
Impact loads are momentary indentations like those produced from walking traffic. These impact pressures are high (often as much as several thousand pounds per square inch), and the smaller or sharper the impact area, the more damaging the indentation.
Note: The extremely high forces exerted by high heels or spiked shoes (1,000 psi (70.3 kg/sq cm) or more) may visibly damage wood floors, resilient floorings, and other commercial floor coverings. See also Static Loads and Rolling Loads.
Industry:Construction
a.) A substance that can absorb and retain moisture, or lose or throw off moisture. Wood and wood products are hygroscopic. They expand with absorption of moisture and their dimensions become smaller when moisture is lost or thrown off. b.) The ability to lose or gain moisture relative to the atmospheric humidity and temperature.
Industry:Construction
IIC is the measurement of how well a product resists the direct transfer of an impact, over a wide frequency range, from an elevated floor to the room below.
Industry:Construction
An instrument for measuring the degree of humidity or relative humidity of the atmosphere.
Industry:Construction
Pressure which forces water up through a below-grade slab, generally causing installation problems due to moisture. This occurs when the water table is higher than the slab. Hydrostatic pressure is caused by the weight of the water pressing down on itself. Contrary to popular belief, this is not the cause of most problems with resilient flooring.
Industry:Construction
