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Wood underlayments approved by APA - The Engineered Wood Association - as suitable for the installation of resilient flooring.
Industry:Construction
Formally known as the American Plywood Association - A trade organization that specifies which wood panels are acceptable as underlayment boards for resilient flooring.
Industry:Construction
The layer of wood growth, including spring and summerwood, formed on a tree during a single growing season.
Industry:Construction
Not possessing the same properties in all directions. Wood is anisotropic because the shrinking and swelling, from moisture loss or gain, are unequal in length, thickness, and width
Industry:Construction
Colors made from aniline oils or coal tar derivatives, and used in the manufacture of wood stains. Aniline dyes are made in different grades to be soluble in water, alcohol or hydrocarbons, and accordingly are called water colors, spirit colors and oil colors, respectively.
Industry:Construction
A yellowish color change from either the wood or finish. See Color Change.
Industry:Construction
A finish that exhibits large segmented cracks with the appearance of an alligator hide. May be caused by heavy coating, coating over non-cured coatings, use of fast drying thinners or the application of a finish over another with less elasticity.
Industry:Construction
Diluted salts that are carried to the surface of a concrete subfloor by water coming up from the ground below. These salts may cause installation failure of resilient flooring by destroying the adhesive bond. They can work their way up through tile joints and sheet goods' seams. In dry concrete, normal surface alkalinity on a pH scale is 9 or less. When alkali readings on a slab are above 9, alkali can cause problems with a flooring installation. There is no guarantee any treatment will keep the surface free of alkali, but washing the surface with clear water or soda water will lower the alkalinity. Traditionally, muriatic acid has been used, but it too may leave behind residue, which can adversely affect the flooring installation.
Industry:Construction
