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Armstrong World Industries
Industry: Construction
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A heavy artificial texture in which the floor has been scraped, scratched or gouged to give it a timeworn antique look. A common method of distressing is wire brushing.
Industry:Construction
In reference to finishing materials, finely divided or colloidal in nature.
Industry:Construction
Direct pressure laminate is a method of fusing used to manufacture laminate flooring. The surface, inner layers and backing layer are fused in a single press operation.
Industry:Construction
The ability to maintain the original intended dimensions when influenced by a foreign substance. Wood is not dimensionally stable with changes in moisture content below the fiber saturation point. Engineered wood flooring, however, is more dimensionally stable than solid wood.
Industry:Construction
Certain hardwoods in which the pores tend to be uniform in size and distribution throughout each annual ring or to decrease in size slightly and gradually toward the outer border of the annual growth ring. Hard maple is an example.
Industry:Construction
The chamfered or beveled edge of strip flooring, plank, block and parquet. See Eased Edge.
Industry:Construction
This procedure involves the removal of fine dust, grit and spills from the floor surface with a mop dampened with a neutral detergent solution. Performed daily, this procedure helps to control grit and can reduce time and money spent on more intensive maintenance procedures.
Industry:Construction
The separation of layers in an engineered/laminate through failure within the adhesive or at the bond between adhesive and laminate.
Industry:Construction
A variation in the position or shapes of a structure or structural element due to the effects of loads or volume change; usually measured as a linear deviation from an established plan rather than an angular variation.
Industry:Construction
Any abnormality lowering the value of a product no matter why, when, or how it developed.
Industry:Construction