Flooring

Flooring

Of or pertaining to the laying or building of floors.

Contributors in Flooring

Flooring

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 ...

Vinyl resin

Construction; Flooring

Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) which has been polymerized from vinyl chloride monomer into a powdery form for mixing with other ingredients to form rigid vinyl (as found in house siding, PVC pipe, credit ...

Vinyl composition tile

Construction; Flooring

A resilient tile floor covering composed of binder, fillers and pigments compounded with suitable stabilisers and processing aides. The binder consists of polymers and/or copolymers of vinyl ...

Vinyl asbestos tile

Construction; Flooring

An obsolete form of resilient tile composed of vinyl plastic binders, chrysotile asbestos fibers, mineral fillers and pigments.

Varnish

Construction; Flooring

A finish that contains either natural or synthetic oils that are refined by boiling and cooking with the addition of dryers. Slow to cure, but can be accelerated by the addition of heat. When used as ...