Flooring

Flooring

Of or pertaining to the laying or building of floors.

Contributors in Flooring

Flooring

A circular brush with the bristles of varying stiffness and abrasiveness, depending on whether it's to be used for scrubbing, buffing or stripping. Bristles are made of natural or synthetic fibres or ...

Glossing up

Construction; Flooring

The increase of lustre in a rubbed film through friction in use or the increase in lustre of a flat varnish in the package through a decrease in the effect of a flattening agent.

Gauge

Construction; Flooring

The nominal thickness of a flooring material or of a layer within the material. With resilient flooring, wear layer and backing gauge are often listed separately.

General contractor

Construction; Flooring

The "prime contractor" or major contractor, who, under the architect, is the firm in charge of any construction. All subcontractors report to the general contractor except in those cases where the ...

Gloss metre

Construction; Flooring

An instrument for measuring the lustre or gloss of a finished surface.

Heat-welded seam

Construction; Flooring

A seam produced by grooving abutting edges of resilient flooring and filling the groove with heated, fused or melted material (usually from a weld rod) to provide a bond and seal. Excess welding ...