Flooring

Flooring

Of or pertaining to the laying or building of floors.

Contributors in Flooring

Flooring

Trapped air under flooring. Bubbles can be small or large in size. When bubbles appear shortly after installation, placing the flooring into the adhesive too soon or rolling improperly is generally ...

Aggregate

Construction; Flooring

Hard, inert material used in concrete. Fine aggregate is 1/4" or less in diameter and usually consists of sand. Coarse aggregate is 1/4" up to 1-1/2" in diameter and usually consists of crushed ...

Alkalinity

Construction; Flooring

A measurement of alkaline rated above 7 on the pH scale.

Alkaline salts

Construction; Flooring

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 ...

Alkali

Construction; Flooring

A soluble mineral salt present in some soil and natural water.

Base shoe

Construction; Flooring

A moulding designed to be attached to baseboard moulding to cover expansion space. It is the alternative to a quarter-round in profile.

Balling

Construction; Flooring

Incapable of being troweled satisfactorily, the adhesive "balls up" under the trowel, and is usually due to a dusty or dirty substrate. May also occur when the adhesive has been frozen.