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Tiles
Any of various thin slabs or bent pieces of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or wall.
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Wet area
Building materials; Tiles
Interior or exterior tiled areas subject to periodic or constant wetting. Examples: showers, sunken tubs, pools, exterior walls, roofs, exterior paving and interior floors.
Tumbled
Building materials; Tiles
The tumbling process gives these tiles softer, rounded edges for a more aged, antique appearance.
Underlayment
Building materials; Tiles
An application of a relatively thin layer of mortar primarily used to level out-of-plane surfaces such as concrete slabs.
Unfilled
Building materials; Tiles
An expression used to indicate that there has been no filling of natural voids in stone units with cements or synthetic resins and similar materials.
Unglazed tile
Building materials; Tiles
A hard, dense tile of homogeneous composition throughout, deriving colour and texture from the materials of which the body is made. The colours and characteristics of the tile are determined by the ...
Lath
Building materials; Tiles
A wood strip or metal mesh, which acts as a background or reinforcing agent for the scratch coat or mortar coat.
Latex grout
Building materials; Tiles
A portland cement grout with a special latex additive which results in a less rigid, less permeable grout than regular portland cement grout.
