Tiles

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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Tiles

A tile or trim unit that is formed when plastic clay mixtures are forced through a pug mill opening (die) of suitable configuration, resulting in a continuous ribbon of formed clay. A wire cutter or ...

Epoxy mortar

Building materials; Tiles

A two-part mortar system consisting of epoxy resin and epoxy hardener used to bond tile to back-up material where chemical resistance of high bond strength is a consideration.

Estimate

Building materials; Tiles

Projected cost of materials and labour for a construction project or portion of a project.

Expansion joint

Building materials; Tiles

A joint through tile, mortar, and reinforcing wire down to the substrate.

Eagle beak

Building materials; Tiles

A 6 inch X 3/4 inch outside corner trim shape. (AC106)

Efflorescence

Building materials; Tiles

The residue deposited on the surface of a material by the crystallisation of soluble salts.

Cobblestone

Building materials; Tiles

A dimension stone, large enough for use in paving. A term commonly used to describe paving blocks (usually granite), generally cut to rectangular shapes.