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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Slab

Building materials; Tiles

A flat (although sometimes ribbed on the underside) reinforced concrete element of a building which provides the base for the floor or roofing materials.

Set

Building materials; Tiles

The condition reached by a cement paste, mortar, or concrete when it has lost plasticity to an arbitrary degree, usually measured in terms of resistance to penetration or deformation; initial set ...

Saw-cut

Building materials; Tiles

Finish produced by sawing with diamond toothed saws (either circular or gang).

(1) A continuous film or penetrant to prevent the passage of liquids or gaseous media; a high-bodied adhesive generally of low cohesive strength to fill voids of various sizes to prevent passage of ...

Self-spacing tile

Building materials; Tiles

Tile with lugs, spacers, or protuberances on the sides. These devices automatically space the tile for the grout joints.

Rubber trowel

Building materials; Tiles

The rubber trowel used for grouting is a non-porous synthetic-rubber-faced float that is mounted on an aluminium back with a wood handle. This trowel is used to force material deep into tile joints ...