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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Spacers

Building materials; Tiles

T, Y and X shaped, they are used in installation to separate tile on walls and floors. They are manufactured in various thickness from 1/16 to 1/2.

Split face

Building materials; Tiles

Stone on which the face has been broken to an approximate plane.

Shelf life

Building materials; Tiles

Maximum interval during which a material may be stored and remain in a usable condition.

Skid resistance

Building materials; Tiles

A measure of the frictional characteristics of a surface.

Filled

Building materials; Tiles

An expression used to indicate the filling of natural voids in stone units with cements or synthetic resins and similar materials.

Bisque fire

Building materials; Tiles

The process of maturing an unfired ceramic body and its glaze in one firing operation.

The flat trowel is used in conjunction with the hawk for the transferring of mortar from the mortarboard to the wall or to other vertical surfaces. It is frequently used for spreading pure cement on ...