Image Flooring.jpg right thumb An example of a flooring job. Image LaserFlooring1.jpg right thumb Levelling of ceramic tiles floor with a laser device Flooring is the general term for a permanent covering ... almost always classified as floor covering include carpet , area rugs, and resilient flooring such as linoleum or vinyl flooring. Materials commonly called flooring include wood flooring , ceramic tile ... World Floor Covering Association ref Subfloor Main Subfloor The floor under the flooring is called the subfloor . This provides the support for the flooring. Special purpose subfloors like floating floor ... the structural strength. Flooring materials The choice of material for floor covering is affected by factors such as cost, endurance, noise insulation, comfort and cleaning effort. Some types of flooring ... edge, and usually lie over another finished floor such as wood flooring. Rugs may either be temporarily attached to the flooring below by adhesive tape or other methods to prevent creep, or may be loose laid. Wood flooring Many different species of wood are fabricated into wood flooring in two primary ... has a unique appearance and is Green movement green . Laminate flooring Laminate is a floor covering ... than hardwood, but cannot be refinished like hardwood. Laminate flooring is available in many different .... Bamboo floor ing is a floor manufactured from the bamboo plant and is a type of hardwood flooring ... in many different patterns, colors, and textures. Cork Flooring is a flooring material ... the tree. Cork flooring comes in both tiles and planks, and can have glue or glues less installation ... and then returning back to its normal shape. ref http www.corkflooringpros.com Cork Flooring Consumer information on Cork Flooring ref Resilient flooring Resilient flooring is made of material that has .... Performance surface s used for dance or athletics are made of either wood or resilient flooring. Hard flooring Image IstanbulFlooring.jpg thumb 250px Ceramic tile s flooring in Istanbul street ... more details
Image Flooring clamps.JPG thumb 300px A pair of Record flooring clamps. Image Timber floor cramping.gif thumb 300px Side view of flooring clamp in use Clamp tool Clamps , or cramps, for laying tongue and groove floorboards, or flooring . Usage Only useful for clamping tongue and groove floors that are being face nailed. It is possible to clamp 8 to 10 boards at a time. Tremendous pressure can be applied to the boards. The clamps are always used in multiples one clamp is useless. Spaced say every 4th or 5th joist , the clamp is driven onto the joist range 35 mm to 65 mm thick and with the Ratchet device ratchet action of the handle the clamp drives into a temporary bearer 100 x 50 and then to the boards. See also Clamp tool Flooring External links http www.builderbill diy help.com flooring.html Laying a timber floor DEFAULTSORT Flooring Clamp Category Clamps Category Floors Category Woodworking hand tools ... more details
Sustainable flooring is produced from sustainable materials and by a sustainable process that reduces ... that sustainable flooring creates safer and healthier buildings and guarantees a future ... have led the charge to bring awareness of sustainable flooring as well as and healthy buildings air ... friendly flooring options. ref Luetdke A. 2002 . Floor coverings, dust and airborne contaminants ... those with allergies to dust or other particulates choose flooring with smooth surfaces such as hardwood ... information about flooring options. Life cycle comparisons of flooring alternatives by research groups around the world consistently show bio based flooring products to have lower environmental impacts than other types of flooring. The life cycle environmental impacts associated with producing and using flooring alternatives such as cork, linoleum, and solid wood are clearly lower than other alternatives ... Partners Life Cycle Assessment of Flooring Materials A Guide to Intelligent Selection ref Wood ... 14894 FAO Corporate Document Repository Comparison between wood, PVC and linoleum flooring ref Wood ... remains stored in products like wood flooring during its service life, thus keeping it out of the atmosphere ... CORRIM Phase II Final Report Life Cycle Inventory of Solid Strip Hardwood Flooring in the Eastern United States ref A life cycle assessment of flooring materials made of solid wood, linoleum and vinyl found the wood flooring had lower energy use and carbon dioxide emissions. It also performed ...&searchtype a Science Direct Life Cycle Assessment of Flooring Materials Case Study ref Solid wood products, particularly flooring, are often specified in environments where the occupants ... Floors Work ref Bamboo flooring Bamboo flooring is made from a fast growing renewable timber ... is easy, as bamboo flooring is available with tongue and groove technology familiar in hardwood laminate alternatives. Bamboo flooring is often more expensive than laminate , though it is generally ... more details
Primary sources date February 2007 Image Laminate.jpg right thumb 250px Pergo flooring project Laminate flooring is a multi layer synthetic flooring product fused together with a laminate lamination process. Laminate flooring simulates wood or stone, in some cases with a photographic applique layer under a clear protective layer. The inner core layer is usually composed of Melamine melamine resin and fiber board materials. There is sometimes a glue backing for ease of installation. It has the advantages of being attractive, while costing less than natural floor materials, and of being more durable than carpet. Installation Laminate floors are reasonably easy for a do it yourself homeowner to install. Laminate flooring are packaged as a number of tongue and groove planks these can be clicked into one another. Installed laminate floors typically float over the sub floor on top of a foam film ... between the flooring and any immovable object such as walls, this allows the flooring to expand without ... and after laying of the flooring is complete for a neater finish, or small beading trims can be fitted ... effects Laminate flooring is often made of melamine resin , a compound made with formaldehyde . There has ... Board, July 2005 ref Some laminate flooring parador proair uses a chemical process to reduce and neutralise formaldehyde emissions throughout the life of the floor. History Laminate flooring was invented ... to the United States in 1994. Perstop spun off its flooring division as the separate company named Pergo. Pergo is the most widely known laminate flooring manufacturer, but the trademark PERGO is not synonymous ... ref Glueless laminate flooring was invented by Belgian company Unilin in 1997. The unilin locking system ... and Fiboloc for holding flooring panels together. Initially the two companies tried to sue each ... glueless locking flooring is made under licence from either Unilin, Valinge or sometimes both. The Unilin ... External links http www.nalfa.com Laminate Flooring Association Category Composite materials ... more details
Kraus is a manufacturer of tufted broadloom carpet and distribution business distributor of other flooring products. The company was founded in 1959 by Michael Kraus minister Michael Kraus . Headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario , Canada , Kraus has manufacturing facilities in Waterloo, Ontario , Canada , in Dalton, Georgia , United States USA and in Southport, Queensland , Australia as well as distribution sites across Canada and the United States . Kraus is a private company with over 900 employees ref Citation title Kraus Carpet founder also was church leader journal The Kitchener Waterloo Record date November 19, 2003 pages B4 year 2003 ref , which is ranked among North America s ten largest flooring companies. ref Citation title North American Flooring Manufacturers journal Flooring Focus Magazine date May 2006 year 2006 ref References reflist External links Citation title Kraus Website url http www.krausflooring.com Category Manufacturing companies of Canada ... more details
Refimprove date August 2010 Image Flooring.jpg thumb right 250px An example of solid wood flooring with a top coating of urethane Wood flooring is any product manufactured from timber that is designed for use as flooring , either structural or aesthetic. Bamboo flooring is often considered a wood floor ... for flooring because it is elastic and flexible , according to A Splintered History of Wood by Spike ... are used almost exclusively for their appearance. For flooring, solid wood has many limitations ... of the flooring some manufacturers produce wider boards using proprietary milling techniques ... right 250px thumb Wood flooring is a popular feature in many houses. Engineered wood flooring is composed ... when the flooring is installed, and is adhered to the core or substrate which provides the stability. Laminate flooring Laminate , vinyl and Wood veneer veneer floors are often confused ... common type of wood flooring used globally. North America is the only continent that has a larger .... A subcategory of engineered wood flooring is acrylic impregnated wood flooring. This product utilizes ... D 143 ref Nydree Flooring Modified Rockwell Hardness and Janka Test Data Sheet ref . Acrylic impregnated engineered wood flooring is normally used in high traffic interior spaces that require a high level ... . In many installations, however, engineered flooring can only withstand a limited number of sandings, versus solid wood, which can be sanded many times. The installation costs of engineered flooring are typically lower than solid flooring. Engineered wood flooring has several benefits over solid ... and wider than solid planks. The top surface of solid and engineered flooring have the same properties of hardness and durability. The development of structural engineered flooring now means ... joists without the need for plywood sub flooring. Solid wood manufacturing Solid wood can be cut ... on flooring, quarter sawn and rift sawn will have the same appearance. Many solid woods come ... more details
Indiana Flooring were a New York City New York football soccer soccer team that played in the American Soccer League between 1924 and 1927. They replaced New York Field Club . Before joining the ASL, the team had played in various state leagues. Ernest Viberg, a former trainer who acted as an interpreter for Bethlehem Steel when they toured Sweden in 1919, initially took control of the franchise. ref http www.sover.net spectrum year 1925.html American Soccer 1925 ref However in 1927 it was bought by Charles Stoneham , owner of the San Francisco Giants New York Giants baseball team. ref http www.sover.net spectrum year 1928.html American Soccer 1928 ref In subsequent seasons they played as the New York Nationals ASL New York Nationals and then as the New York Giants soccer New York Giants . ref http www.sover.net spectrum year 1931.html American Soccer 1931 ref Year by year class wikitable Year Division League Reg. Season Playoffs U.S. Open Cup 1924 25 1 ASL 9th No playoff Did not enter 1925 26 1 ASL 6th No playoff First round 1926 27 1 ASL 6th No playoff Second round Notable coaches flagicon United States flagicon Scotland Robert Millar soccer Robert Millar 1925 1927 Notable former players flagicon United States flagicon Scotland Jimmy Gallagher flagicon United States flagicon Scotland Bart McGhee flagicon United States flagicon Scotland Robert Millar soccer Robert Millar flagicon Ireland 1783 flagicon Ireland Harry Chatton see also cl Indiana Flooring players References references Category New York men s soccer teams Category Defunct soccer clubs in the United States Category American Soccer League 1921 1933 teams Category New York Nationals ASL US footyclub stub nl Indiana Flooring ... more details
Infobox company company name Graf Brothers Flooring and Lumber company logo File GBFloorLogoSmall.jpg company type Private company Private slogan foundation 2003 ref name 10 Minutes With David Graf http abc.eznettools.net D300003 X381301 content WPMAarticle.pdf Wood Products Manufacturers Association August 2008 Newsletter ref location South Shore, KY key people David Graf, President num employees 275 ref name 10 Minutes With David Graf industry Manufacturing, Basic Materials products Hardwood Flooring ... ref name Where Dreams Become Reality Graf Brothers Flooring http www.grafbrothersflooring.com content HardwoodLumber.pdf Hardwood Lumber Buyer March April 2007 ref Graf Brothers Flooring and Lumber ... convert 125000 board feet m3 sigfig 2 of lumber and convert 35000 sqft m2 sigfig 2 of flooring per ... of flooring in inventory, including stocks at four West Coast warehouses. Graf Brothers sells approximately half of its lumber to distribution yards and flooring and millwork manufacturers, and the other half goes into its own flooring production. ref name Where Dreams Become Reality Graf Brothers Flooring ... s flooring is shipped to distributors in Europe, Japan, and Asia, as well as 260 flooring distributors ... Flooring Graf Brothers headquarters and main sales office is a site of convert 70 acre m2 sigfig 1 ... of the art computerized rip lines for manufacturing ripped to width lumber and flooring blanks. All ... flooring exclusively for Graf Brothers at its plant in nearby Portsmouth, Ohio . ref name Where Dreams Become Reality Graf Brothers Flooring Graf Bros partakes in two practices that are unique to the lumber and flooring industries. The first is the production of Monster Boards , which are boards ... Brothers Flooring The second unique practice is offering sorted or fixed widths in rift and quarter ... Reflist 2 External links http www.grafbrothersflooring.com Graf Brothers Flooring and Lumber DEFAULTSORT Graf Brothers Flooring And Lumber Category Companies based in Kentucky ... more details
orphan date April 2010 Floating tile flooring , also called modular tile flooring , includes a range of Porcelain tile porcelain and ceramic tile products that can be installed without adhesive or mortar masonry mortar . Generally, the tile is rectified to precise dimensions, and fused to an interlocking base. Some products require use of a flexible grout and others have an integrated grout strip. The advantages include speed of installation, ease of use, reusability , and low cost relative to using traditional tile installation methods. References See Wikipedia Footnotes on how to create references using ref ref tags which will then appear here automatically Reflist Categories DEFAULTSORT Floating Tile Flooring Category Floors Category Building materials Architecture stub ... more details
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Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Olympia Floor and Wall Tile is the largest tile wholesaler in Canada and is wholly owned by Ralph Reichmann. Based in Toronto, Canada it has branches in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, London, Hamilton, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Halifax. It also has branches in the United States and owns Flextile, an adhesive company in Toronto. It was the first of the Reichmann companies founded in Montreal in 1955 by Edward Reichmann . When Paul Reichmann Paul , Albert Reichmann Albert and Ralph came to Canada, they set up the Toronto operations of the company. For its operations the Toronto Reichmanns began to build warehouses and other commercial buildings, this eventually grew into the massive Olympia & York property company, once the largest in the world. Paul and Albert left to run the property business while Ralph remained in charge of the tile business. Olympia Flooring and Tile was not affected by the collapse of Olympia & York in 1993. DEFAULTSORT Olympia Flooring And Tile Category Retail companies of Canada Category Companies established in 1955 Category Companies based in Toronto Canada company stub ... more details
Self drying concrete technology is found in certain cementitious patching and leveling materials and tile setting mortars used in the flooring industry. Self drying techology allows the cement mix to consume all of its mix water while curing, eliminating the need for excess water to evaporate prior to installing flooring. Traditional floor coverings, such as VCT, sheet vinyl, carpet and ceramic tile, can be installed before the material is completely dry and as soon as it hardens, which typically happens in the first two hours after placement. Traditional concrete has a water cement ratio of about 0.5, which refers to the weight of the water divided by the weight of the cement. A water cement ratio of 0.5 provides good workability while keeping the amount of excess water in the mix fairly low. Without at least this much extra water, the concrete would be too dry to place. The chemical reaction of Portland cement and water that is known as hydration, which is necessary for the strengthening of the concrete, requires a water cement ratio of only about 0.25. With a water cement ratio of 0.5, there is twice the amount of water in the concrete mix than what is needed for hydration. This excess water needs to evaporate before flooring can be installed, which typically takes 28 days. Conversely, a self drying concrete blend consumes all of its mix water with a water cement ratio of up to 0.6, maintaining good workability while allowing flooring to be installed before it is completely dry. There are also cement products that are partially self drying, meaning that they use a high percentage of their mix water for hydration as opposed to using 100 of it. This type of product might be used when the flooring does not need to be installed the same day but must still be installed more quickly than traditional concrete would allow. For instance, products that are 80 self drying allow flooring to be installed the next day, typically after a 16 hour cure. Self drying technology was ... more details
Excessive moisture vapor emissions in concrete slabs can mean significant, expensive damage to a flooring installation. According to recognized industry expert Howard Kanare, Senior Principal Scientist at Construction Laboratory Technologies CTL Group ref http www.ctlgroup.com CTL Group Website ref , hundreds of millions of dollars are spent annually just in the United States to correct moisture related problems in flooring. ref Cite journal title Why Are We Still Having Problems with Moisture and Concrete Floor Slabs author Howard Kanare journal Concrete Construction Magazine date November 15, 2007 postscript None ref These problems include failure of the flooring adhesive damage to the floor covering itself, such as blistering the formation of efflorescence salts and the growth of mold and mildew . Excess moisture in concrete is defined by that amount of moisture emitting from the concrete subfloor that exceeds the amount allowed by the flooring manufacturer. This condition occurs when the flooring is installed before the water in the concrete mix that is not needed for hydration strengthening has had adequate time to evaporate. Causes of this condition include a construction schedule that does not allow at least 28 days for the slab to dry using too much water in the concrete mix installing the slab without a puncture and tear resistant, low permeability vapor barrier beneath it rewetting of the slab due to precipitation inadequate drying conditions, which can include air temperatures that are lower than 50 F, high humidity in the surrounding air and poor airflow and liquid water infiltration due to external sources, such as broken pipes, irrigation, improper sloping of the landscape, condensation, cleaning and maintenance, and moisture from flooring adhesives. There are two industry standard s for measuring moisture vapor emissions in concrete calcium chloride testing ... for the flooring being installed, which combats flooring failures, Microbiology microbiological ... more details
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Refimprove date August 2007 Quarter round also called a base shoe , a term typically used in the flooring industry, is a convex Molding decorative molding that has a cross section in the form of a quarter circle or an ellipse. Typically used as a flooring joint between the flooring and the baseboard, quarter round is not a requirement for flooring, but in the United States, it is preferred due to its aesthetic appeal. It covers the uneven edge as flooring meets the baseboard. Often the base shoe Quarter Round is molded or shaped into the baseboard itself negating the need for any additional joins. Quarter round is typically sold in various materials such as natural hardwood, Engineered wood engineered hardwood and laminate . References reflist element arch stub Category Floors Category Architectural elements ... more details
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A nailset is a tool used for installing decorative moulding or face fastening wood flooring . ref http www.thisoldhouse.com toh article 0,,1139203,00.html ref References Reflist Category Woodworking tools ... more details
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