- Industry: Construction
- Number of terms: 2218
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A firm which provides a certain number of the required parts of a building project to the general contractor. Reports to, takes his instructions form, is paid for completed work by the general contractor. In flooring installation, the retailer or flooring contractor providing the materials and/or the installation of those materials for floors, walls, counter-top surfaces in a building project.
Industry:Construction
The small vertical timbers (usually 2" x 4" or 2" x 6") used in partitions and exterior frame walls to which the weatherboarding and lath are nailed.
Industry:Construction
Performance rated panels specially designed as combination subfloor/underlayment. Those commonly encountered are plywood or OSB.
Industry:Construction
The removal of old floor polish, using a strong, and usually very alkaline, detergent and scrubbing procedures. Stripping is done to small segments of the floor at a time, with each segment being thoroughly rinsed before moving to the next segment. Stripping (and necessary reapplication of polish) is a very aggressive floor maintenance procedure and should be done only when absolutely necessary.
Industry:Construction
One of a series of slender wood structural members used as supporting elements in walls and partitions.
Industry:Construction
Solid or engineered boards that are less than 3" in width and are usually installed in parallel rows. The strips are sidematched and end-matched (tongue and grooved).
Industry:Construction
Floor/ceiling assemblies are generally written in terms of Impact Insulation Class (IIC), ASTM E 492, which measures impact sound transmission through floor/ceiling assemblies via a tapping machine. Armstrong believes that the relative merits of floor/ceiling systems are not always properly reflected by IIC ratings. Resilient flooring products will not subdue reverberant noises originating from such sources as typewriters, telephones and conversation. Resilient floors, as with other flooring materials, will have little effect on airborne sound transmission between contiguous rooms. Therefore, flooring materials do not significantly reduce the Sound Transmission Class (STC), which is a rating of airborne sound transmission loss of the floor/ceiling assembly or the partitions.
Industry:Construction
The rating of airborne sound transmission. The STC of floor/ceiling (or wall) structure is a measure of the decibel difference between the airborne sound energy striking one side of the structure and the sound energy radiated into a receiving room on the other side. Typical floor/ceiling structure STC values range from 25 to 35 for lightweight single family residential construction to upwards of 50 to 60 for commercial construction.
Industry:Construction
Static loads are any loads remaining in a stationary position for long periods of time. Static load limit values have been established to aid in the selection and protection of resilient flooring for use under these conditions, and these values are listed on each product page. See also Impact Loads and Rolling Loads.
Industry:Construction
