Patterned wood flooring, inlaid in geometric forms of contrasting woods.
Entries Tagged as 'Flooring Glossary'
FLOORING, PARQUET
November 9th, 2007 · No Comments
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FLOORING, STRIP
November 9th, 2007 · No Comments
Narrow stripped wood flooring.
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Engineered Wood Flooring
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The science of manufacturing a superior laminated hardwood flooring.
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End Tear Out
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The pulling of wood fibers on the sides of the planks caused by tooling of the tongue and groove.
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End Lift
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This is the opposite of bow. The distortion of the flat surface from end to end is lifting up of the ends of the piece. (The board is not flat: it lifts up on the ends.)
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End Joint
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The place where two pieces of flooring are joined together end to end.
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Eased Edge
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The chamfered, or beveled edge, of strip flooring, plank, block, and parquet at approximately 45 degree angle. Eased edge is considered to be less of a indentation than beveled edge flooring.
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Edge Tear Out
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Where an amount of wood fibers have been removed from either end of the board on the face.
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END MATCHED
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In strip and plank flooring the ends of individual pieces have a tongue milled on one end and a groove milled on the opposite end, so that when the individual strips or planks are butted together, the tongue of one piece engages the groove of the next piece.
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END-JOINT
November 9th, 2007 · No Comments
The place where two pieces of flooring are joined together end to end.
