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Entries Tagged as 'Flooring Glossary'

FLOORING, PARQUET

November 9th, 2007 · No Comments

Patterned wood flooring, inlaid in geometric forms of contrasting woods.

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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

November 9th, 2007 · No Comments

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

November 9th, 2007 · No Comments

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

November 9th, 2007 · No Comments

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

November 9th, 2007 · No Comments

Where an amount of wood fibers have been removed from either end of the board on the face.

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END MATCHED

November 9th, 2007 · No Comments

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.

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