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Floors, Walls, Ceiling and Plenum Flashcards

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Most expensive finish selected, in maintenance cost alone.

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Floors

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Most conspicuous architectural elements. Conceals building services like communications, hvac, plumbing.

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Walls

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Overhead interior surface, covering the upper limits of a room. Not considered a structural element, but a finished surface.

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Ceilings

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Separate space provided for heating, ventilation, and air- conditioning (HVAC)

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Plenum

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Flooring that closely resembles elements found in nature. Durable, practical and can last the life of a building

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Hard flooring

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Flooring that combines comfort underfoot and quietness associated with textile floor coverings, with the imperviousness of hard floorings

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Resilient flooring

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Type of flooring that uses: Carpet is unmatched among floor coverings for a luxurious feel underfoot

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Soft floor covering

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Floor that is already waterproof and impervious to most household liquids
Ex: Slate, ceramic, quarry tiles

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Nonporous floors

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Flooring that is waterproof and resistant but not impervious to oil and grease
Ex: marble, terrazzo, rubber, linoleums, vinyl, asbestos, thermoplastic

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Semi- porous

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Flooring that is not waterproof or greaseproof and are likely to stain. Should be sealed to be non- porous
Ex: unsealed wood, cork, concrete, chipboard

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Porous floors

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Natural material made from sand, clay, water with some kind of organic material

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Adobe

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Block of ceramic material, used in masonry construction

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Brick

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Tile that has. The lowest absorption level

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Impervious

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Glasslike, tile that is slightly more absorptive than impervious tile

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Vitreous

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Tile that has an absorption level of more than 3.0% but not more than 7.0%

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Semivitreous

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Tile that is most absorptive at a rate more than 7.0%

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Non-vitreous

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Tile is double fired

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Bicottura

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Tile is single fired

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Monocottura

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Type of ceramic tile that is:
After firing, a thin coat of liquified glass is applied over the top surface

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Glazed interior tiles

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Type of ceramic tile that is:
Usually 6-10mm thick. Sizes are 25x25cm or 50x50cm

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Ceramic mosaic tiles

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Type of ceramic tile that is:
Suitable for heavy floor service. Made of unglazed porcelain or natural clay

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Paver tiles

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Type of ceramic tile that is:
Known to be very durable as a flooring material, impervious to moisture, stains, dirt and resistant to abrasions. Made from clay or shale

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Quarry tiles

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Type of ceramic tile that is:
Fired at high temperature. Generally dense and impervious. Chip resistant and is extremely difficult to cut

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Porcelain tiles

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Type of ceramic tile that is:
Can be made of any material and is solid throughout

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Homogeneous

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ceramic tile finish that is: Composed of the same ingredients and texture throughout
Unglazed tile
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ceramic tile finish that is: Has a glassy surface and is impervious to moisture 2 types is bright and matte
Glazed Tile
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Flexible wall covering, laminated to cotton or backed with paper in continuous rolls. Thermal insulation and acoustic. Prone to moisture, stains, easily chips and crumbles in edges
Cork
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Oldest wallcovering.
Fabric
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Type of fabric wall covering that involves laminating paper to the reverse side of the textile
Paper-backed fabric
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Type of fabric wall covering involves stretching the textile in a frame and applying a latex compound
Latex-coated Fabrics
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Transparent and translucent material but will likely continue to be windows
Glass
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Flooring that is superior and less porous kind of concrete made from cement, granite chipping and granite dust
Granolithic
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A material that can be constructed by uniting two or more layers of material together.
Laminates
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Type of laminate produced with kraft papers and decorative papers with a layer overlay on top of the decorative paper
Plastic Laminate
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Type of laminate that is molded and cured at a pressures not lower than 70kg per sq cm (1000 lbc per sq in)
High- Pressure Laminate
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Type of laminate that is molded and cured at pressures in 400lbs per sq in
Low-pressure Laminate
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Multi- layered synthetic flooring product fused together with a lamination process. Usually composed of melamine resin and fiberboard materials
Laminated flooring
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Composed of oxidized linseed oil or other resins mixed with ground cork or wood flour, mineral filler, and color pigments with a fiber backing
Linoleum
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Made from pigment, oil, resins, solvents, plasticizers and additives
Paint
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Man made material usually composed of marble dust, bauxite, acrylic or polyester resins. Seamless countertop. Mimics stone, wood, and other natural materials
Solid Surface
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One of the basic building materials of man.
Stone
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Classes of rocks by the deposition of sediments
Sedimentary
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Classes of rocks that have undergone a change in structure, texture or composition such as heat and pressure
Metamorphic
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Classes of rocks that are formed by the crystallization of molten magma
Igneous
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Loosen, and unfinished stones found on the surface of the soil. For exterior walls in garden and beaches
Fieldstone
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Quarried stone of various shape and sizes but is irregular
Rubble stone
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Quarried and squared stones cut into specific sizes
Dimension Stone
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Hard-durable ,low maintenance stone. Uniform in color and texture. Highly resistant to stains, weathering, and corrosion. A grainy igneous rock
Granite
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crystalline and compact varieties of carbonate of lime. A metamorphic rock, white in form but are mostly enriched with impurities giving it special colors and patterns
Marble
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A white or blue grey marble
Carrara Marble
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Whiter than Calacatta Marble. More dramatic veining and is rarer
Calacatta Marble
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A sedimentary rock formed by the accumulation of organic remains such as shells and corals . Mostly used as cladding for buildings
Limestone
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Fined grained homogeneous metamorphic rock composed of clay and volcanic ash
Slate
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A sedimentary rock, which is deposited from the water of mineral springs . This stone is charaxterized by pitted holes and throughs in its surface
Travertine
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A sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand size mineral rock grains. Common building and paving material
Sandstone
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Cryptocrystalline form of quartz. White to almost every color. Glows
Onyx
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Composite material made of crushed stone bound together by a polymer resin. Factory made in slabs, cut and polished by fabricators and assembled in work site
Engineered stone
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93% quartz, 7% polyester resin and pigment. Non porous, practically indestructible and maintenance free. Safe for food handling in the kitchen
Quartz stone surface
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Basically a new material. Mimics the process of creating natural stone. Minerals and stone particles are subjected to heat and pressure
Sintered Stone
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Marble scraps as floor surfaces for their patio terraces. Embedded the small stone pieces in concrete and polished surface. Low maintenance, seamless look
Terrazzo
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Made up of synthetic or natural _____ combined with mineral filler and pigments. Highly resistant to a variety of chemical and solvents. Highly durable and good for high traffic areas
Rubber flooring
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Kind of plastic and can be made hard and rigid or soft and spongy. Can be made to withstand heat Has two types: polyvinyl chloride and polyvinyl acetate.
Vinyl
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More popular in residential applications. Planks- widest type Wood strip- 40-60mm Parquet- small lengths Block flooring- parquet that is preassembled
Wood
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Thin slices of wood, thinner than 3mm. Used in marquetry
Wood veneer
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Bookmatching- alternating pieces of veneer so the face each other Slipmatching- joined in sequence without flipping a pattern. Random match- random matched Diamond match- formed by diamond shaped
Types of wood veneer
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Engineered wood product manufactured from wood particles such as wood chips, sawmill shaving or even saw dust. Composite material and is cheaper and denser
Particle Board
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Engineered wood product that is formed by breaking down softwood or hardwood residuals into wood fibers, combining with wax and a resin binder. Denser than plywood and is usually used in kitchen
Medium- Density fiberboard (MDF)
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A wall pattern product that Intends to create an atmosphere in a room
Wallpaper
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Type of Wallpaper that can be described as cheap vinyl. Can be washed or gently scrubbed but not with abrasives. Vinyl- adhesive that does not contain water True vinyl - fabric substrate laminated with solid vinyl decorative surface Vinyl coated- most common. Made of paper but with a protective coat (acrylic or PVC)
Washables
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Type of wallpaper that is designed for the designed for DIY market in mind. Must be soaked in after immediately before hanging to activate the paste
Ready-pasted or pre-pasted
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Type of wallpaper that the adhesive must. Be applied to the wall not the paper
Unpasted
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Type of wallpaper that has a raised texture that you can feel
Relief
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Type of relief wallpaper that is: recognized under the name WOODCHIP. These are papers containing small chips of wood.
Ingrain papers
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Type of relief wallpaper that is: Made from heavy white paper backed with another layer of ordinary wood pulp and embossed while damp so pronounced patterns remain when hung.
Anaglypta
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Type of relief wallpaper that is: More rigid material material made from solid paper backing. Coated with a mixture of linseed oil and filler. Low relief material that is pressed while still soft into patterns
Lincrusta
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Type of relief wallpaper that is: Papers that have relief pattern colored and gold/silver leafed
Embossed
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Wallcovering that looks like a fabric but is not
Fake fabric
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One of the oldest forms of wallpaper. Includes a raised pattern in felt, fiber, powdered silk or wool.
Flock
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Rustic woven texture

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