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2. Hammer tacker - Wikipedia

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   It is also commonly used in the flooring industry for securing underlayment or underpadding beneath hard or soft flooring surfaces such as carpet, vinyl plank, laminate, and hardwood. Hammer staplers are somewhat similar to staple guns but without the need to squeeze a trigger in order to use the tool for its intended purpose.

3. Underlay - Wikipedia

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   In vinyl flooring or "linoleum", the underlay is the thin layer of plywood that is fastened over the structural subfloor to create a uniform, smooth platform for the sheet vinyl. For laminated wood flooring, the underlay provides a “vapor barrier” to prevent moisture from coming through the floor of the home and then migrating into the ...

4. Sheet vinyl flooring - Wikipedia

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   Vinyl flooring is extensively used because it is water-impervious, fairly durable, adjustably resilient and insulating, easy to install, available with a variety of appearances, and inexpensive. [2] Custom-print vinyl sheet flooring may cost an order of magnitude more, if ordered commercially,

5. Vinyl composition tile - Wikipedia

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   Vinyl floor tiling. Vinyl composition tile (VCT) is a finished flooring material used primarily in commercial and institutional applications. Modern vinyl floor tiles and sheet flooring and versions of those products sold since the early 1980s are composed of colored polyvinyl chloride (PVC) chips formed into solid sheets of varying thicknesses (1 ⁄ 8 in or 3.2 mm is most common) by heat and ...

6. Flooring - Wikipedia

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   Resilient flooring includes many different manufactured products including linoleum, sheet vinyl, vinyl composition tile (VCT) [dubious – discuss], cork (sheet or tile), and rubber. Vinyl flooring is available in large sheets or pre-cut tiles; the former is resilient. Some come with a pre-applied adhesive for peel-and-stick installation ...

7. Laminate flooring - Wikipedia

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   Laminate flooring is packaged as a number of tongue and groove planks, which can be clicked into one another. Sometimes a glue backing is provided for ease of installation. Installed laminate floors typically "float" over the sub-floor on top of a foam/film underlayment, which provides moisture- and sound-reducing properties.