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  2. Nightingale floor - Wikipedia

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    Dry boards naturally creak under pressure, but these floors were built in a way that the flooring nails rub against a jacket or clamp, causing chirping noises. It is unclear if the design was initially intentional. It seems that, at least initially, the effect arose by chance.

  3. Floating floor - Wikipedia

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    Detail of floating floor over concrete. Detail of floating floor over joists. A floating floor is a floor that does not need to be nailed or glued to the subfloor. [1] The term floating floor refers to the installation method, but is often used synonymously with laminate flooring. [2]

  4. Floorboard - Wikipedia

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  5. Thermally modified wood - Wikipedia

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    The Thermo wood process consists of drying, heat treatment and finally cooling/conditioning, and takes up to 72 hours. [4] The Plato process consists of hydrothermolysis, dry curing and conditioning, and can take up to 7 days. The required time depends on wood species, width and initial moisture content. [5]

  6. Wood flooring - Wikipedia

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    Buffing refers to the process of using a stand up floor buffer. The floor is abraded with 180 grit screen on the buffer. This allows for the new coat of finish to mechanically adhere to the floor. This process works with great results as long as the floor hasn't had any waxes or synthetic cleaners. Factory finished floors do not require buffing.

  7. Floor - Wikipedia

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    A floor is the bottom surface of a room or vehicle. Floors vary from simple dirt in a cave to many layered surfaces made with modern technology. Floors may be stone, wood, bamboo, metal or any other material that can support the expected load.

  8. Up the Creek (song) - Wikipedia

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    "Up the Creek" is a song by American rock band Cheap Trick, released as a single in 1984 from the soundtrack of the 1984 film Up the Creek. [1] The song was written by Rick Nielsen and Randy Bishop, and produced by Spencer Proffer .

  9. Environmental stress cracking - Wikipedia

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    Polymer formworks can suffer from sudden failures during casting, which are generally associated with the pressure exerted by the wet concrete on thin plastic formworks. Such failures can be substantially accelerated by the corrosive effects of the wet concrete paste, which has a pH of circa 13.