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  2. Flooring - Wikipedia

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    Hard flooring (not to be confused with "hardwood") is a family of flooring materials that includes concrete or cement, ceramic tile, glass tiles, and natural stone products. Ceramic tiles are clay products that are formed into thin tiles and fired. Ceramic tiles are set in beds of mortar or mastic with the joints between tiles grouted ...

  3. Porcelain tile - Wikipedia

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    Porcelain tiles or ceramic tiles are either tiles made of porcelain, or relatively tough ceramic tiles made with a variety of materials and methods, that are suitable for use as floor tiles, or for walls. They have a low water absorption rate, generally less than 0.5 percent. The clay used to build porcelain tiles is generally denser than ...

  4. Floor - Wikipedia

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    Floors using small (4.5 in or 11.4 cm and smaller) ceramic tiles generally use only an additional 1 ⁄ 4-inch (6.4 mm) layer of plywood (if that) and substitute adhesive and substrate materials making do with both a flexible joints and semi-flexible mounting compounds and so are designed to withstand the greater flexing which large tiles ...

  5. Lustron house - Wikipedia

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    The roof likewise consisted of porcelain-enameled steel tiles, which were installed shingle-style. The front and rear doors featured a single light of translucent, rippled glass. As seen in the chart above, floors in the Westchester Deluxe models were asphalt tile, but in other models (Westchester Standard, Newport, and Meadowbrook), floors ...

  6. Sustainable flooring - Wikipedia

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    Bamboo flooring is often more expensive than laminate, though it is generally cheaper than traditional hardwood flooring. Some bamboo floors are less sustainable than others, as they contain the toxic substance formaldehyde (rather than natural-base adhesives).

  7. List of building materials - Wikipedia

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    Engineered wood, dimensional lumber. Stud, joist, rafter; Treated lumber and wood decking; Sheathing, subflooring, panelling. Plywood, shiplap, tongue and groove; Oriented strand board; Parallel strand lumber or "PSL" Glued laminated timber or "glulam" Finish carpentry or "architectural woodwork" Veneer, plastic laminate, wood panel; Case ...