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THIN FLOOR COVERING [1 record]

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Record 1 2014-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Carpets and Floor Coverings
  • Interior Covering Materials
  • Floors and Ceilings
CONT

Installation of thin coverings. ... The most important requirement for a satisfactory installation of a thin floor covering is dry, even, rigid, and clean subfloor.

OBS

Carpets and rugs are excluded from this English concept, whereas they are included in the equivalent French concept.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tapis et revêtements de sol
  • Revêtements intérieurs
  • Planchers et plafonds
CONT

Les revêtements de sols minces [...] sont réalisés à partir : soit de matériaux traditionnels, tels que les carreaux minces, mis en œuvre par des méthodes modernes, le collage par exemple; soit de matériaux plus récents : plastiques, comme les agglomérés à base de liants organiques naturels ou de synthèse, textiles, tels que fibres, filaments ou fils, fixés sans être agglomérés.

OBS

À noter que les revêtements de sol textiles sont exclus de la notion anglaise correspondante.

Spanish

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