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SHOWER COMPARTMENT [2 records]

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Record 1 2011-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plumbing Fixtures
CONT

Shower-bath compartments. Shower baths are installed in special compartments... The walls of the compartment may be of glass, soapstone, slate, marble, or other easily cleaned and nonabsorbent material.

OBS

stall: A small, enclosed space, as a compartment in which one showers.

OBS

shower stall: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

Key term(s)
  • shower bath compartment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils sanitaires
DEF

Dispositif, fixe ou mobile, comportant l'appareil de douche, le receveur et un système de vidange.

CONT

Le sol de la cabine de douches comporte un receveur, cuvette en céramique [...] ou autre [...] Les parois de la cabine peuvent être en bois, en tôle peinte, galvanisée ou mieux laquée, ou bien enduite de ciment. Elles peuvent être carrelées, habillées de briques émaillées. Elles peuvent encore être en ardoises, en simili marbre (granito), en glaces, en marbre, etc.

OBS

stalle de douche : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plumbing Fixtures
DEF

A receptacle, which may be prefabricated or formed in situ, for catching water from a shower head.

CONT

The floor(of the shower compartment) should be made of tile, marble, cement, enamelled iron, or similar material, and it should slope gently toward the drain.... The "National Plumbing Code"... requires that "all shower compartments except those built directly on the ground, or those having metal enameled receptors shall have a lead or copper shower pan or... "its equivalent.

OBS

The terms "shower receiver" and "shower tray" have been standardized by the British Standards Institution.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils sanitaires
CONT

Le receveur de douche classique est un bac, en céramique, fonte ou tôle émaillée, etc., le plus souvent carré [...], peu profond [...], placé sur le sol ou encastré [...]. Il comporte un orifice de sortie muni d'une bonde à grille pour le vidage [...]. [...] La surface du receveur doit présenter une pente légère vers l'orifice de vidage et ne pas être glissante.

CONT

Le sol de la cabine de douches comporte un receveur, cuvette en céramique ou autre, ou cuvette maçonnée, qui se décharge par une bonde siphoïde.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aparatos sanitarios
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