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PLASTER LATH [10 records]

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Record 1 2012-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Joints and Connections (Construction)
  • Walls and Partitions
DEF

Strips that are nailed over studs, joists, rafters, or masonry to support lath or gypsumboard. This construction permits free circulation of air behind the plaster or gypsumboard.

DEF

Thin strips of wood or metal applied to the joists, studs, or wall of a building to level the surface, create an air space, or add thickness.

CONT

At gypsumboard joints, wood furring should be at least 1 1/2 in. wide, metal furring 1 1/4 in. wide, to provide adequate bearing surface and space for attachment of the gypsumboard.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Joints et assemblages (Construction)
  • Murs et cloisons
DEF

(Bâtiment) Tringle de bois [ou de métal] servant à assurer ou à renforcer la liaison de deux parois, ou à assujettir des lattes sur un poteau de cloison.

CONT

Doublage en plaques de plâtre sur réseau de tasseaux [en] métal. Contre-cloison en plaques de plâtre [...] Cette technique consiste à réaliser un treillage en tasseaux composé d'un cadre périphérique et de tasseaux verticaux, à placer l'isolant [...] entre les tasseaux, puis à fixer sur les tasseaux des plaques de plâtre.

OBS

L'usage canadien a opté pour le terme "fourrure", qui semble être plutôt un générique (cf. BABAT 1985, p. 93 et ABATI 1963, p. 100).

OBS

fourrure : De façon générale, pièce intermédiaire de calage, de rachat, de remplissage d'un vide, de réglage d'épaisseur, de dissimulation d'un joint, correction d'un écart, etc.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Juntas y conexiones (Construcción)
  • Paredes y mamparas
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Record 2 2011-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction
  • Plywood
  • Do-it-yourself (Hobbies)
DEF

A type of lining board with a cardboard surface and a gypsum core.

OBS

Drywall is a common building material used for the finish lining of interior walls and ceilings. Drywall is also commonly referred to as gib board or gib in New Zealand.(GIB is a registered trademark of Winstone Wallboards.) Gypsum board or plasterboard in the UK [United Kingdom] and Ireland, Rock lath or sheetrock in the United States, Gyprock in Australia and Canada(GYPROCK is a registered trademark of CSR Building products Australia) and referred to as Rigips in Eastern Europe and Germany. A drywall sheet is basically made by sandwiching gypsum plaster between two sheets of paper to form a liner.

OBS

Gib: An abbreviation for Gib Board, itself an abbreviation of Gibraltar Board, all Winston Wallboards’ tradenames for drywall (plasterboard).

Key term(s)
  • GIB board

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction
  • Contreplaqués
  • Bricolage
OBS

Gib : marque de commerce.

Key term(s)
  • panneau Gib

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Walls and Partitions
OBS

The Alberta Wall and Ceiling Bureau has its roots in the 1960's with the Calgary Drywall Lath and Plaster Association and the Edmonton Drywall Lath and Plaster Association. In the Mid 1990's, the CDLPA and EDLPA both changed their names to reflect a more modern association, and to publicize their relationships with the Northwest Wall and Ceiling Bureau(NWCB). In 1996, the AWCB-Calgary and AWCB-Edmonton merged to form the AWCB-Alberta. The AWCB is an association of Alberta manufacturers, suppliers, contractors, and affiliated organizations in the wall and ceiling industry.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Murs et cloisons

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metal Construction
  • Construction Finishing
OBS

Corner reinforcement for plaster :... Material for corner reinforcement shall have at least the same corrosion resistance as metal plaster lath.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction métallique
  • Finitions (Construction)
OBS

Armature d'angle pour enduit: [...] Les armatures d'angle doivent avoir une résistance à la corrosion au moins équivalente à celle d'un lattis métallique pour enduit.

Spanish

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Record 5 1995-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)
OBS

Formed by merger of Associated Institutes for Lath and Plaster and International Council for Lathing and Plastering(founded 1952 and formerly National Bureau for Lathing and Plastering)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens

Spanish

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Record 6 1985-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Masonry Practice
DEF

thin, narrow strips of wood nailed to ceiling joists, studding, or rafters, as a groundwork for receiving plastering.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maçonnerie
DEF

lattis de bois.

OBS

Lattis : (maçonnerie) réseau de lattes fixées sur un ouvrage pour servir de support à des enduits en plâtre.

Spanish

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Record 7 1985-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Methods

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés de construction

Spanish

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Record 8 1985-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Binders and Mastics (Constr.)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Liants et mastics (Construction)

Spanish

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Record 9 1985-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Finishing
  • Walls and Partitions

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finitions (Construction)
  • Murs et cloisons

Spanish

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Record 10 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Interior Covering Materials

French

Domaine(s)
  • Revêtements intérieurs

Spanish

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