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COUNTERFLOOR [1 record]

Record 1 2011-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Floors and Ceilings
DEF

A base for the finished floor, used as a working platform during construction, and which may act as a structural diaphragm to resist lateral stresses.

OBS

sub-floor: ... In USA it is called a blind floor, or if wooden, a rough floor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planchers et plafonds
DEF

Plancher supplémentaire établi par dessous le plancher proprement dit.

CONT

Le revêtement de sol est une technique intéressant le recouvrement des planchers bruts de toute construction (immeubles, wagons, navires, avions), pour répondre aux conditions actuelles de résistance mécanique et chimique, de confort et d'esthétique.

CONT

Parquet sur "faux-plancher". Le faux parquet est fait, soit de planches brutes, soit de frises de qualité inférieure ou irrégulière; les lames du parquet doivent être posées perpendiculairement ou à 45° [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pisos y cielos rasos
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