floor
A floor is the bottom surface of a room or vehicle. Floors vary from simple dirt in a cave to many-layered surfaces made with modern technology. Floors may be stone, wood, bamboo, metal or any other material that can support the expected load.
The levels of a building are often referred to as floors, although a more proper term is storey.
Floors typically consist of a subfloor for support and a floor covering used to give a good walking surface. In modern buildings the subfloor often has electrical wiring, plumbing, and other services built in. As floors must meet many needs, some essential to safety, floors are built to strict building codes in some regions.
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The levels of a building are often referred to as floors, although a more proper term is storey.
Floors typically consist of a subfloor for support and a floor covering used to give a good walking surface. In modern buildings the subfloor often has electrical wiring, plumbing, and other services built in. As floors must meet many needs, some essential to safety, floors are built to strict building codes in some regions.
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Ground floor flat - intermittent sewer smell
Hi All, I live in a ground floor flat and sometimes when the back door is open get a sewer smell come into the hallway. It's very intermittent and only happens when the upstairs flat is running water. There's two drains from upstairs, one from the kitchen and then one from the bathroom which is...- Radders_72
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- america flat floor ground intermittent sewer sewer smell smell usa
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- Forum: USA
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Different flow rates on ground floor
Hi, I've bought a four bed house, it's about 20 years old and has an adjacent garage. It has a downstairs toilet, utility room and kitchen and upstairs there's a main bathroom and an ensuite shower room. It has a vented system with boiler in garage heating cylinder on landing and a 40 gallon... -
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Shower tray riser kit?
I'm installing a riser kit with my shower tray but unlike others I've seen my instructions dont say anything about securing the feet to the floor. Please advise. -
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shower leak on floor
Any ideas what i can do to fix this without tearing out the shower? shower drain never backs up, but pipe below it does leak below shower floor and only when taking shower. See pics. The drain must be leaking. It gets wet inside that wall and with long showers, it leaks out onto the finished... -
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Indirect Drainage Problem (without getting thru the floor)
Hello all! glad to be here.... gonna be doing quite some plumbing work with a handyman of mine to lower cost of my new business so I hope this is the right place to get some good pro info! So with my new biz, they are requiring a 3 basin sink like a restaurant kitchen, and with this they... -
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Need help with a garage floor drain cover
Does anyone have any suggestions on where to find a replacement cast iron garage floor drain cover. Mine is severely rusted through. The diameter of the opening is 13 inches and the depth for the legs is 3 inches. I have attached some pictures of the old cover. I have tried home depot and...- Marbles1234
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- america cover drain floor garage help usa
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- Forum: USA
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leaky pipe under floor
Hi, Ive hot a lot of standing water under my floorboards. I cant get access right underneath, but can guess at it being a certain speedfit pipe as I can hear dripping from a certain area. its not protected in anything, Im wondering if theres an easy way of attaching a new pipe and pulling ot... -
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Hair line crack in soil pipe under floor.
Hey. So I’m after the best way too repair this. So here’s the set up. soil pipe internal drops down a boxing into a black connector at ground level right at floor boards which then drops into this orange pipe.The void under the floor is maybe enough I could lay down in there then this drop is...- Still trying.
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- america crack floor pipe soil soil pipe under usa
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- Forum: USA
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Black Specks in Water (only on 2nd floor)
I'm getting black specks in my water when running hot water, but it is only on my second floor. We have well water with a salt water softener. The specks are more oil-like and smear if I press my finger on them. The specks come out when I run the hot water (hotter the water = more specks). It... -
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4" soil workable falls
Hi All. I am currrently installing a toilet on ground floor. I have cango'ed a channel in concrete floor to back yard and pick up existing waste. I have got a number of different opinions including google regarding fall. It is about a 12 Metre run with no bends. The following falls I was given...- Richard Condon
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- advise america broken channel falls floor horizontal pipe plumbing soil soil pipe toilet usa
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- Forum: USA
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In Floor Heating Issue...
Hi all, have a condo with in floor radiant heating. The system doesn't seem to be working properly as the condo won't warm up, floor doesn't feel warm. The water unit seems to have power. Of course there are valves all over the place on this, and lots of levers to shut water flow on and off... -
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Pipes to radiators in suspended timber floor new build
Advice please. Building a home with suspended timber floor. 300mm Ijoists at ground level with sheeps wool insulation. Wondering whether to use copper or plastic pipes for radiators/hot water and where to locate them in the ground foor. Within the joists inbetween the insulation? OR Underfloor -... -
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New unvented system - ground floor losing pressure
Hi there, wondering if anyone has any pointers, in the middle of a stressful refurbishment that was meant to finish a week ago! I am completely in the dark about boilers, but we agreed to the recommendation of a new pressurised unvented system that would feed direct off the mains (Vaillant...- plastics77
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- floor ground heating losing middle pressure system unvented
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- Forum: Central Heating Forum
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Intermittent Discharges of gallons of water onto the basement floor but no leak?
Hi, Homeowner not a plumber but I am having a problem I am hoping to get some advice on. House is 25 years old, we have been here for 11 years and replaced the boiler 3 years ago. Forced hot water system with three zones. Since I have no idea what I am talking about I will try to avoid...- Robertr4836
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- america basement floor intermittent leak usa water
- Replies: 6
- Forum: USA
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Advice for bathroom floor and fitting shower Tray
Hi, Im fitting a new bathroom and am after some advice. As you can see in the pictures the current floor is a mixture of 18mm chipboard and OSB board. Im installing underfloor heating and then tiles on top. What should I put on the floor as ive read lots of conflicting advice? Does it need... -
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Need advice on how to turn off cold water value to washing machine
Hello, I need to disconnect my washing machine for several days however i am confused on how to turn off the cold water flow to the washing machine. I have taken a photo. There is no lever from what i can see. Do anyone know what i need to do with this?- james50
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- advice cold cold water confused floor machine need advice remove turn off value valve washing washing machine water
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- Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
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Leak from toilet waste pipe from floor
I’d be grateful for some guidance on the best way to fix a leak from my toilet. The leak doesn’t come from the toilet so presuming it’s the seal next to the floor and involves the 4inch waste pipe. I am replacing the toilet anyway and presume I need to replace some kind of flange at the base...- Mperry
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- floor leak pipe toilet toilet waste waste waste pipe
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
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