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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  2. C

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  3. C

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  4. M

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  5. M

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  6. T

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  7. P

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  8. V

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  9. D

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  10. V

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    I have to fix a new toilet to my daughter's downstairs toilet.She has just had the floor retiled. The house has piped underfloor heating. I am just a bit concerned about screwing the pan to the floor and whether the pipes will be far enough down not to worry. The previous wc was plugged and...
  11. M

    Should UFH be nearly scalding at floor with Vinyl (LVT)?

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  12. Jock Spanners

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  13. Inverness

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  14. M

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  15. D

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    Hello, I was hoping that I could get some advice. I have previously had a large leak somewhere in my central heating system which we could not locate. As such we have fitted new pipes to the whole system, dropping them from the ceiling to the downstairs. The old pipes that run under the...
  16. M

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  17. M

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  18. D

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  19. P

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  20. B

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