Chapes / Chapes industrielle
English translation: conventional/proprietary screed
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(industrial) toppings/coverings Explanation: Euclid Chemical - Product Catalog - [ Traduire cette page ] ... Natural. Toppings. EUCO TF 1000 - WEAR AND HEAT RESISTANT INDUSTRIAL TOPPING. EUCO TF 2018 - WEAR AND HEAT RESISTANT REPAIR MORTAR. 6. Floor and Deck Treatments. ... www.euclidchemical.com/ product_catalog.asp?pselect=8&cselect=35 - 12k - Termium: omaine(s) – Slabs and Floor Surfacing Domaine(s) – Dallages et chapes topping Source CORRECT, ÉTATS-UNIS concrete topping Source CORRECT, ÉTATS- UNIS screed Source CORRECT, NOM, GR.- BRETAGNE levelling covering Source concrete covering Source chape Source CORRECT, FÉM chape de béton Source CORRECT, FÉM chape de nivellement Source CORRECT, FÉM DEF – A layer of mortar 2 to 7 cm thick, laid to finish a floor surface or as a bed for floor tiles.... Source CONT – [Concrete] floors may be poured as single monolithic slabs or they may be composed of a base slab covered by a topping. Source CONT – Concrete floors. A concrete topping may be applied to a concrete structural slab before or after the base has hardened. Source DEF – Ouvrage en mortier de ciment surfacé, réalisé au sol sur une forme- support; cet ouvrage a une double fonction : mettre le sol au niveau général voulu, ou en retrait du nu final nécessité par la pose éventuelle d'un revêtement, et lui donner une bonne planéité générale; la confection des chapes permet aussi de créer, si nécessaire, les légères pentes nécessaires à l'écoulement des eaux. Source |
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conventional/proprietary screed Explanation: Generally speaking, a chape is a screed, i.e. a layer of mortar applied to the top of a concrete floor slab to provide a smooth, strong, dense finish suitable for laying of flooring (tiles, lino, carpet, etc.) Basically it's a low-tech thing. However, there are many proprietary products on the market, using resins as well as concrete, to provide special "final" finishes, or using new concrete techniques to be self-levelling, etc. I'm not 100% sure, but it would seem logical for "chapes industrielles" to refer to these industrially produced proprietary products (any builder can make the concrete for a conventional screed). The Scott/Penguin Building Dict. says (under "screed"): "Suppliers can provide ***ready-mixed screeds*** suitable for placing by barrow or by screed pump" and "***Synthetic screed*** = ***levelling compound***", which gives you further possibilities. |
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