bullosité

English translation: blowing

10:06 Mar 15, 2017

French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering

French term or phrase: bullosité

Case about owners not happy with off-plan purchase.

"Par exemple, lorsque M. XXX note que les façades présentent de très nombreuses imperfections, fissurations, bullosités, cloquages, M. YYY répond que la réception des façades entre le maître d'oeuvre, le maître de l'ouvrage et l'entreprise générale a été réalisé en juin 2011 avant que les premiers occupants ne prennent possession de leurs appartements."

Presumably got something to do with bubbles, or bubbling. But it is virtually absent from the Net, not in Wiktionnaire, nor Larousse. Anyone ever come across it?

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Local time: 03:28

English translation:blowing

Explanation:
I think that this is about the surrface layer being blown, which means that it has lost (or never had) its key with the surface underneath. That makes the surface liable to break off, but blowing may only be apparent by tapping the surface and hearing where it sounds hollow. It is often caused by trapped water.

Selected response from:

B D Finch
France
Local time: 04:28

Grading comment

Thanks. "Alex G"'s "pinholes" may be the right answer but your answer is "most helpful here"
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

blistering

Nathalie Stewart

blowing

B D Finch

Discussion entries: 6

Answers

35 mins confidence:

blistering

Explanation:
In French:
bulleux :
http://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/bulleux_bulleu...

bullosité :
http://www.estrella.ch/fr/technologie/acier-emaille/

In English, 'bullous' does exist, but seems reserved for the medical field - not construction:
http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/bullous

So I think 'blistering' or 'bubbling' would be better suited here to describe a poor-quality kind of paint or surface (tons of examples on the web, here's one example: http://www.housepaintingguide.org/why-paint-blisters-and-wha...

Nathalie Stewart
France
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

French

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks... slight problem is that "cloquage" (also in the list) is "blistering", specifically of paint.

1 hr confidence:

blowing

B D Finch
France
Local time: 04:28
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 915

Grading comment

Thanks. "Alex G"'s "pinholes" may be the right answer but your answer is "most helpful here"

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks. This sounds pretty convincing... so I tried googling it: a photo or two of "blown/blowing paint" might then be compared with ones of "bullosités de peinture". Unfortunately I can find photos neither of the former nor the latter. Do you have any links at all?

Asker: http://www.armor-chimie.fr/-Conseils-de-pro-.html - seems to show a differentiation between paint defects of blistering and "bulles"... fairly subtle difference... is the top picture what you have in mind?

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