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Wood is a porous and fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants. It is an organic material – a natural composite of cellulose fibers that are strong in tension and embedded in a matrix of lignin that resists compression. Wood is sometimes defined as only the secondary xylem in the stems of trees, or it is defined more broadly to include the same type of tissue elsewhere such as in the roots of trees or shrubs. In a living tree it performs a support function, enabling woody plants to grow large or to stand up by themselves. It also conveys water and nutrients between the leaves, other growing tissues, and the roots. Wood may also refer to other plant materials with comparable properties, and to material engineered from wood, or woodchips or fiber.
Wood has been used for thousands of years for fuel, as a construction material, for making tools and weapons, furniture and paper. More recently it emerged as a feedstock for the production of purified cellulose and its derivatives, such as cellophane and cellulose acetate.
As of 2005, the growing stock of forests worldwide was about 434 billion cubic meters, 47% of which was commercial. As an abundant, carbon-neutral renewable resource, woody materials have been of intense interest as a source of renewable energy. In 1991 approximately 3.5 billion cubic meters of wood were harvested. Dominant uses were for furniture and building construction.
Hi, I have a customer wanting encaustic tiles in a hall way.
It is 13m long and varies upto 3m wide in places. it has part new concrete or screed floor, part old wooden floor boards and part quary tiles, oh and its all slightly different heights.....
I dont think i can remove the existing...
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Getting a big job done on the kitchen come living room. Having wood effect porcelain planks installed. It is part of a renovation of my new house and the builder is looking after most of the work. He will have his tiler do the work, but just wanted to check in here with the experts to...
I've just ordered a little saw blade for my angle grinder I'm gonna try and u der cut some skirting and send the tile under it I've seen the yanks do.it on a few videos has anyone tried it ?
Hi all so I thought I would ask advise on this before starting tomorrow....
Situation is tiling the walls in a wetroom with a wood effect plank style porcelain.
Tiles are 900mm x 150mm x 9mm, and the lay is 1/4 brick bond laid horizontally.
Focal point is the window, however on the other side...
I want to make a base for my wood burner from concrete and tile over. The wood burner stands on four legs and does not appear to radiate heat downwards. I have seen some glass mosaic tiles in a colour that matches my fireplace but have been told they may not be suitable for thermal reasons...
What is the best layout to use for wood effect tiles? Last time I did brick bond but a 3rd of the way up the tile. And I don't think uniform layouts look natural with wood effect. Would like to know what most of you do when the customer leaves it up to you to decide?
It's a 25m2 kitchen which...
Hey guys. Need some advice on threshold trim. I'm laying porcelain tiles in a kitchen and also some kahrs wooden flooring. The client is looking for a tidy finish where they meet but is trying to avoid a knock in cover strip. The problem I have is the wood flooring needs a 10 mm expansion gap...
Just a quick question,I have been asked to fit mosaics onto the front of a curved bar,the bar is veneer wood,I am after something to paint onto it before applying adhesive that will ensure the mosaics will stayed fixed,any ideas?
Anyone done this before. I'm thinking of having a go with some old reclaimed timber I have. Mostly railway sleeper and Victorian lintel (possibly pine) type timber. Cutting it into 20mm sections then sticking it down to screed using a flexible adhesive. Sanding hardening and staining it. How...
Got a call asking me to fit electric ufh under an engineered oak floor...joiners fitting the floor but I'm down for fitting ufh, its tongue and groove floorboards at minute, is it same prep as for tiles...insulation boards, ufh then slc? Anything else I should know?
good evening people.
Could some one out there give me advice on tiling onto a marine plywood wall?
I am using ball green adhesive.
Can I uni bond the ply 1st to seal it then tile onto it?
Thanks for the help
Scott
Evening all!
We are having a wood burner installed in our home which is slightly unusual and will be wall mounted. The plasterboard surrounding the wood burner will be removed and replaced with a rated fireboard.
We would like to tile behind the wood burner as i'm told a plaster finish...
Following a burst pipe I had Qty 10 bathroom floor tiles 'lift' due to a sodden underfloor that the tiles were no longer bonded to. I've removed the tiles and cleaned up the chipboard floor underneath to make it free of adhesive and to allow it to dry out.
It was a bit of a bugger of a job...
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looking at purchasing tile tracker, but would like thoughts on whether people think its worth it are not and also which set is the most useful.
Thanks
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I have been reading a lot of posts about avoiding tiling directly onto plywood.
Most of my work is bathroom fitting and I usually rip out all the floorboards and strengthen the floor joists and run a line of 3x2 between the joist where a joint in the plywood will be. Then I glue and...
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I have a client that has 100m2 of 600x150 wood effect porcelain to be laid on wet UFH.
The customer would like 1mm grout joints which I've said wouldn't be possible, I normally do not use anything apart from 3mm but could I get away with a 2mm grout joint for her?
I'll be quoting to...
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I'm a DIYer in the process of fitting a walk in shower into my bathroom. I've not attempted any project as big as this before, so please be gentle with me!
I am fitting 2" by 2" wooden studs in a cross-pattern to two walls for my shower area. I an using two layers of studs to conceal some...
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Ok the misses wants the kitchen done. So went out and got paint tiles etc. I now discover there was a door in kitchen that has been boarded up with ply wood after removing some tiles. Lining paper then ply wood. Good eh. Its only a small area about 30cm x 60cm.
I am using Bal green star...
Hi all - greeting from Sweden.
I'm working on a project right now - rebuilding my "uteroom" - an outdoor room that we use for 1-3 seasons. The room itself is dry - walls on all four sides and a roof - One wall is the back of our house, one wall is our neighbor's uterum, one wall is...
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