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Article: Linoleum: call it right, install it right.
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- Floor Covering Installer
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- March 1, 2005
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Every time I hear an installer say he is going to do a "linoleum" job, I cringe. I feel the same way when he says he will install a new "subfloor" on the job, or when he says the job is being installed over "cement," Usually when an installer, a consumer, or a retailer uses these words, they are using the wrong word. The correct words and definitions can be found in the "dictionary" for resilient flooring, an ASTM document known as F 141, Standard Terminology Relating to Resilient Floor Coverings *, which I will quote here in italics.
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I would bet that in many cases, you could walk into a floor covering store, ask for linoleum and ...
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Article: Don't call it linoleum if it's sheet vinyl; ASTM standards ...
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... ... you mean sheet vinyl or real linoleum?" and she said "Linoleum, and you are the first flooring ... ear. Misuse of the word "linoleum" is a pet peeve of mine ... of ASTM Committee F.06 on Resilient Floor Covering for over 11 years ...
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