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A bunkie board is thin mattress support originally intended for a bunk bed. It was invented in the early 20th century to provide a thinner platform support than box-springs , and more uniform support than slats.
Porcelain is very hard wearing, and blackboards made of porcelain usually last 10–20 years in intensive use. [4] Lecture theatres may contain a number of blackboards in a grid arrangement. [5] The lecturer then moves boards into reach for writing and then moves them out of reach, allowing a large amount of material to be shown simultaneously.
Historically, headboards served to isolate sleepers from drafts and cold in less insulated buildings, and thus were made of wood, which is less thermally conductive than stone or brick. Constructed to create space from the wall (via thicker end pillars), they allowed falling colder air to sink to the floor rather than onto the bed.
Homasote was widely used as wall sheeting from the 1940s into the 1970s. Due to the development of more fire-resistant gypsum board, it has decreased in popularity as a wall sheeting. Homasote is found in studio spaces and featured in many art institutions as a wall covering and doubling as a type of cork board.
A bed base. A bed base, sometimes called a foundation, is the part of a bed that supports the mattress.The bed base can itself be held in place and framed by the bedstead ().
Bunkie may refer to: Bunkie, Louisiana, a city in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States Bunkie station, an historic train station in Bunkie, Louisiana; Semon "Bunkie" Knudsen (1912–1998), a prominent automobile executive; Bunkie Blackburn (1936–2006), NASCAR racecar driver; Bunkie board, mattress support for a bunk bed
Magnesium oxide wallboard (10 mm thickness) Magnesium oxide, more commonly called magnesia, is a mineral that when used as part of a cement mixture and cast into thin cement panels under proper curing procedures and practices can be used in residential and commercial building construction.
Fiberboard (American English) or fibreboard (British English) is a type of engineered wood product that is made out of wood fibers. Types of fiberboard (in order of increasing density) include particle board or low-density fiberboard (LDF), medium-density fiberboard (MDF), and hardboard or high-density fiberboard (HDF).