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  2. Grout - Wikipedia

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    From the different types of grout, a suitable one has to be chosen depending on the load. For example, a load up to 7.5 tons can be expected for a garage access [two-component pavement joint mortar (traffic load)], whereas a cobbled garden path is only designed for a pedestrian load [one-component pavement joint mortar (pedestrian load)].

  3. Cement board - Wikipedia

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    Cement board has very little movement under thermal stress, but the boards are usually installed with a slight gap at joints in shower pans, bathtubs, and each other. These joints are then filled with silicone sealant or the manufacturer's taping compounds before applying a finish. The filled joints are taped like conventional gypsum board, but ...

  4. Lime mortar - Wikipedia

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    Lime mortar or torching [1] [2] is a masonry mortar composed of lime and an aggregate such as sand, mixed with water. It is one of the oldest known types of mortar, used in ancient Rome and Greece, when it largely replaced the clay and gypsum mortars common to ancient Egyptian construction. [3]

  5. Mortar (masonry) - Wikipedia

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    Mortar holding weathered bricks. Mortar is a workable paste which hardens to bind building blocks such as stones, bricks, and concrete masonry units, to fill and seal the irregular gaps between them, spread the weight of them evenly, and sometimes to add decorative colours or patterns to masonry walls.

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    Proponents of the laws say they’re simply taking advantage of new technologies that make online age verification more feasible than it was in the past – essentially putting the same practices ...

  7. Mortar joint - Wikipedia

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    This joint is best used when the wall is intended to be plastered or joints are to be hidden under paint. Because the mortar is not compressed, it is less water-resistant than some of the other designs. Tuckpointing This joint has mortar colored to match the bricks surrounding a line of white mortar to make the joints look very small.

  8. Why Bill Gates Is Telling All About Life Before His Billions ...

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    "Thanks for the shower," Gates snapped back, according to Source Code. Eventually, his parents put him into therapy at age 12, which continued for around two and a half years.

  9. Terrazzo - Wikipedia

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    Bonded terrazzo is applied over a sand-cement mortar underbed which sits on top of a concrete slab. The sand-cement layer allows for variations in the finished concrete slab that it sits on. Monolithic terrazzo is applied directly over an extremely flat and high quality concrete sub-floor. Thin-set terrazzo does not require a concrete sub-floor.