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October 17, 2011 (Regular Meeting) Page 829 CONCRETE FINISHED - A floor finish where the concrete is troweled and a hardener applied with no other floor covering. HARDWOOD - A layer of hard wood usually over sub - flooring. PARQUET - Refers to a wearing surface made up of small pieces of hardwood set in patterns or designs over sub - flooring. Can also be made up in blocks and laid in mastic over concrete. PINE OR SOFTWOOD - Floor finish of pine or other similar soft woods. PLYWOOD, LINOLEUM - A single layer of light wood, usually of small thickness laid on floor joists; a composition material known as linoleum, which comes in sheets or tiles and is used as a floor covering. PRECAST CONCRETE - Applies in this case to either pre- stressed or poured concrete floors, which are suspended as in multi -story commercial buildings. QUARRY OR HARD TILE - Refers to hard burned tiles, which are machine made and glazed. RUBBER TILE /SHEET - A fibrous rubber floor covering. SEAMLESS COVERING - A coating that is sprayed or troweled, generally with colored chips added. SHEET VINYL - A smooth, seamless floor covering material, manufactured with a resilient backing usually to either concrete or wood sub - flooring. SLATE FLOOR - Refers to cut or random broken slate set in grout over concrete. TERRAZZO - A ground and polished terrazzo where metal strips with a finite modular spacing are incorporated in the poured terrazzo. VINYL ASBESTOS - A tough, strong, non - crystalline, thermoplastic tile. VINYL TILE - All types of vinyl tile. HEATING FUEL ELECTRIC - Electrical GAS - Natural or manufactured gas OIL - Oil fired SOLAR - Use of sun's radiation to heat HEATING TYPE BASEBOARD - Electric heat, which radiates from baseboard heating units mounted in each room and usually controlled in each room. FORCED AIR (DUCTED) - A central type heating system that provides for the distribution of the air through ducts or conduits to the various parts of the building. FORCED AIR (NOT DUCTED) - A heating element and fan and /or blower enclosed in a common housing for circulating the heated air but no ducted distribution system. HEAT PUMP - A reverse cycle refrigeration unit, which can be used for heating or cooling and is ducted through out the structure. HEAT PUMP WALL UNIT - A reverse cycle refrigeration unit, which can be used for heating or cooling and is not ducted. HEAT PUMP LOOP SYSTEM - A reverse cycle refrigeration unit, which can be used for heating or cooling and is ducted through out the structure. The unit uses water looped through the ground or well to extract heating or cooling.