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French term

Zonia Clissold

486 questions

joints du support

French to English Tech/Engineering Construction / Civil Engineering expert appraisal of defects in balcony tiling

Les causes de ces désordres ont pour origine un défaut d'exécution de la
part du carreleur qui n'a réalise aucun joint, n'a pas respecté les joints du
support, ménagé aucun espace autour des points singuliers tels que les
piliers métalliques du garde-corps, n'a pas créé de fractionnement aux contlournements des angles des façades.

Would "joints du support" simply be "support joints" or "substrate joints"? These tiles on the balcony. I would have thought that they would be laid directly on the cement but then where would the support joints be? I would be most grateful for help in understanding this.

References

Substrate joint, joint support, support joint?

mrrafe

Change log

Feb 18, 2021 08:39: Tony M changed "Field" from "Other" to "Tech/Engineering"

Discussion

Zonia Clissold (asker) Mar 18, 2021: Thanks to you all for the explanations. In the end I put "support expansion joints". I can't see any way of awarding points so I close without grading.
Suzie Withers Feb 18, 2021: Could be helpful? https://www.rubi.com/en/blog/how-to-design-and-fit-movement-...
Suzie Withers Feb 18, 2021: See page 22-23 of this publication where it explains the different types of "joints du support" in French https://issuu.com/e-weber/docs/brochure_sols_weber_2016/23 I think this would probably be something like "joints in the substrate" as Tony has mentioned
Tony M Feb 18, 2021: @ Asker I think you'll find that these are probably some kind of expansion joint in the underlying concrete support — obviously, the tiler needs to put corresponding joints in the tiling, which they seem not to have done. Whichever words you use for 'support' and 'joint', I think to make it clear you need to express it as 'the [joints] in the [support]' Note that in the FR, both nouns have a def. article, implying it is referring to specific ones.
Bokani Hart Feb 18, 2021: Expansion joints? See... : https://www.ceramictilefoundation.org/blog/next-ask-scott-ex... And... : https://www.ceramictilefoundation.org/blog/ultimate-guide-to...