Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
au droit paillasse
English translation:
(sink unit) splashback
French term
au droit paillasse
Sol : carrelage, plinthe à gorge
Murs : faïence au droit paillasse
faïence ou peinture lessivable ailleurs
Plafonds : hydrofuges
I understand the ceramic tiles on the walls but I'm stuck with "au droit paillasse".
TIA
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Tony M
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Proposed translations
(sink unit) splashback
'paillasse' is the word for the draining board of a sink, and hence by extension, I'd say the whole sink unit.
Both these terms readily found in a good dictionary.
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Note added at 29 mins (2012-10-28 09:46:54 GMT)
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Logically, you would fit a tiled splashback in the area where water is most likely to abound; the rest of the walls could tolerate being simply painted.
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Note added at 30 mins (2012-10-28 09:48:04 GMT)
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Note that a splashback is often of limited height, whereas the s:t does not specify this, implying possibly that the tiling should go right up to the ceiling. IMHO, it's not very well written for a specification!
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Note added at 43 mins (2012-10-28 10:01:13 GMT)
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Why? 'faïence' is just ceramic tiles, and it's usual enough to have tiling round a sink, isn't it? If that was the real issue, it might have been wise to include that in the explanation to your question, in order to get better-targeted answers.
| Thanks Tony for your feedback. As indeed you mentioned in your first post I'd found draining board / Lab table for paillasse but it was the faïence part that was troubling me. |
| Sorry Tony for not being clearer. As I mentioned in the question I know faïence was referring to ceramic tiles but somehow I couldn't see where the "au droit de" fitted in with the tiles. Anyway all clear now. Thanks for your input. |
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