Sentence examples for attach to the floor from inspiring English sources

For example, Mr. Wambach said, the floors of most stick-built houses will be made out of 2 inch by 8 inch floor joists, about 16 inches apart, covered by a single, nailed-on layer of decking -- typically three-quarter-inch plywood -- and surrounded by a 2 inch by 10 inch "rim joist," which provides stability for the floor joists and is used to attach to the floor to the foundation.

The metal detector, which was not attached to the floor, began to wobble and dance.

It should rest where the bottom plate of the wall will be attached to the floor.

Almost nothing in the shop is attached to the floor or sitting on it.

The thick, fleshy tongue is firmly attached to the floor of the mouth, and it is nearly immobile.

Seats were suspended from the ceiling, rather than attached to the floor, because when a bomb goes off beneath a vehicle, the floor accelerates faster than the ceiling.

His cinder-block cell had one barred window, a bed, a stainless-steel desk and stool that were attached to the floor, a toilet, a sink, and a mirror.

Some are strung vertically in a line from a steel plate high above the table; others rise from 7-foot-high copper poles attached to the floor and wall.

"The colour scheme is red and gold with real chairs, not seats, attached to the floor.

Here's a clever solution to keeping your door locked: It's called Haven and it attaches to the floor and the doorframe.

This equation involves just two variables: a cyclist's mass and "work rate," equal to the resistive force of the exercise bike multiplied by the distance that the bike would travel were it not attached to the floor.