bitumastic

After rubbing down, apply bitumastic paint inside and outside.

'The hall floor's bitumastic, sir, the kind of stuff that's poured on as liquid and then left to set.

Flower, cluster, flower, followed each other immaculately and evenly to meet the bitumastic ridge.

Sound deadening panels are often fitted in the form of bitumastic paint on the underside to reduce water drumming during filling.

The black bitumastic flooring curved upwards at the edges to meet an astonishingly hideous wallpaper.

If the plaster is in bad shape, get it ripped off, line the walls with corrugated bitumastic building paper and then re-plaster with plaster containing insulating vermiculite.

Part of the condition of the rights purchase was that Fisher's four-pan tile with its bitumastic emulsion coating was to be made from galvanised steel, thereby ensuring a different product.

Before planting and building could start a thick bitumastic base was laid on the roof, followed by a layer of loose brick and rubble that was arranged in a fan-like pattern to aid drainage.

Next remove all the old putty from both parts of the joint and give the metal surfaces a good rub down with a wire brush and, if necessary, abrasive paper before applying two coats of bitumastic paint.

Cast iron systems should be regularly painted (gloss paint outside, bitumastic paint inside) to prevent corrosion, and all gutters should be given a good clean out every autumn to get rid of leaves, dirt, moss and tennis balls.

It may well be worth trying to gum up the joint with a mastic sealant or self-adhesive bitumastic flashing rather than going to all the trouble of dismantling the system: use the sealant on the joints even if you do dismantle and reassemble them.