Abstract: A structure, for example the hold of a ship, having a base surface lined with plastic sheeting having a greater coefficient of expansion than that of the base surface material held to the base surface by a fastening arrangement in which the sheeting is provided with spaced-apart engagable marginal areas bordering aperture means extending from surface to surface of the sheeting. Fastening means includes a metal pin rigidly connected to the base surface and has a shank extending through the sheeting and head means on the pin bearing on the engagable marginal areas. The marginal areas are separated from the shank by an expansion gap to allow movement of the sheeting parallel to the base surface.