Installation Guide

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DOC: HWH-V001 – 8/2017
Tools and Materials:
✓ Tape measure
✓ Moisture meter (wood, concrete or
both)
✓ Chalk line & chalk
✓ Hammer
✓ Power saw
✓ Pull bar
✓ Flooring adhesive or Joint Glue
✓ Trowels
✓ Carbide tipped saw blade for fine
cut
✓ NIOSH-designated dust mask
✓ Hand saw or jamb saw
✓ Tapping block
✓ Adhesive remover for selected
adhesive
✓ Clean rags
✓ Eye protection
✓ Straight edge
✓ Pry Bar
✓ Mallet
✓ Broom
✓ Color matched wood putty
✓ Weight roller
✓ Painters Tape
Pre-Installation
Safety and health precautions:
✓ Power tools can be dangerous. Operate in strict accordance with the manufacturer’s operating instructions and safety precautions.
✓ Unsafe and improper use can cause serious injuries.
✓ Avoid inhalation and exposures to wood dust, by mechanical means, by wearing personal protective equipment.
✓ Wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) which includes NIOSH or OSHA approved dust masks, safety goggles
and work
gloves.
Owner/Installer Responsibility:
• Be advised, the owner is to be present during the installation for consultation/direction.
• The owner and installer should discuss installation and arrangement to maximize satisfaction. If this is not possible, consultation should
be done prior to installation.
• The manufacturer’s installation guide is the primary source of installation procedures. Installers should also be familiar with installation
guidelines from National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) woodfloors.org.
• The owner/installer accepts all responsibility for product quality of completed installation.
• Flooring to be installed in one large area should be purchased at the same time. Product purchased at a later time than the first purchase
may vary.
Inspection:
• Arrange planks from several boxes to ensure even distribution of color, shade and/or characteristics.
• Wood floors are natural products containing natural variations.
• Variations in color, tone, grain, mineral streaks, small knots and other characteristics can be found from plank to plank.
• Similar variations exist between samples, images and the purchased flooring. This is normal and it does not mean the
product is defective.
• For claims purposes, you are allowed to open up to 4 boxes for product inspection.
IMPORTANT: Do not open all the boxes, opening all the boxes constitutes your acceptance of the product.
• Examine flooring for product quality and customer satisfaction.
• If the customer is satisfied, proceed with installation.
• If the customer discovers that the product is defective, or if material is questionable, you should stop the installation
and contact the retailer.
• This product is manufactured according to strict industry quality standards. Standards permit a defect tolerance not to exceed 5%.
• Order an additional 5% extra for cutting wastage and grading allowances (10% for diagonal installations).
• During installation, inspect the planks continuously. Defects that can be seen from a standing position should be cut off or removed.
Installing defective planks implies acceptance.
Note: Accessories, trims and moldings are manufactured to coordinate with the varied appearances of the floor planks; any exact matches are
coincidental. Non-matching accessories are not defective products.
Prior to installation:
• Arrange planks from several boxes to ensure even distribution of color, shade and/or characteristics.
• Ensure subfloor is clear of debris and dirt.
• The length of the each plank in any box can vary from 12 inches to the maximum full length stated on the packaging or other product
descriptions. Each box can contain all full length boards or a combination of full length and shorter boards. There is no specific
percentage of product length distribution.