Warranty

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IVC Residential Warranty Guide
Sheet Vinyl Flooring
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Warranties Defined
Warranties as defined below ensure that your IVC floor will perform properly for the stated warranty period when
installed in accordance with IVC Residential Installation Guide over approved substrates and underlayments and using
the recommended adhesives and bond/seam sealers with proper care and maintenance.
Manufacturing Defects Warranty ensures that your floor will be free of manufacturing defects.
Contract & Expansion Resistant Warranty ensures that your floor will not contract or expand, excluding areas of
extreme localized temperature variations.
Curl-Crack-Rip-Tear-Gouge Resistant Warranty ensures that your floor will not curl, crack, rip, tear or gouge from
normal household use* and proper maintenance.
Cold Crack Warranty ensures that your floor will not crack in indoor cold conditions down to 20°F (-6.6⁰C)**. (Area must
be enclosed with no exposure to the elements.)
Waterproof Warranty ensures that your floor will not permanently discolor from topical water or moisture***.
Mold & Mildew Resistant Warranty ensures that your floor will not be affected by mold, mildew and/or alkaline****.
Scuff Resistant Warranty (on products with a polyurethane lacquer) ensures that your floor will not permanently scuff
from shoe soles.
Household Stain Resistant Warranty ensures that your floor will not permanently stain from common household
products, excluding permanent marker, permanent dyes & finishing stains.
Yellowing Stain Resistant Warranty (on products with a polyurethane lacquer) ensures that your floor will not
permanently stain or yellow from foot traffic, including asphalt track off*****.
Wear Resistance Warranty ensures your floor will not wear through the wear layer under normal household conditions
and proper maintenance******.
*Normal household use is defined as common daily activities in the home, excluding pet damage such as chewing, digging,clawing, etc.
**Flooring must either be permanently installed using IVC FlexTech Ultra for Sheet Vinyl or Loose Lay (no more than 25 square yards and no
more than 1 seam).
***Waterproof warranty applies to the sheet vinyl product itself and does not extend to damage of the subfloor or adhesives; and refers to topical moisture or
topical water exposure. It does not cover moisture or water coming from below/underneath the product, and does not cover flooding or intentional
damage or misuse.
****A floor discolored due to mold or mildew growth will be replaced only one time. If the replacement floor fails in the same manner, the site conditions
may not be acceptable for the installation of sheet vinyl.
*****A floor discolored due to asphalt track off will be replaced only one time. If the replacement floor fails in the same manner, the site conditions
may not be acceptable for the installation of sheet vinyl.
******Wear-through is defined as complete loss of the wear layer so that the printed pattern or design is altered. Gloss reduction is not considered
wear and is not covered by this warranty.