Installation Instructions

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For Laminate oors that require a oating installation

LAMINATE FLOOR

Preparing the Room

• Mix planks from different cartons when installing to maximize the natural look of the oor.

• Check that the doors can still open and close after the oor has been installed (minimum 3/8-inch).

• Check whether the existing molding can be removed. You can also leave the wall base and nish the oor with accessory proles.

• Make sure the suboor is at. Any unevenness greater than 1/16-inch over the length of 40 inches must be smoothed out.

• Make sure the suboor is clean, dry and stable.

• Flooring may be installed over radiant heat systems following special installation instructions. Contact your retailer for further details.

Concrete Suboor

The moisture content of the concrete must be less than 5 lb/24 hr per 1000 sq ft (ASTM F1869) or <80% with an in situ probe (ASTM F2170). Always use

underlayment and a minimum 6-mil poly moisture barrier if a moisture barrier is not attached to the underlayment.

New Construction:

• A new concrete oor must dry at least 1 week per 3/8-inch thickness up to 1-1/2 inches. Thicknesses over 1-1/2 inches require twice as much drying

time. For example, a 2-1/2-inch concrete suboor must dry for at least 8 weeks.

Renovation:

• Remove any damp-porous oor covering (carpet, needle felt, etc.) rst.

• Damp-sealed oor covering (PVC, linoleum, VCT, etc.) does not have to be removed.

Wooden Suboor

• Remove any existing damp-porous oor covering rst.

• Make sure the sub oor is stable. Nail down any loose areas and apply a leveling layer if necessary.

• Install the Uniclic

planks crosswise to the direction of the existing suboor.

• For installations over a crawl space, the soil in the crawl space must be covered by a 6-mil non-recycled polyethylene lm with seams overlapping at

least 8 inches. In addition, vents should be located throughout the foundation. They must provide good cross ventilation and no dead air space. There

must be minimum vent openings equal to 1.5% of the square footage within the crawl space. For example, 100 sq ft of crawl space must have at least

1.5 sq ft of open vents.

• The moisture content of the wood may not exceed 12%.

Installing the Floor

• First install the underlayment. See Diagram 3A. If the underlayment is pre-mounted on the planks, use a damp-proof moisture barrier with water

resistant adhesive tape. For concrete, let the moisture barrier run up the wall before cutting to size. A molding will be attached to this later. For wood,

cut the moisture barrier 1 inch from the wall.

• Begin the rst row with a whole plank. First saw off the tongue on both the long and the short sides. See Diagram 3B.

• Place the planks with sawn-off sides against the walls. Put spacers from the installation kit between the planks and the wall. This will ensure that your

expansion joint is wide enough: 3/8-inch. See Diagram 3C.

• The diagrams indicate where the Uniclic

planks are clicked together by angling up and down or where they are tapped together at. Follow the

diagrams precisely. See Diagrams 4A –4F. For better results, the oor should be installed with a staggered random length for the starting planks in each

row - be careful not to create a repeating pattern. For example, start the rst row with a whole plank, second row with 1/3 of a plank, third row with

2/3 of a plank, then a whole, then 1/2, then 1/4, then back to whole, then short, then medium, etc. Alternating the length of the starting plank on each

row will avoid creating a zigzag or stair step pattern in the oor.