Installation & Assembly

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4.SHAWADHESIVES&PRIMER

Refertoadhesivelabelforpropertrowelrequirements,spreadratesandapplication.

Priortoapplicationofadhesivedetermineifthesubstrateisaporousornon‐poroussubstrate.Followinstructionsontheadhesivelabelforporous

ornon‐poroussubfloor.

IMPORTANT:Recommendedtoperformabondtestinord

ertodetermineadhesiveworkingtimeperjobsiteconditions.Thestrengthofthe

bondtestwillindicatewhetherShaw 9050floorprimerisnecessary.

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5.INSTALLINGRESILIENTTILE&PLANKPRODUCTS&FLOORTE™PROPRODUCTS

General:

a. Ensurethatmoisturetestshavebeenconductedandthattheresultsdonotexc

eedtheacceptablemoisturelimitfortheadhesiveused.

b. PHofconcretesub‐floorneedstobebetween5&10.

c. ThepermanentHVACsystemisturnedonandsettoaminimumof65°F(20°C))oramaximumof85°F,foraminimumof72hoursprior

to,duringandaf

terinstallation.Aftertheinstallations,themaximumtemperatureshouldnotexceed85°F.

d. Donotstackmorethan5cartonshigh.

e. Flooringmaterialandadhesivemustbeacclimatedtotheinstallationareaforaminimumof48hourspriortoinstallation.

f. Useappropriatetrowelsi

zeregardingsubstrateporosity

g. Materialshouldalwaysbevisuallyinspectedpriortoinstallat ion.Anymaterialinstalledwithvisualdefectswillnotbeconsidereda

legitimateclaimasitpertainstolaborcost.

h. Installtilesrunninginsamedirection.

i. Ensurethatallrecommendationsforsub‐floorandjobsiteconditionsaremetpriortobeginningtheins

tallation.Directionaldesignsare

optional,however,oncetheinstallationisstarted,youhaveacceptedthoseconditions .

j. Floorte™ProProductwithattachedEVApad–TheseproductsrequiretheuseofShawT‐180adhesiveonly.Useofnon‐approved

adhesivesmayresultinad

hesivefailure

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LAYOUTANDINSTALLATIONGENERALRULES:

a. Shawtileandplank‐Installusingconventionaltileandplankinstallationtechniques.Plankproductsshouldhaveaminimumof6–8"

seamstagger.

b. Carefullydeterminewheretobegintileorplankinstallation. 

c. Itiscustomarytocenterroomsandhallwayssobordersarenotle

ssthanhalfatileorplank.

d. Workingoutofmultipleboxesatatimeisrecommended.

e. Inhallwaysandsmallspaces,itmaybesimplertoworklengthwisefromoneendusingacenterreferencelineasaguide.

f. Makesurecutedgesarealwaysagainstthewall.

g. ToproperlycutLVT/LVPproductssc

orethetopsideofthe materialwithautilityknife.Bendtheproductandfinishthecutthroughthe

backside.Thiswillensurethecleanestcut.Itmaybenecessarytouseaheatguntocutaroundverticalobstructions.Allowtheheat

ed

LVT/LVPtoreturntoroomtemperaturebeforeinstallation.

h. Cuttingtheproductintoafinepointmayleadtodelamination.UseanethylcyanoacrylatebasedsupergluetohelpfusetheLVT/LVP

pointtogether.Besuretocleanallgluefromthetopsurfaceimmediately.Alcoholbasedsuperglu

esmaycausevinyltoswell.

i. Forrandomwidthplankbegininstallationwiththewidestplankfirst.

NOTE:Recommendedtousefloorprotectionafterinstallation.DONOTuseaplasticadhesivebasedprotectionsystem.

INSTALLATIONFORTILE:

LayoutoftheRoomforSquarelyLaidFields

Tosquaretheareatobecove

red,firstfindthecenterofoneendofthemainrectangle.Locatethesamepointatthe

otherendwall.Snapachalklinebetweenthesepointstomarkthecenterlineonthefloor.Thenmeasurealongthis

centerlinetofindthemiddle oftheroom.Atthece

nterpoint,markoffalineacrosstheroomatexactlyrightangles

tothefirstline.Thismaybeaccomplis hedbythe3‐4‐5‐trianglemethodasshowninFigure1.Thenmeasure4feet

towardeachsidewallfromthecenterpoint.Thenmeasure3f

eetfromthecenterpointalongthelongerline,

measureexactly5feetfromthe3footmarkonthecenterlinetothe4footmarkon thecrossline.Ifthe5foot

measurementsdonotcomeoutexactly5feet,thecentercrossinglinesarenotatatruerightangle.Forlarg

erooms,

multiplesoftheabovedimensionsmaybeusedtoobtaingreateraccuracy.(6‐8‐10or9‐12‐15,etc.)

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