Installation manual

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Explain approximate time frame, nightly yardage and schedule
Remember customers have no idea what you are capable of ripping up and installing in one night. The
rst few nights of any project should be scheduled for a lowered yardage so that the crew can get familiar
with the routine, the location and especially the rip-up.
The routine will consist usually of start time, bringing carpet to the site, sign-in procedures, and location
of smoke rooms, break rooms, washrooms, building rules and regulations.
Finally there is the dreaded rip-up. The best case scenario is carpet tile to carpet tile installed with
releasable adhesive. The rst few days will give you a more accurate idea of what your nightly yardage
potential will be. The following is a list of problems that can lower your nightly yardage.
■ Carpet tile installed wet
■ Broadloom installed with hi-performance adhesive
■ Broadloom over pad
■ Old cutback that has not been sealed
■ VCT or worse VAT that is coming up with the old carpet