Use and Care Guide

Installation Instructions T & G Prefinished Engineered Plank
50 Year Residential Warranty
13 Rev.1RH-16HC
REPAIRING YOUR FLOOR
● Minor damage can be easily repaired with finishing putty available in blending colors.
● Retain several planks for future repairs.
● Major damage will require board replacement . If using the floating installation only , your floor can easily be
disassembled to allow for replacement .
MOLDINGS
Installation Tips:
 Moldings must be predrilled avoid splitting whenever they are to be secured with nails or fasteners.Use a 10 or 12”
miter saw with pre-set adjustments for the basic miter cuts at 22.5
o
, 45
o
, and 90
o
. A carbide tipped blade makes
the best cuts.
 On Wall Base or Quarter Round moldings, never restrict the hardwood floor’s natural contraction/expansion
movement by driving the fasteners at a downward angle. Rather, attach the moldings to the wall or vertical
surface.
 Always miter cuts rather than having butt cuts when splicing. Decide the direction of the miter by cutting the
molding with the long point oriented in the same direction as your natural line of vision when you enter the room.
Wall Base - Borders the wood floor at the base of the wall to give the room a finished look. This molding conceals the
required expansion space between the wall and the hardwood flooring. It is also sometimes used under cabinets and
toe kicks.
Quarter Round - This molding conceals the required expansion space between the wall and the hardwood flooring. It
is also sometimes used under cabinets and toe kicks where a wall base won’t fit or at the base of the stairs to provide
a subtle blend between the floor and the wall or vertical surface. Ensure nails are not going through the floor but into
the vetical surface.
Threshold - Typically used at exterior doorways as a transition between flooring and the doorway threshold. It is also
used to transition a wood floor to different floors to make them fit together perfectly, such as high pile carpeting or tile.
Another typical use for a threshold is to conceal the expansion space between the flooring and a vertical surface such
as fireplace hearths and sliding glass doors.
T-Molding - Commonly used in doorways to join two wood floors in adjoining rooms. Also recommended when
making transitions from a wood floor to another floor that is approximately the same height such as ceramic tile,
hardwood or laminate floors, not carpet. T-Moldings are also used to provide expansion joints when a floor dimension
exceeds the length of 40’ or a width of 30’.
Reducer - Used to join hardwood floors that have been glued down or nailed down with floors of different heights
such as vinyl, ceramic tile, or low pile carpeting.
Stair Nose - Provides the proper transition for stairways or steps which have hardwood floors that have been
installed
by either the nail down or glue down installation method. Also provides the proper overhang for a transition from one
floor level to the next such as the step into a sunken living room.
RESIDENTIAL WARRANTY
Manufacturer warrants the original purchaser of its Engineered
Hardwood Flooring in North America to the following warranties:
50 YEAR FINISH and WEAR WARRANTY
Manufacturer warrants to the original purchaser that its factory applied finish will not wear through, peel off, or
delaminate for a period of Fifty (50) years from the date of purchase under normal and ordinary residential use and
with proper maintenance and floor care.