Installation & Assembly

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y For Wood Subfloors: If you are working on a wood type subfloor, you may want to use small finishing nails to hold
the first row in place. Fill nail holes with wood filler designed to blend with your new floor.
Step 4: INSTALLING THE HARDWOOD
• Complete the rest of the installation by spreading enough adhesive to install 45 sf. at a time. Continue to dry rack when
the hardwood so that you maintain the correct end joint stagger, then continue setting the hardwood into the adhesive
ready.
• Make sure that there is 100% contact between the hardwood and the adhesive. Use a clean, smooth, 100-150 lb. roller to
roll the flooring at every 150 sf. interval during the installation.
Step 5: INSTALLING THE LAST ROW
• Most often the entire length of the last row will need to be cut so that it is narrow enough to fit the remaining space.
When this occurs, follow this simple procedure:
y Lay a row of boards, unglued, with the tongue toward the wall, directly on top of the last row installed.
y Take a short piece of the Shaw Hardwood
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product that is being installed with the face down and the tongue side
against the wall.
y Draw a line with a pencil along the row moving down the wall. The resulting line gives the proper width for the last
row which, when cut, can then be wedged into place using the pull bar.
• You will need to use the Pull Bar with care to make the last row fit tightly and allowing for proper expansion space.
Leave spacers in the expansion space untill the adhesive has cured, then remove.Keep the floor free from foot traffic, for
12-24 hrs.,until adhesive has set securely.
• Shaw Industries, Inc. recommends rolling the floor with a 100-150 lb.clean roller to insure good adhesive to wood
contact.
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
Doorways: Attempting to continue installing rows through a doorway into another room can be difficult because the narrow
opening is a very small base upon which to continue consistent even rows into the next room. T-moldings are available to
install in doorways when joining flooring room to room. When using the Floating install method, every doorway less than
6’wide must be transitioned using a T-molding. Floating flow through installs are allowed only if the total length of the flow-
through does not exceed 40’, and the flow through doorway is 6’or wider.
To achieve alignment of plank rows from room to room, it is best to use a master reference line to run through the doorway
to the far ends of each room involved. Position the line so that it is square and parallel from each room’s corresponding wall.
Use this line to align the plank rows from room to room.
Pipes, vents and other fixed objects: Each can be unique, but the general rule is to measure very carefully before you cut
and remember to leave a 1/2” expansion gap between the object and the flooring. You will cover expansion gaps with
molding, vent covers or pipe rings when the floor is complete.
Installation on Stairs: Working from the top step down, flooring should be installed using adhesive and screw type
fasteners or nails. All stair nose moldings must be glued and nailed, or screwed every 8”, as a safety precaution.
Always consider that finished hardwood, installed on steps can be a very slick surface, especially when walked on with
stocking feet. Use caution when walking on finished steps.
Glue down over cork: Using Shawbond Wood flooring adhesive, Cross Ply Engineered Hardwood can be installed
over a structurally sound concrete sub floor that is covered with full spread, permanently bonded acoustic cork. Cork
thickness should not exceed 1/4” (6.35 mm), with a density between 11.4 and 13 lb / cubic foot. Install cork in
accordance with cork manufacturer’s recommendations. Acoustic cork should be pure cork with a polyurethane
binder.
MOLDINGS, TRIM & TRANSITION PIECES