INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS FOR LAMINATE FLOORING
1. A note of caution (click picture to enlarge)
Please follow these installation and maintenance instructions carefully.
Should you decide to disregard them, our quality guarantee will not apply.
Similarly, China Link’s guarantee will not apply should the installer install obviously defective boards.
2. Preparing for Installation
2.1 Storing Laminate Flooring
Store sealed Laminate Flooring cartons horizontally.
The storage room should be about 18 degrees Celsius with a 45-60% relative humidity.
2.2 Conditioning the room before installing your Laminate
Flooring
Laminate Flooring is not suitable for use outdoors or in damp rooms (bathrooms, etc.).
Before bringing Laminate Flooring cartons into the rooms, ensure that:
· Painting and wallpapering are completed.
· Plaster is dry.
· Floor and wall tiles have been installed for at least 3 weeks.
· Windows are in place.
· Radiators have been bled.
· No re-humidification takes place in the room where the floor will be installed.
2.3 Acclimatising your Laminate Flooring
Lay sealed Laminate Flooring cartons horizontally in the rooms at least 48 hours before installation. Stack maximum 3 cartons on top of each other, away from heat/air vents.
The room should be about 18 degrees Celsius with a 45-60% humidity.
2.4 Planning
Laminate Flooring will look more attractive if you install it parallel to the main light source.
Use wedges to secure 10 mm expansion gaps:
· Along the walls (later covered by skitings)
· At pipes (later covered by rosettes or elastic paste)
· At cabinets (later covered by elastic paste or skirtings)
· Underneath doors (later covered by expansion rails/T moldings)
· Along flooring wider than 8 m or longer than 10 m (later covered by expansion rails/T moldings)
2.5 Installation Tools
PE moisture barrier, foam underlay, saw, ha mmer, measuring tape, pencil, fitting bar, tapping block, wedges, water-resistant adhesive tape and a line.
3. The Sub-floor
Any sub-floor should be dry, clean, firm and level (no unevenness of more than 2 mm/m).
In principle, you will be faced with any of the following situations:
3.1 Concrete Subfloor
The concrete moisture content should be maximum 2.5% (1.5% for underfloor heating).For installation on underfloor heating, use a professional fitter.
3.2 Wooden Subfloor
The wooden subfloor should be fitted over insulation/crawl space and its moisture content should be maximum 10%. Otherwise, the wooden subfloor should be removed.
You should install Laminate Flooring perpendicular to the wood flooring.
3.3 Damp-Proof Subfloors (Linoleum, PVC, etc.)
You can install Laminate flooring directly on these subfloors.
3.4 Non Damp-Proof Subflors (Carpets, etc.)
First remove the non-damp proof subfloor, then install on adequate subfloor.
4. Installation
4.1 The Underfloor
Lay a PE moisture
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