INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR QUICK-STEP LAMINATE WITH HYDROSEAL TECHNOLOGY. IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A GOOD RESULT, WE ADVISE TO FOLLOW ALL GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. 1. PREPARATION 1 Let the planks acclimatize for 48 hours in the unopened packaging at the normal room temperature, in the middle of the room where the floor is to be installed. The ideal conditions are 15-22°C at a relative humidity of 30-75%. If climate conditions are outside this 30-75% range, we strongly advise to acclimatize for 1 week with opened packages. 2 Remove any damp-porous floor covering (carpet, needle felt, etc.) first. Damp-sealed floor covering (PVC, linoleum, VCT, etc.) does not have to be removed. Always use an underlay. We advise to use a Quick-Step underlay. 3 WOODEN SUBFLOOR: Remove any existing floor covering first. No signs of mould and/or insect infestations should be present. Make sure the subfloor is level. Nail down any loose parts. If the wooden subfloor is flat (no unevenness greater than 2mm over the length of 1 meter): you can install any QS underlay. If the wooden subfloor is not flat and has uneveness > 2mm and < 4mm (because of cupping of the wooden subfloor planks: you can install the QS Thermolevel underlay. If the wooden subfloor is not flat and has unevenness > 4mm: you have to install a fibered levelling compound or underlay + plywood / OSB levelling floor. Install the new floor at ninety degrees to the existing subfloor. The crawl space under the plank floor must be sufficiently ventilated. Remove any obstacles and make sure there is sufficient ventilation (minimum 4 cm² (1/2”) total ventilation openings per m² (40”) of floor). The moisture content of the wood must not exceed 10%. 4 Additional instructions apply if there is underfloor heating or cooling. Your dealer or installer of the floorheating system must guarantee that the floor surface temperature never exceeds 28 degrees °C. Visit www.quick-step.com for more information. 5 A new concrete floor must dry at least 1 week per 1 cm (3/8”) thickness up to 4 cm (1-1/2”). Thicknesses over 4 cm (1-1/2”) require twice as much drying time. For example, a 6 cm (2-1/2”) concrete subfloor must dry for at least 8 weeks. The moisture content must be less than 2.5% for cement-bound screed (CM method) and 0.5% for an anhydritebound screed. As the drying times are really depending on the climate conditions and the ventilation of the building, these timings are only indicative. 6 Make sure the subfloor is level. Any unevenness greater than 2 mm over the length of 1 meter must be smoothed out. The same applies to any unevenness of more than 1 mm over a lengt

QUICK STEP FLOOR DESIGNERS Make sure that the floor base is flat, clean, firm, and dry. To install your laminate floor you need the following standard tools: Hammer, saw (a jig-saw, hand circular saw, hand saw, or cross-cut saw), pencil, tape measure, safety goggles and gloves. Apart from that, you also need the following accessories: installation kit (a pulling iron, spacers and a tapping block suitable for the Uniclic® click system), underlay system (use an underlay that provides a stable foundation for the floor, such as the Quick-Step Unisound underlay) and suitable maintenance products....

2. INSTALLATION The floors with hydroseal technology are water resistant after installation. Following these instruction carefully makes the floor fit for use in bathrooms, kitchens, laundry rooms and entrance areas. The panels are not suitable for use in damp spaces like pool areas, saunas and rooms with build-in drains like showers. These extra water protection instructions do not cope to national regulations of water protection in wet rooms. With Uniclic® panels you can choose where you want to begin. Think about what will be the easiest way to install the floor. We will demonstrate the installation...

7 Position the panel to be installed at an angle of 20 to 30° to the panel already installed. Move the panel gently up and down and at the same time exert forward pressure. The panels will automatically click into place. 8 With Uniclic® you can also tap the panels into each other without lifting. For this method you must use the special Uniclic® tapping block. The planks should not be joined with a single tap. To avoid damaging the panels you must tap them together gradually. 9 In places where it is too difficult to install the Unilic® planks with the tapping block (e.g. against the wall), you...

Continue like this to the end of the room. 13 With lengths of more than 13 m and widths of more than 13 m, there should be an intermediate expansion joint. The swelling and shrinking is linear, so the bigger the surface, the bigger the play at the edge has to be. 14 Room humidity can vary according to the season, so it is vital that the floor is able to expand and contract. For this reason, make sure you leave an expansion joint of minimum 8 to 10 mm (5/16” to 3/8”) on all sides of the floor, around pipes, thresholds and under doors. Expansion joints can be finished by means of a skirting that...

3. FINISHING 1 Install the skirting-board against the wall. Never attach the skirting-board to the floor. This method allows the floor to expand and contract under the skirting-board. In places where profiles or skirting-boards cannot be placed, fill expansion joints with elastic paste (Quick•Step® Kit). 2 When sawing the panels make sure that the expansion joint under the door is at least 10 mm. If you cannot lift the panel, use the tapping block or pulling iron and hammer to tap the panels together when the planks are flat on the floor. 3 In rows where there is a pipe, make sure the pipe falls...

3. FINISHING IN ROOMS LIKE BATHROOMS, KITCHENS, LAUNDRY ROOMS AND ENTRANCE AREAS 1 Sealing the perimeter expansion joints combines a compressible PE foam with diameter 8 to 10 mm and the flexible and waterproof Quick-Step® HydroKit. Push the PE foam in the expansion joints and apply the flexible Quick-Step® HydroKit under slight angle towards the Quick-Step® floor. 2 Install the skirting-board with Quick-Step One4all glue. Apply the flexible HydroKit between skirtings and floor to avoid ingress of water. In places where profiles or skirting-boards cannot be placed, fill expansion joints with...