Parquet FLOATING
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Quick-Step wood flooring materials are delivered with instructions in the form of illustrations. The text below is covering a floating illustration in regards of a floating installation, and is divided in 4 areas: Preparation, Installation, Finishing and Cleaning. We recommend that you read trough this information carefully while studying each illustration. In case of doubts or questions please contact your Quick-Step dealer/ Technical services. The use of the original Quick-Step accessories is strongly recommended to benefit from the full product warranty. BEFORE STARTING UP A parquet floor is to be considered as an interior product, and should be taken care of like such prior to, during and after installation. The installation should be done after eventual painting and other wet works are done and dried out. If other works are ongoing after installation, a breathtaking covering should be placed on top of the Quick Step parquet. Don NOT tape covering material direct to the surface since the glue might harm the lacquered or oiled surface. 15-20° 48h 25-85% RH 1 Quick-Step floors can be bought in different formats, decors and qualities. Make sure you have received the flooring that you have ordered before starting the installation. It is always a good idea to store one end-label together with your receipt. Do not install wood planks with damaged surfaces, edges or lock joints. Check every panel carefully before and during the installation, preferably in daylight. Bear in mind that wood is not a homogeneous material. There can be differences between the individual planks just as there are differences between individual trees. The occurrence of sap wood, knots and cracks is dependent on the selected grading and chosen range. These are natural features of wood and cannot be considered as a product fault. Therefore you should always check if you have the right impression off the floor before installation and that you have all the information. If a parquet panel has been installed it is considered as accepted and any defects or colour variation affecting this panel cannot form any ground off complaint. We recommend that the panels are mixed from several packs during installation. 2 After receiving the floor packs these should be acclimatized. This has to be done unopened and stored in a flat position free from the wall and flooring prior to installation. Recommended is to store them at a normal room temperature (15-20°C / 59 - 65 °F) and a relative humidity level between 25-85% for a minimum of 48 hours prior to installation. A Quick-Step floor is composed of natural wood and will naturally expand and contract upon changes in the relative humidity. The dimensional variation of an installed floor will be slightly more in width compared to the length. For example: at 20°C and a RH between 40-60%, the movement is limited. Quick-Step wood flooring is produced and delivered with a moisture content to cope with an RH between 25-85%. In a dry climate, for example in the Nordics during winter time, the RH might drop below 25% and in summertime rise above 70%. This will create a movement in your floor surface. To secure enough clearance for this natural movement and to avoid open joints, squeaking, etc. always keep a dilatation joint of 10 mm average to the walls, thresholds, staircases, pipes, etc. During the installation of normal residential room size. Use the spacers of the installation kit to keep the correct clearance. Installing in winter time in very low RH, the clearance should lowered to 8 mm (low RH = floor shrinks). If installing in summer time with a high RH level the clearance should be raised to 15 mm (high RH = floor expands). The clearance should be left open and must not be filled by any sealant, silicone or other adhesive. A floating installation is a floating installation so never fasten the flooring with nails, glue, screws or in any other way. 3 Quick-Step wood flooring must be installed on a solid, self-supporting subfloor, wood flooring or seamless undamaged vinyl. In case of other types of floor coverings these must be removed. No signs of mould and/or insect infestation should be present. Make sure the subfloor is level and nail/screw down any loose parts. When laying a floating floor, in case of textile or other vapour-permeable floor coverings it is necessary to remove both the floor covering and its base. Existing floors made from a vapour-tight covering do not need to be removed (PVC, linoleum, etc.) if they meet all other requirements. In a floating installation it is always necessary to use an underlay. Install the new floor at ninety degrees to the existing subfloor. The crawl space under the wooden base must be ventilated. Remove any obstacles and make sure there is sufficient ventilation ( min. 4 cm² of ventilation opening/ m² of floor). The moisture content of the wood cannot exceed 10%. Be aware of that any wood and/or organic material might/will dry out locally and damage the parquet if any heating source like hot fans, wood stoves etc. is creating high temperature

4 The entire subfloor must be carefully checked for any type of unevenness. Use a straight edge of 1 m approximately, make sure there are no unevenness of more than 2 mm. Peaks higher than 1,2 mm within a 250 mm radius are also prohibited. If needed use a levelling compound to achieve correct flatness of the base floor. 5 To achieve optimal sound reduction, best walking comfort, avoid squeaking and to level minor unevenness we strongly recommend using a Quick-Step underlay. A floating installation done on screed, a cement based subfloor or when floor heating is involved, a vapour barrier must be...

1 Quick-Step wood floors are easy to install and require no expensive tools. In addition to a few common DIY tools (folding rule, pencil, hammer, handsaw or jigsaw, carpenters square and possible power drill and hand gloves) you only need the Quick-Step installation kit containing a tapping block, pull bar and spacers. Be sure you have all tools available before starting the installation. 2 When cutting the Quick-Step wood plank be sure you are not creating splinters or chipping when cutting. If using a handsaw keep the decorative surface faced up. If using a jigsaw keep decorative surface...