Owner Manual

MANUFACTURER CARE AND MAINTENANCE GUIDELINES
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LUXURY VINYL CARE AND MAINTENANCE
Maintenance Considerations
Caring for an LVT floor is simple and easy. Regular sweeping an
d occasional mopping will keep your floor looking beautiful. The
frequency is depending on the amount of traffic you have.
• Frequently moved furniture (chairs) should be equipped with felt pads to avoid scratching the floor and checked reqularily. Heavy
furniture and appliances should be eqipped with non-staining large surface floor protectors. Furniture with castors or wheels must be
easy swiveling, large surface non-staining and suitable for resiliant floors. Do not use ball type castors as they can damage the floor.
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Sweep or vaccum the floor regularily to remove loose dirt. Avoid using a vaccum with a beater bar.
• Do not mop with too much water; abrasive cleaners can harm the tile’s surface; waxing will damage vinyl floor’s wear layer.
• Using mat at all outside entrance can protect your floor from scratch caused by dirty and hard particles.
• Remove any spill immediately.
• Avoid long term under direct sunlight. Prolonged direct sunlight exposure can cause discoloration. Close blinds or drapes during peak
sunlight hours.
In the unlikely event that a plank is damaged for whatever reason, the simplest method is to disconnect the planks carefully (protecting the
toungue and groove edges) until teh damaged plank can be removed. Then replace the damaged plank with a new one and re-assemble the
disconnected planks. This typically works for planks that are close to the two long perimiters of teh room. For damaged planks that are not close
to the perimeter, you may have to remove the damaged planks and insert new pieces without the short and long end grooves.
1. Using a sharp utility knife and a straight edge, cut out the center of the damaged plank by leaving approximately a 1 inch strip attached to the
adjacent planks.
2. Carefully cut back from the four corners of teh plank to the inside edges in space left by the cut out plank.
3. Remove the plank edges carefully from the adjacent planks making sure the tongues and grooves of the adjacent planks are not damaged.
4. Using a sharp utility knife, remove the tongue strip on both the long and short ends of the replacement plank. In addition, remove the groove
strip of the short end of the replacement plank.
5. Place two-sided carpet tape with one half under the sides of the adjacent planks where the tongues and the groove of the replacemnt plank
have been removed. Only the top side release paper of the carpet tape should be removed. leave the bottom side of the release paper in place.
as it should NOT be taped tpo the subfloor.
6. Position the replacement plank by engaging the groove of the long side into the tongue of the adjoioning plank and puching down on the other
three sides. The carpet tape will hold the replacement plank in place with its adjacent planks. Use a hand roller to further