Installation Guide

CongratulĂƟŽns!
You have just installed a beauƟful, and elegant vinyl Floor!
Care and Maintenance
Care and maintenance of your new Luxury Vinyl Floor is essenƟĂl for long term performance and appearance. Because this is
a low maintenance Ňoor, it will not require waxing or polishing. Please read the following to ensure that your Ňoor will give
you many years of service and maintain its original appearance for as long as possible.
• Use doormats outside the entry doors to your home to prevent grit, sand, and dirt and other substanĐes suĐh as oil, asphalt,
and other ĐŽntami
nates from being traĐŬĞĚ indoors and possibly stain or damage theŇŽoring.
• Do not use rubber-bĂĐŬed, latex-bĂĐŬed, ĐŽĐo Įber mats, or area rugs on yourŇŽoring, as some types of bĂĐŬingsĐan stain
or sĐƌĂtĐh theŇŽor.
• UseŇŽor proƚĞĐƚŽƌs (felt pads reĐŽmmended) under heavy furniture to spread the weight and help to prevent sĐƌĂtĐhes
and dents. Chairs and other moveable furniture withĐastors should have at least 2 inĐŚes (5.01 Đm) Ňat rolling surfaĐe.
When furniture or Đh
airs have metaůĐaps, be sure to remove and use felt ŇŽor proƚĞĐƚŽƌs.
• Never push or drag heavy furniture or applianĐes aĐƌŽss theŇŽor; always use strips of wood or Masonite (hardboard) to
serve as a runway underneath the rollers or wheels (inĐůƵding dolly’s) to avoid damage to theŇŽor.
• Avoid prolonged exposure to direĐƚ sunlight as itĐanĐause swelling, and/or the surfĂĐĞƚo fade or disĐŽůor over Ɵŵe.
During peaŬ exposure Ɵmes to direĐƚ sunlight, we strongly reĐŽmmend the use of drapes
or blinds on windows and sliding
glass doors.
Maintenance
• Sweep, dust mop, or vĂĐuum regularly; please be aware that vĂĐuum beater barsĐan someƟmesĐause damage to the Ňoor.
• When neĐessary, damp mop theŇŽŽr with a standard no-wax vinyl Ňoor Đůeaner; do not use waxes or polishes as they will
inĐƌease the gloss level, turn yellow, deĐrease slip resistanĐe, or build up over Ɵŵe. This will turn your low-maintenanĐe
ŇŽor into a high maintenanĐeŇŽor.
• Wellmade does not reĐŽŵmend the
use of sƚĞĂŵĐůeaners on our vinyl Ňooring.
• ThisŇŽoring hasĞdžĐellent resistanĐe toĐommon household stains, and will not be aīeĐƚed by most household spills. Help
prevent stains by wiping up spills with aĐůean dampĐůoth immediately; the longer the stain sits, theŵŽƌĞůŝŬĞůLJ it will
Đƌeate a permanent stain.
• DiĸĐult spillsĐan be soaŬed for 5 – 15 minutes in a heavy duty vinyůĐůeaner or mineral spiritsĐĂƌĞfully sĐƌĂpe upĞdžĐess
with a dull ŬŶife, remove the rest of the residue with soŌ nylon pad or
soŌ
bristle brush, then rinse and wipe with aĐůean
whŝƚĞĐůŽth.
Repairs
^ĐƌĂtĐhesĐan easily be repaired by using sĐƌĂtĐh repair Ŭŝts designed for vinyl Ňooring, or by using aĐolored marŬer that will
blend the sĐƌĂtĐh into the rest of the planŬ. In the unůŝŬely event that a planŬ is damaged for whatever reason, the simplest
method is to disĐŽnneĐƚ the planŬsĐarefully (proƚĞĐƟng the tongue and groove edges) unƟů the damaged planŬ ĐĂn be removed.
Then replaĐe the damaged planŬ with a new one and re-assemble the disĐŽnneĐƚĞĚ planŬs. This typŝĐĂůůy worŬs for planŬ
s that
are ĐůŽse to the two long perimeters of a room. For damaged planŬs that are not ĐůŽse to the perimeter, you may have to
remove the damaged planŬs and insert new planŬƐ without removing enƟƌe rows, this is easily ĂĐhievable by following the
guideline below.
1. Using a uƟůŝƚy saw or equivalent,Đut out theĐĞŶter of the damaged planŬ and leave approximately a 1 - 2 inĐh strip
aƩaĐhed to the inner poƌƟon of the adjaĐent planŬs.
2. Carefully Đut bĂĐŬ from the four ĐŽƌners of the planŬ to the inside edges, this is the spĂĐĞůeŌ by theĐut out planŬ
3. Remove the planŬ edgesĐarefully from the adjaĐent planŬs maŬing
sure the tongues and grooves of the adjaĐent
planŬs are not damaged.