Instructions / Assembly

CARPET INSTALLATIONS

DRICORE Insul-Armor panels are designed for maximum R-value. As such, we have replaced the

traditional thickness of a load spreading substrate, such as OSB or plywood, with the higher R-Value of

high denisty foam material. We do this because for the application of any hard surfaced finished floors,

the floor itself spreads the point loads of furniture legs, rolling office chairs, tread mill leveling feet,

billiard or game tables, etc. over the surface of the foam panel, allowing the DRICORE Insul-Armor

subfloor to carry the point loads sufficiently. However, carpet is not a solid surface flooring, and does not

offer the same load spreading capacity. Therefore carpet installations, whether wall to wall or carpet tile,

will require a load spreading underlayment installed on top of the DRICORE Insul-Armor prior to the

installation of the carpet material.

WE RECOMMEND THE FOLLOWING UNDERLAYMENT CHOICES:

A HARD SURFACE NON-ORGANIC PRODUCT

3/8” SPRUCE SHEATHING

7/16” OSB

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Install one of the recommended underlayment substrates

below directly on top of DRICORE Insul-Armor.

Screw down each panel of OSB, plywood or any other

substrate used. Depending on the thickness of the

substrate chosen, screws must penetrate the concrete a

minimum 3/4". DRICORE Insul-Armor is 1" in thickness,

therefore, a 3/8" substrate would require a nail no shorter

than 2 1/4" in length.