Installation Instructions

Installation Instructions
BEFORE YOU START:
• Calculate floor area and add 5% of material to allow
for custom cung.
• Acclimate the closed packages in the room, 24 hours
prior to installaon. Put the packs in the middle
of the room.
• Do not open packages unl you are ready to start
installaon.
• Inspect each plank before installaon. If you find any
defects do not use it and contact your supplier
immediately.
• Read these instrucons in its enrety.
IMPORTANT
Leather and Cork are natural materials. Expect some
color and shade variaon between planks. Always
work from several boxes at the same me and shuffle
planks for the best visual appearance.
Protect flooring from direct sunlight, to reduce fading!
All natural materials will change in color/shade with
exposure to light.
JOB SITE PREPARATION
Remove exisng carpet, baseboards, quarter-rounds
and thresholds and undercut door jams, using a piece
of flooring material as a guide. Repair all defects in
the sub-floor.
Check that:
• The doors can sll open and close aer installing the
floor. (minimum 3/8” clearance)
• The door frames may need to be adapted to install
the floor under them.
• For aesthec appearance we suggest that you dry lay
the material across the width of the room to insure
that the pieces of the last row are no less than
4'' wide.
• For a paern or design in flooring we recommend
you find the center of the room and measure out to
build the paern.
SUB-FLOORS
Repair any defects in sub-floor. All sub-floors have to
be clean, firm, flat (within 3/16'' in 10 ), dry
(3% moisture on concrete, 10% or less on plywood)
and smooth. You can lay the planks over any solid and
stable sub-floor material, including plywood,
chipboard, old non-creaking flooring boards,
hardwood flooring, concrete slabs, PVC or most
ceramic le (avoid heavily embossed le).
In all installaons, first cover sub-floor with 6-mil poly,
overlap edges by 12'', duct-tape seems and run up 4''
on each wall. ECODOMO Leather and Cork Flooring
already have a built-in a cork underlayment so no
addional foam pad is required.
FLOOR LAYOUT
The floor should be installed from several cartons at
the same me to ensure color and shade mix. If
possible, lay the planks parallel with the incidence of
light. The ideal environment is a temperature of
60-70°F and relave humidity of 40-60%. The floor
will be stronger and more stable if you lay it so the
joints are staggered by at least 12".
Staggered or irregular joints lead to less waste and
improve overall appearance. Expansion spacers
(part of your installaon kit) must be used on all walls.
Installing expansion spacers on all four walls will
ensure proper expansion space has been allowed.
The spacers will be removed aer the flooring
installaon has been completed. This expansion space
(minimum 3/8”), will be covered by baseboards
and/or quarter round.
TOOLS
Never hit the planks directly with your hammer.
Always use the recommended installaon kit (10mm –
3/8” spacers, pull bar, tapping block) plus:
• Hammer (1 lb)
• Saw (fine-toothed hand saw, jig saw or cross-cut saw)
• Tape Measure
• Pencil
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