Installation Instructions

INSTRUCTIONS:
ECODOMO Leather and Cork are floang floors that
feature a glue-less interlocking, tongue- and-groove,
system. The floor can be assembled together by
angling or tapping the planks together.
DO NOT USE GLUE! Always use the tapping block
provided in the installaon kit.
• Floang floors must be able
to expand or contract on
ALL sides.
• A minimum 3/8'' expansion
gap MUST BE provided at all walls. The same must
also be provided around pipes, at thresholds,
and at doorways.
• Expansion gaps are covered by a molding that is not
fixed to the leather or cork floor but to the wall.
• ECODOMO Leather and Cork Flooring can be
installed in any direcon, depending on incoming
natural light or the final look you are trying to
achieve, but the planks are normally installed in the
same direcon as the longest wall
(less cuts will be needed).
• In areas longer or wider than 30 feet an expansion
T-mould must be used.
1) THE FIRST ROWS
• Start installing the floor on the right side corner of
the room. Always remember that the easiest way to
install the floor is by clicking the tongue (A) into the
groove (B).
• Saw off the tongue of the first plank to be installed,
both on the short as well as the long edge. For all
other first-row planks cut off the tongue on the long
side (Photo I).
• Install the first plank on the right-hand corner of the
room. Leave a minimum spacing of 3/8'' from the wall,
using the spacers provided in the installaon kit.
This space must also be provided at all columns,
heang pipes, steel doorframes, etc. The planks are
laid with the tongue side facing the wall to be able to
work with the tongue/groove system.
• Plank #2 is now clicked into the first plank by
tapping the short sides with the tapping block. Please
ensure that the planks of the first row are straight
(Photo II). Repeat process unl the first row is
completed.
• Start the second row with the cut piece leover
from the first row: this will create a staggered joint.
The cut edge is installed facing the wall, with the
expansion wedge in place. This piece is now angled
and clicked into plank #1 of the first row. The cut
pieces should be a minimum of 8” in length (Photo III).
• Connue the second row with a full piece, click it to
the first row (Photo IV) while, at the same me,
making sure that it is no more than 1/4” away from
the edge of the first piece of row #2. Using the
tapping block, tap the new plank into the first piece
of row #2 (Photo V). You should not aempt to knock
the two planks into place with one hit.
• Repeat, plank for plank, unl the installaon is
completed.
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• The stagger between the head joints should be 8”
minimum, and preferably 12”. The last plank of each
row is cut so that a 3/8” gap with the wall is taken
into consideraon.