Installation & Assembly

INSTALLATION GUIDELINES
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Leveling the sub-floor
If the sub-floor is not perfectly level, the use of a self-leveling product is necessary before installation. The work
of the installers will be faster and more accurate using an self-leveling products like: Mapei, Ultraplan 1, or
Novoplan 2 (for improved adhesion of the underlayment you can use Ultraprime L), or from Laticrete, Laticrete
86 self-leveling, or Laticrete 86 Latilevel, with Laticrete admix and primer, or TEC Specialty Fast Set Deep Patch.
If the sub-floor requires a moisture barrier primer, then apply patching and leveling to the cured primer over the
cured vapor barrier coating.
Material Handling - When you receive the tiles on the job site
If you receive tiles on the job site that appear warped this can happen during transport. Do not worry,
agglomerates are flexible so it is very easy to rectify this problem.
Tiles and slabs must be stored horizontally on a flat surface.
VERY IMPORTANT
With their reduced thickness (6.6 mm) storing tile or slabs vertically
may cause slight “warping” over time.
Always make sure tile or slabs are positioned on a completely flat
surface.
If slabs become “warped” due to incorrect positioning, take 5/7
slabs and place them on top of one another on a flat surface. After
12 hours they will become flat and ready to install.
Open the boxes and place 20 tiles one on top of the other with the polished surface facing down place a few
boxes on top of each other and let them sit like this undisturbed for 12 hours. Once this process is complete
they are ready to be installed. If, when you open the box, all the tiles appear flat, just flip all the boxes upside
down (face down) and store then on a flat surface until needed.
Installing agglomerates
During installation, cuts made with a wet-saw should be dried with fan or compressed air before installing to
remove excess moisture.
Tile Movement Joints
IT IS MANDATORY TO PLACE TILE MOVEMENT JOINTS OVER STRUCTURAL JOINTS AND WHERE THE TILE
INSTALLATION ABUTS COLUMNS, WALLS AND PENETRATIONS THROUGH THE TILEWORK. INSTALL TILE
MOVEMENT JOINTS ACCORDING TO TCNA EJ171-2011 or current version. Tile Movement joints — Mandatory
according to TCNA EJ171. For above-ground installations, additional movement joints are required.