TD Vinyl Flooring Installation Guide

10/3/2013
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UNDERTHETERMSOFTHISLIMITEDWARRANTY,MANUFACTURERWILLNOTBELIABLEFORINDIRECT,SPECIAL,
INCIDENTAL,CONSEQUENTIALOROTHERDAMAGESOFANYKINDNOMATTERWHATTHECAUSE.
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ALONESTATEMENTREGARDINGMOLDANDMILDEW
Issuesconcerningmoldandmildewaregainingincreasedattentionfromboththeresidentialandcommercialproperty
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owners,aswellasthepublicatlarge.Invirtuallyallsituations,ifthereisamoldissue,thereisanexcessivemoisture
issue.Inordertoprevent,control,orremediatemoldandmildew,onemustfirstidentify,evaluateandeliminatethe
sourceofexcessivemoisture.Iftherearevisible
indicationsofmoldormildew,orthepresenceofastrongmustyodor
intheareawheretheflooringistobeinstalled,thesourceoftheproblemshouldbeidentifiedandcorrectedbefore
proceedingwithinstallation.Visiblesignsofmoldormildew,suchasdiscoloration,canindicatethe
presenceofmoldor
mildewonthesubfloor,ontheunderlayment,onthebackoftheflooring,andsometimesonthefloorsurface.Ifmold
ormildewisdiscoveredduringtheremovalorinstallationofflooring,allflooringworkshouldstopuntilthemoldor
mildewproblem
(andanyrelatedmoistureproblem)hasbeenaddressed.Beforeinstallingthenewflooring,makesure
theunderlaymentand/orsubfloorisallowedtothoroughlydryandthatanyresidualeffectofexcessivemoisture,mold
orstructuraldamagehasbeencorrected.
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Todealwithmoldandmildewissuesyoushouldrefer
tothegeneralguidelinesthataddressmoldandmildew.
Dependingonthemoldormildewconditionpresent,theremediationoptionsrangefromcleanupmeasuresusing
glovesandbiocidetohiringaprofessionalmoldandmildewremediationcontractortoaddressthecondition.
Remediationmayrequirestructuralrepairssuchasreplacingunderlayment
and/orsubfloorcontaminatedwithmoldor
mildewasaresultofprolongedexposuretomoisture.
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