IMPORTANT!
Store the floorboards at room temperature for at least 48 hours, still in the packaging, prior to commencing work The room temperature must be at a minimum of 18 degrees centigrade before and during installation. Relative humidity must be 40 - 60%. For floor surfaces exceeding 12 m x 10 m and overlaps to new rooms and floor surfaces which do not join symmetrically, use expansion joints to divide floor sections.

Preparations - Is to be installed as a floating floor, which means:

• The boards are not to be glued or tacked to the supporting floor or other fixed constructions
• Leave an expansion gap of app. 8 - 10 mm around the perimeter of the room.

Remove old mouldings, measure the room accurately, at right angles to the direction of the boards. The boards in the final row should be at least 5 cm wide. If necessary, the boards in the first row can be cut to a smaller size on their width. Please contact us for advice if the humidity in the room is extremely low.

The supporting floor
Can be installed on most existing floors, e.g. wooden, PVC and concrete floors. Wall-to-wall carpets need to be removed. Make sure that the surface is level, dry and even. The supporting floor needs to be thoroughly dried- wooden and wood based materials, max. 50% relative humidity. Concrete and light concrete floor max. 2.0 CM% Plaster and plaster based floor, max. 2.0 CM% the supporting floor must be carefully cleaned. All types of concrete floors, light concrete floors or ceramics demand damp insulation. This is also needed even if the damp insulation is integrated with the sub floor construc- tion. Use a plastic foil at least 150 micron thick. The diffusion foil must be applied with a minimum of 20 cm overlap, taped and turned up against the walls, and clean cut once the floor is installed.

Installation instructions
Getting started Please read the instructions before you start. Before installation, check that the floorboards are undamaged. Start in the left hand corner, place the board with the wide tongue joint facing the room and lay to the right. Consider the direction of the boards, usually they would lie in the direction of the biggest light source, but consid- eration must be given to the shape of the room and other rooms that are leading on to the first room. If you are gluing the boards together (recommended - at least the head joints should be glued) then squeeze a thin bead onto the top of the small square tongue joint just before you join. Clean immediately with a wet cloth. Glue marks can be cleaned with acetone.

End of a row
Place the final floorboard face down and the end piece 8 - 10 mm from the wall. Mark where the floorboard is to be cut.

Cutting the floorboards
Place the floorboard face down on a work surface and cut to size using a jigsaw. Use a fine blade. Use a floorboard as a guide to make right angled cuts. Use a fine toothed type if you are using a hand saw. Cut the floorboards face up. Use a sawing motion that is almost horizontal to the floorboard.

Starting the second row
Use the cut piece of board from the previous row to start the next row. This must be at least 25 cm long. Always ensure that the end joints are staggered, minimum 25 cm.

Continue laying the floor
Place the floorboard at right angles to the floorboard in the previous row, press down and forward at the same time. Place the next floorboard in the same manner. When placing the next floorboard, ensure that the end is positioned approx. 5 mm from the end of the previous one i.e. above its interlock strip. With your hand, press the floorboard gently down onto the floor. Using a knocking block tap the board into position until the end joint is closed. Stand with one foot on the preceding floorboard in the same row and slide the new one into position.

Aligning against the wall
When you have laid three complete rows of floorboards, slide the flooring in towards the wall leaving a suitable gap, 8 - 10 mm, use distance wedges. Off-cuts of board will suffice. If the wall is uneven, the floorboards must be adapted to its contours (see picture). Remove the first row. Cut the floorboards as required and then re-lay them by sliding them in at an angle under the floorboards that are already in position.

Final row
The final row should not be less than 5 cm wide. If necessary, remove the first row and cut it narrower. A better practice is to calculate the amount of boards relative to the width of the room beforehand. Once the floor is complete, go around the perimeter and check the expansion gaps are equal at about 8-10 mm. The floor can be moved with a crow bar.

Dismantling the floor
If you wish to remove the floor, just lift the floorboard a few centimetres and tap along the joint. This will release the floorboard which can then be pulled out. NB! Always bend the floorboard upward to avoid damages to the locking system.