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Hardwood Flooring Installation Guidelines

The Hardwood Flooring Installation Guidelines manual is an indispensable tool offering industry-accepted standards for hardwood flooring installations. Topics range from evaluating jobsite conditions, to subfloor preparation, to proper installation techniques. Guidelines for moisture testing, fastener schedules, radiant heat installations and a variety of other topics are included as well. This manual is the industry standard for quality hardwood flooring installations, and will be a manual you will refer to again and again.

  • Contents

  • Section I - General Guidelines
  • Chapter 1 - Jobsite Conditions
  • Chapter 2 - Acclimation
  • Chapter 3 - Moisture Requirements and Moisture Testing

  • Section II - Subfloor Guidelines & Specifications
  • Chapter 4 - Wood Subfloor Guidelines
  • Chapter 5 - Concrete Subfloor Guidelines
  • Chapter 6 - Installing a Subfloor Over Concrete

  • Section III - Installation Guidelines & Methods
  • Chapter 7 - Parquet Installation
  • Chapter 8 - Engineered Flooring Installation
  • Chapter 9 - Solid Strip & Plank Installation
  • Chapter 10 - Installation Over an Existing Floor

  • Section IV - Appendices
  • Appendix A - Safety Guidelines
  • Appendix B - Acclimation
  • Appendix C - Moisture Guidelines & Moisture Testing
  • Appendix D - Moisture by Area (US)
  • Appendix E - Moisture by Area (Canada)
  • Appendix F - Fastener Schedule
  • Appendix G - Trammel Point Method
  • Appendix H - Radiant Heat Installations
  • Appendix I - Installation Over Screeds
  • Appendix J - Sound Control
  • Appendix K - Trim & Thresholds
  • Appendix L - Sample Specification
  • Appendix M - Jobsite Checklist

  • Section V - Glossary
  • Glossary of Wood Flooring Terms
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