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Home My WebLink About09 65 19.DOCMATT THE MILLER’S; CARMEL CITY CENTER; SUITE 101 09 65 19 - CARMEL CITY CENTER Date 03.26.12 RESILIENT FLOORING MATT THE MILLER’S; CARMEL CITY CENTER; SUITE 101 SECTION 09 65 19 - RESILIENT FLOORING PART 1 - GENERAL 1.1 RELATED DOCUMENTS A. Drawings and general provisions of the Contract, including General and Supplementary Conditions and Division 01 Specification Sections, apply to this Section. 1.2 SUMMARY A. Section Includes: 1. Vinyl composition plank floor tile. 1.3 ACTION SUBMITTALS A. Product Data: For each type of product. B. Shop Drawings: For each type of plank floor tile. Include floor tile layouts, edges, columns, doorways, enclosing partitions, built-in furniture, cabinets, and cutouts. 1. Show details of special patterns. C. Samples: Full-size units of each color and pattern of plank floor tile required. D. Samples for Initial Selection: For each type of plank floor tile indicated. E. Samples for Verification: Full-size units of each color and pattern of plank floor tile required. F. Product Schedule: For plank floor tile: 1. Refer to Finish Legend on Drawings. 1.4 INFORMATIONAL SUBMITTALS A. Qualification Data: For Installer. 1.5 CLOSEOUT SUBMITTALS A. Maintenance Data: For each type of plank floor tile to include in maintenance manuals. 1.6 MAINTENANCE MATERIAL SUBMITTALS A. Furnish extra materials that match products installed and that are packaged with protective covering for storage and identified with labels describing contents. 1. Plank Floor Tile: Furnish one box for every 50 boxes or fraction thereof, of each type, color, and pattern of floor tile installed. MATT THE MILLER’S; CARMEL CITY CENTER; SUITE 101 09 65 19 - CARMEL CITY CENTER Date 03.26.12 RESILIENT FLOORING MATT THE MILLER’S; CARMEL CITY CENTER; SUITE 101 1.7 QUALITY ASSURANCE A. Installer Qualifications: A qualified installer who employs workers for this Project who are competent in techniques required by manufacturer for floor tile installation and seaming method indicated. 1. Refer to Specification Section 01 40 00 “Quality Requirements.” 1.8 DELIVERY, STORAGE, AND HANDLING A. Store plank floor tile and installation materials in dry spaces protected from the weather, with ambient temperatures maintained within range recommended by manufacturer, but not less than 50 deg F or more than 90 deg F. Store floor tiles on flat surfaces. 1.9 FIELD CONDITIONS A. Maintain ambient temperatures within range recommended by manufacturer, but not less than 70 deg F or more than 95 deg F, in spaces to receive floor tile during the following time periods: 1. 48 hours before installation. 2. During installation. 3. 48 hours after installation. B. After installation and until Substantial Completion, maintain ambient temperatures within range recommended by manufacturer, but not less than 55 deg F or more than 95 deg F. C. Close spaces to traffic during floor tile installation. D. Close spaces to traffic for 48 hours after floor tile installation. E. Install floor tile after other finishing operations, including painting, have been completed. PART 2 - PRODUCTS 2.1 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS A. Fire-Test-Response Characteristics: For resilient tile flooring, as determined by testing identical products according to ASTM E 648 or NFPA 253 by a qualified testing agency. 1. Critical Radiant Flux Classification: Class I, not less than 0.45 W/sq. cm. B. FloorScore Compliance: Resilient tile flooring shall comply with requirements of FloorScore certification. 2.2 VINYL COMPOSITION PLANK FLOOR TILE A. Products: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide the following: 1. Centiva. B. Tile Standard: ASTM F 1066, Class 2, through-pattern tile. MATT THE MILLER’S; CARMEL CITY CENTER; SUITE 101 09 65 19 - CARMEL CITY CENTER Date 03.26.12 RESILIENT FLOORING MATT THE MILLER’S; CARMEL CITY CENTER; SUITE 101 C. Wearing Surface: Smooth. D. Thickness: 0.125 inch. E. Size: 4 by 36 inches. F. Colors and Patterns: 1. Refer to Finish Legend on Drawings. 2.3 INSTALLATION MATERIALS A. Trowelable Leveling and Patching Compounds: Latex-modified, portland cement based or blended hydraulic-cement-based formulation provided or approved by plank floor tile manufacturer for applications indicated. B. Adhesives: Water-resistant type recommended by plank floor tile and adhesive manufacturers to suit floor tile and substrate conditions indicated. 1. Adhesives shall comply with the following limits for VOC content: a. Vinyl Composition Tile Adhesives: 50 g/L or less. C. Floor Polish: Provide protective, liquid floor-polish products recommended by plank floor tile manufacturer. PART 3 - EXECUTION 3.1 EXAMINATION A. Examine substrates, with Installer present, for compliance with requirements for maximum moisture content and other conditions affecting performance of the Work. 1. Verify that finishes of substrates comply with tolerances and other requirements specified in other Sections and that substrates are free of cracks, ridges, depressions, scale, and foreign deposits that might interfere with adhesion of floor tile. B. Proceed with installation only after unsatisfactory conditions have been corrected. 3.2 PREPARATION A. Prepare substrates according to floor tile manufacturer's written instructions to ensure adhesion of resilient products. B. Concrete Substrates: Prepare according to ASTM F 710. 1. Verify that substrates are dry and free of curing compounds, sealers, and hardeners. 2. Remove substrate coatings and other substances that are incompatible with adhesives and that contain soap, wax, oil, or silicone, using mechanical methods recommended by floor tile manufacturer. Do not use solvents. 3. Alkalinity and Adhesion Testing: Perform tests recommended by plank floor tile manufacturer. Proceed with installation only after substrate alkalinity falls within range on pH scale recommended by manufacturer in writing, but not less than 5 or more than 9 pH. MATT THE MILLER’S; CARMEL CITY CENTER; SUITE 101 09 65 19 - CARMEL CITY CENTER Date 03.26.12 RESILIENT FLOORING MATT THE MILLER’S; CARMEL CITY CENTER; SUITE 101 4. Moisture Testing: Proceed with installation only after substrates pass testing according to floor tile manufacturer's written recommendations, but not less stringent than the following: a. Perform anhydrous calcium chloride test according to ASTM F 1869. Proceed with installation only after substrates have maximum moisture-vapor-emission rate of 3 lb of water/1000 sq. ft. in 24 hours. b. Perform relative humidity test using in situ probes according to ASTM F 2170. Proceed with installation only after substrates have a maximum 75 percent relative humidity level. C. Fill cracks, holes, and depressions in substrates with trowelable leveling and patching compound; remove bumps and ridges to produce a uniform and smooth substrate. D. Do not install plank floor tiles until they are the same temperature as the space where they are to be installed. 1. At least 48 hours in advance of installation, move resilient plank floor tile and installation materials into spaces where they will be installed. E. Immediately before installation, sweep and vacuum clean substrates to be covered by resilient floor tile. 3.3 FLOOR PLANK TILE INSTALLATION A. Comply with manufacturer's written instructions for installing plank floor tile. B. Scribe, cut, and fit floor tiles to butt neatly and tightly to vertical surfaces and permanent fixtures including built-in furniture, cabinets, pipes, outlets, and door frames. C. Extend plank floor tiles into toe spaces, door reveals, closets, and similar openings. Extend floor tiles to center of door openings. D. Maintain reference markers, holes, and openings that are in place or marked for future cutting by repeating on floor tiles as marked on substrates. Use chalk or other nonpermanent marking device. E. Install plank floor tiles on covers for telephone and electrical ducts, building expansion-joint covers, and similar items in finished floor areas. Maintain overall continuity of color and pattern between pieces of tile installed on covers and adjoining tiles. Tightly adhere tile edges to substrates that abut covers and to cover perimeters. F. Adhere plank floor tiles to flooring substrates using a full spread of adhesive applied to substrate to produce a completed installation without open cracks, voids, raising and puckering at joints, telegraphing of adhesive spreader marks, and other surface imperfections. 3.4 CLEANING AND PROTECTION A. Comply with manufacturer's written instructions for cleaning and protecting plank floor tile. B. Perform the following operations immediately after completing plank floor tile installation: 1. Remove adhesive and other blemishes from exposed surfaces. 2. Sweep and vacuum surfaces thoroughly. MATT THE MILLER’S; CARMEL CITY CENTER; SUITE 101 09 65 19 - CARMEL CITY CENTER Date 03.26.12 RESILIENT FLOORING MATT THE MILLER’S; CARMEL CITY CENTER; SUITE 101 3. Damp-mop surfaces to remove marks and soil. C. Protect floor tile from mars, marks, indentations, and other damage from construction operations and placement of equipment and fixtures during remainder of construction period. D. Floor Polish: Remove soil, adhesive, and blemishes from floor tile surfaces before applying liquid floor polish. 1. Apply number of coats per tile manufacturer’s recommendations. E. Cover floor tile until Substantial Completion. END OF SECTION 09 65 19