We recommend purchasing a laminate flooring cleaning kit. You can also clean your laminate floor using a damp mop and a homemade cleaning aid made from 3 parts of water and 1 part of vinegar.
Please leave a minimum of 3/8” clearance as your set expansion gap around the perimeter.
Our laminate flooring may be installed over a hydro/water based system because the temperature changes slowly from cold to warm and reverse. We do not recommend installing our flooring over electric heat systems as they heat up and cool down very fast causing the floor to expand and contract too quickly and may damage it.
Please use a high tooth count fiber tip saw blade. Remember the “grill” (=the teeth of the blade) should come in contact with the décor face of the plank first.
This will reduce chipping. Chipping is not a big issue because anytime you cut our planks you have removed the locking system so the cut edge will be toward the wall and be covered by the quarter round. Do not use any pieces that are less than 16 inches in lengths.
Depending on the product you purchased the installation instructions are printed inside the box or on a separate slip sheet located in the box.
INCIZO® technology,
one molding easily transforms into different applications simply by using
the cutting tool.
You
will need underlayment to go underneath your quickstep laminate flooring. Some
Quickstep laminate products will have the cushion attached, in which case you
will NOT need underlay. Other than those products, please see the list
of available underlayments.