PART 1 GENERAL RESILIENT SHEET FLOORING

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1 SECTION (09652) PART 1 GENERAL 1.1 SUMMARY A. Section Includes: 1. Resilient Sheet Flooring a. All seams heat-welded. 1.2 REFERENCES A. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) II Public Accommodations 1. Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) B. ASTM International Publications: 1. D2047 Standard Test Method for Static Coefficient of Friction of Polish-Coated Flooring Surfaces as Measured by the James Machine 2. E648/NFPA 253 Standard Test Method for Critical Radiant Flux of Floor-Covering Systems Using a Radiant Heat Energy Source 3. E662/NFPA 258 Standard Test Method for Specific Optical Density of Smoke Generated by Solid Materials 4. F693 "Sealing Seams of Resilient Sheet Flooring Products by Use of Liquid Seam Sealers" 5. F710 Standard Practice for Preparing Concrete Floors to Receive Resilient Flooring 6. F1482 "Installation and Preparation of Panel Type Underlayments to Receive Resilient Flooring" 7. F1516 "Sealing Seams of Resilient Flooring Products by the Heat Weld Method" 8. F1869 "Measuring Moisture Vapor Emission Rate of Concrete Subfloor Using Anhydrous Calcium Chloride" 9. F2170 "Determining Relative Humidity in Concrete Floor Slabs Using in Situ Probes" C. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) CFR Asbestos: Appendix A - Transmission Electron Microscopy Analytical Methods D. Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) Regulations: 1. OSHA Regulation 29 CFR Toxic and Hazardous Substances Hazard Communication 1.3 SUBMITTALS A. General: Submit the following in accordance with Conditions of Contract and Division 01 Specification Sections: (09652)-Page 1 of 7

2 1. Submit product data, including manufacturer s information and manufacturer s installation and maintenance instructions for specified products. a. Certification by resilient flooring manufacturer that products supplied for flooring installation comply with local regulations controlling use of volatile organic compounds (VOCS). 2. Submit shop drawings showing layout, profiles and product components, including drain details, accessories, finish colors, patterns and textures. 3. Submit color selection in the form of actual sections of resilient flooring, including accessories, for each type of resilient flooring required showing full range of colors, patterns and textures available. Submit samples for selection and verification. a. Submit duplicate 12" x 12" sample pieces of sheet material, 12" long cap strip, joint cover strip &cove former. 4. Quality Assurance Submittals: Submit the following: a. Test Reports: Certified test reports showing compliance with specified performance characteristics and physical properties. 5. Closeout Submittals: Submit the following: a. Operation and maintenance data for installed products in accordance with Division 1 Closeout Submittals (Maintenance Data and Operation Data) Section. Include methods for maintaining installed products and precautions against cleaning materials and methods detrimental to finishes and performance. 1.4 QUALITY ASSURANCE A. Single-Source Responsibility for Flooring: Obtain each type, color and pattern of flooring from a single source with resources to provide products of consistent quality in appearance and physical properties without delaying progress of the work. B. Installer Qualifications: Installer: A firm with not less than five years of successful experience in installation of sheet vinyl flooring systems with chemically welded seams similar to those required for this project and which is certified by manufacturer of the sheet vinyl materials. C. Fire-Test-Response Characteristics: Provide products with the following fire-test-response characteristics as determined by testing identical products per test method indicated below by a testing and inspecting agency acceptable to authorities having jurisdiction. 1. Critical Radiant Flux: 0.45 W/sq. cm or greater when tested per ASTM E Smoke Density: Maximum specific optical density of 450 or less when tested per ASTM E DELIVERY, STORAGE, AND HANDLING A. Comply with manufacturer s ordering instructions and lead time requirements to avoid construction delays. B. Deliver sheet vinyl floor coverings and installation accessories to Project site in manufacturer's original, unopened cartons and containers, each bearing names of product and manufacturer, project identification, and shipping and handling instructions (09652)-Page 2 of 7

3 C. Store materials protected from exposure to harmful weather conditions, at temperature and humidity conditions recommended by manufacturer. Store rolls upright and in dry locations. 1. Store flooring materials in dry spaces protected from the weather with ambient temperatures maintained between 65 degrees F. and 80 degrees F. Move resilient flooring and installation accessories into spaces where they will be installed at least 48 hours in advance of installation. 1.6 PROJECT CONDITIONS A. Maintain a minimum temperature of 65 degrees F. in spaces to receive tiles for at least 48 hours prior to installation, during installation, and for not less than 48 hours after installation. After this period, maintain a temperature of not less than 60 degrees F. B. Do not install resilient flooring until they are at the same temperature as the space where they are to be installed. Close spaces to traffic during resilient flooring installation. 1. The room temperature must not be below 65F and the floor temperature 50F. C. Install sheet vinyl floor coverings and accessories after other finishing operations, including painting, have been completed. D. Protect all materials from the direct flow of heat from hot-air registers, radiators, or other heating fixtures and appliances. 1.7 SEQUENCING AND SCHEDULING A. Do not install resilient flooring materials over concrete slabs until the slabs have cured and are sufficiently dry to bond with adhesive as determined by tile manufacturer's recommended bond and moisture test. 1.8 EXTRA MATERIALS A. Furnish extra materials matching products installed as described below, packaged with protective covering for storage and identified with labels clearly describing contents. 1. Furnish not less than 10 linear feet for every 500 linear feet or fraction thereof, in roll form and in full roll width for each color, pattern, and type of floor covering installed. PART 2 PRODUCTS 2.1 RESILIENT SHEET VINYL: A. Accepted Manufacturers: 1. Forbo Industries ( ) 2. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. ( x 2) 3. Tarkett, a Tarkett Sommer Company ( ) B. Product, Size and Color: 1. Refer to [Sleep Inn, Inn & Suites Interior Finish Specifications]. 2.2 TRANSITION EDGES: A. Refer to Section (09652)-Page 3 of 7

4 2.3 INSTALLATION ACCESSORIES A. Trowelable Leveling and Patching Compounds: Latex-modified, portland-cement-based formulation provided or approved by floor covering manufacturer for applications indicated. B. Concrete Leveling and Patching compounds: 1. For areas up to 4 square feet: a. Feather finish, use to smooth ridges, fill cracks, gouges and joints. 1) "SD-F"; Ardex ( ) b. Trowelable underlayment patch for thickness up to ½ inch without aggregate; up to 1 inch with aggregate. Can be feather edged. 1) "SD-P/ Primer P-82"; Ardex ( ) 2. For areas exceeding 4 square feet: a. Self-leveling, pourable or pumpable underlayment for thicknesses up to 5 inches. Can be feather edged. 1) "K-15/Primer P-51"; Ardex ( ) C. Adhesives: Water-resistant type recommended by manufacturer to suit sheet vinyl floor covering and substrate conditions indicated. D. Heat-Welding Bead: Solid-strand product of floor covering manufacturer for heat-welding seams, color to match sheet vinyl floor covering. E. Sealing Compound: For use where flooring meets floor mat frames, wall surfaces and where flooring is cut around pipes and penetrations. PART 3 EXECUTION 3.1 EXAMINATION: A. Installer must examine the areas and conditions under which resilient flooring and accessories are to be installed and notify the Contractor in writing of conditions detrimental to the proper and timely completion of the work. Do not proceed with the work until unsatisfactory conditions have been corrected in a manner acceptable to the Installer. 1. Visually inspect for evidence of moisture, alkaline salts, carbonation, dusting, mold, or mildew. 2. Failure to call attention to defects or imperfections will be construed as acceptance and approval of the subfloor. Installation indicates acceptance of substrates with regard to conditions existing at the time of installation. 3.2 CONCRETE SUBFLOORS OR GYPSUM CEMENT FLOOR UNDERLAYMENT: A. Verify that concrete slabs comply with ASTM F710 and the following: 1. Slab substrates are dry and free of curing compounds, sealers, hardeners, residual adhesives, adhesive removers, and other materials whose presence would interfere with bonding of adhesive. Determine adhesion and dryness characteristics by performing bond and moisture tests recommended by manufacturer (09652)-Page 4 of 7

5 2. Finishes of subfloors comply with tolerances and other requirements specified in Division 03 Section, "Cast-In-Place Concrete" for slabs receiving resilient flooring. 3. Subfloor Moisture Conditions: Before installing flooring Contractor shall verify that Moisture emission rate of not more than 3 lb/1000 sq. ft./24 hours when tested by calcium chloride moisture test in compliance with CRI 104, 6.2.1, with subfloor temperatures not less than 55 deg F, or as recommended by manufacturer. 4. Subfloor Alkalinity Conditions: Before installing flooring Contractor shall verify that a ph range of 5 to 9 when subfloor is wetted with potable water and phydrion paper is applied 3.3 PREPARATION A. General: Comply with manufacturer's installation specifications for preparing substrates to receive products indicated. B. Sweep and vacuum clean substrates to be covered by floor coverings immediately before installation. After cleaning, examine substrates for moisture, alkaline salts, carbonation, and dust. Proceed with installation only after unsatisfactory conditions have been corrected. C. This Contractor to remove coatings, including curing compounds, adhesives, plastics, and other substances that are incompatible with flooring adhesives and that contain soap, wax, oil, or silicone, by using a terrazzo or concrete grinder, a drum sander, or a polishing machine equipped with a heavy-duty wire brush. Surface to receive new flooring shall be prepared, including removal of existing materials not acceptable for proper installation of new materials, as required by manufacturer. Do not use solvents. 1. Prep floor according to ASTM F710 criteria. D. Use leveling compound as recommended by flooring manufacturer for filling small cracks and depressions in subfloors. E. Apply concrete slab primer, if recommended by flooring manufacturer, prior to application of adhesive. Apply in compliance with manufacturer's directions. 3.4 INSTALLATION - GENERAL: A. Install flooring after finishing operations, including painting, have been completed. Moisture content of concrete slabs, building air temperature, and relative humidity must be within limits recommended by flooring manufacturer's directions. B. Patch and repair floors and walls to receive flooring for proper installation of flooring, stair accessories, and base. C. Place flooring with adhesive cement in strict compliance with manufacturer's recommendations. Butt tightly to vertical surfaces and edgings. Scribe around obstructions and to produce neat joints, laid tight, even, and straight. Extend flooring into toe spaces. D. Maintain reference markers, holes, or openings that are in place or plainly marked for future cutting by repeating on finish flooring as marked on subfloor. Use chalk or other nonpermanent marking device. E. Install flooring on covers for telephone and electrical ducts and other such items as occur within finished floor areas (09652)-Page 5 of 7

6 F. Maintain overall continuity of color and pattern with pieces of flooring installed in these covers. Tightly cement edges to perimeter of floor around covers and to covers. G. Tightly cement flooring to subbase without open cracks, voids, raising and puckering at joints, telegraphing of adhesive spreader marks, or other surface imperfections. 3.5 INSTALLATION - SHEET VINYL FLOORING: A. General: Comply with sheet vinyl floor covering manufacturer's written installation instructions. B. Unroll sheet vinyl floor coverings and allow them to stabilize before cutting and fitting, if recommended in writing by manufacturer. C. Lay out sheet vinyl floor coverings to comply with the following requirements: 1. Maintain uniformity of sheet vinyl floor covering direction. 2. Arrange for a minimum number of seams and place them in inconspicuous and lowtraffic areas, and not less than 6 inches away from parallel joints in flooring substrates. 3. Match edges of sheet vinyl floor coverings for color shading and pattern at sump according to manufacturer's written recommendations. 4. Avoid cross seams. D. Install flooring wall-to-wall before the installation of floor-set cabinets, casework, furniture, equipment, moveable partitions and similar moveable objects. E. Scribe, cut, and fit or flash cove to permanent fixtures, built-in furniture and cabinets, pipes and outlets, and permanent columns, walls, and partitions as shown on Drawings. F. Extend sheet vinyl floor coverings into toe spaces, door reveals, closets, and similar openings. G. Maintain reference markers, holes, and openings that are in place or marked for future cutting by repeating on finish flooring as marked on subfloor. Use chalk or other nonpermanent, nonstaining marking device. H. Install sheet vinyl floor coverings on covers for telephone and electrical ducts, and similar items in finished floor areas. Maintain overall continuity of color and pattern with pieces of flooring installed on covers. Tightly adhere edges to perimeter of floor around covers and to covers. I. Adhere sheet vinyl floor coverings to flooring substrates to comply with floor covering manufacturer's written instructions, including those for trowel notching, adhesive mixing, and adhesive open and working times. 1. Produce completed installation without open cracks, voids, raising and puckering at joints, telegraphing of adhesive spreader marks, and other surface imperfections. 2. Form integral flash cove base by flashing floor covering up vertical surfaces. Support floor covering at horizontal and vertical junction with cove strip. Butt floor covering at top of base against cap strip. J. Heat-Welded Seams: Rout joints and heat weld with welding bead, permanently fusing sections into a seamless floor covering. Prepare, weld, and finish seams according to manufacturer's written instructions and ASTM F1516 to produce surfaces flush with adjoining floor covering surfaces (09652)-Page 6 of 7

7 K. Hand roll sheet vinyl floor coverings in both directions from center out to embed floor coverings in adhesive and eliminate trapped air. At walls, door casings, and other locations where access by roller is impractical, press floor coverings firmly in place with flat-bladed instrument. L. At locations not shown to receive integral flash cove base, install continuous bead of clear sanitary silicone sealant at all perimeters before installing resilient cove base. Sealant shall be approved by sheet vinyl manufacturer. 3.6 CLEANING AND PROTECTION: A. Perform the following operations immediately after installing resilient floor coverings: 1. Remove adhesive and other surface blemishes using cleaner recommended by floor covering manufacturer. 2. Sweep or vacuum floor thoroughly. 3. Do not wash floor covering until after time period recommended by floor covering manufacturer. 4. Damp-mop floor to remove marks and soil. B. Protect flooring against mars, marks, indentations, and other damage from construction operations and placement of equipment and fixtures during remainder of construction period. Use protection methods indicated or recommended by manufacturer of resilient product involved. C. Clean products specified in this Section not more than four days prior to dates scheduled for inspections intended to establish date of Substantial Completion in each area of Project. Clean products using method recommended by manufacturer. Strip protective floor polish that was applied after completing installation, prior to cleaning. D. Do not move heavy and sharp objects directly over resilient floor coverings. Place plywood or hardboard panels over floor coverings and under objects while they are being moved. Slide or roll objects over panels without moving panels. E. Cover sheet vinyl floor coverings with undyed, untreated building paper until inspection for Substantial Completion. F. After completion of project and just prior to final inspection of work, thoroughly clean floors and accessories. END OF SECTION (09652) (09652)-Page 7 of 7