• Armstrong Flooring Technique: No. 22 February 2005 Determining the Best Flooring Maintenance Program for your Facility – Revised May 2006

    Determining the Best Flooring Maintenance Program for your Facility Background Flooring maintenance is a significant economic factor in the life of a flooring product and is given more consideration in life cycle cost assessments. The requirements and costs for maintaining commercial resilient floor coverings can be confusing and misunderstood. On…

  • HUD Standards For Installation of Floorcoverings

    General HUD requirements are covered in the following publications: MPS 4910.1 – Minimum Property Standards for Housing This publication outlines standards for one- and two-family dwellings, multi-family housing, and care-type housing and replaces previous publications MPS 4900.1, MPS 4910.1 and MPS 4920.1. Farmers Home Administration (FMHA) and the Veterans Administration…

  • Vapor Retarder Suppliers

    Fortifiber Building Systems Group300 Industril DriveFernley, NV 89408(800) 773-4777(775) 333-6400https://fortifiberflooring.com Polyguard Products Inc.P.O. Box 755Ennis TX 75120(800) 541-4994(972) 875-8421www.polyguardproducts.com Stego Industries LLC216 Avenida FabricanteSuite 101San Clemente, CA 92672(877) 464-7834www.stegoindustries.com W.R. Meadows Inc.300 Industrial DriveP.O. Box 338Hampshire, IL 60140-0338(847) 214-2100 (headquarters)(800) 342-5976www.wrmeadows.com This does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by…

  • Preparation of Concrete Subfloors For the Installation of Resilient Floors

    The following recommendations apply to resilient sheet and tile flooring. For hardwood flooring installations, please see the appropriate installation document. The surface of a concrete subfloor must be dry, clean, smooth and structurally sound. It must also be free of depressions, scale or foreign deposits of any kind. The surface…

  • Armstrong Flooring Adhesives Sustainable Design Information

    Adhesive LEED 2009 Compliant LEED V4 Compliant VOC Content Allowable VOC Limit* FloorScore Certified** Flip X X 0 g/L 50 g/L X S-202 X – < 50 g/L 50 g/L X S-515 X X 1.1 g/L 50 g/L X S-725 X – 0 g/L 50 g/L – S-1000 X X…

  • Guide to Maintenance Equipment – Commercial Resilient Floor Care

    Automatic Floor Machines Self-contained machine that dispenses, scrubs and takes up cleaning solution in a single-pass operation Typically electric or battery powered Single or multiple disks Riding, robotic or walk-behind175-300 rpm range Typically used for cleaning and scrubbing Single-Disc Floor Machine Manually operated swing machineUsed for scrubbing, buffing and stripping…

  • Custom Cutting Services For Resilient Flooring

    Below are suppliers of custom cutting services throughout North America. Although we are providing a list of known cutters, you must qualify any service provider on a local level. There may also be a variety of cutters throughout North America who we have no information on who would be capable…

  • Repair Inset for Full-Spread Fiberglass Residential Sheet Vinyl

    Repair Inset Procedure Cut a piece of matching material slightly larger than the damaged area. Place repair piece over the damaged area and fasten with double-faced tape. If the material has a pattern, be sure the pattern is aligned correctly. Double-cut through both the repair piece and the damaged floor…

  • Repair Inset for Nonpatterned Commercial Sheet Flooring

    Repair Process Cut a triangle- or diamond-shaped repair piece, which will be less noticeable. All edges should be cut vertically. With the repair piece over the damaged area, place a square against one edge of it. Holding the repair piece without moving the square, score along the edges which are…