Martin cummins on overboard floors.
Laying amtico flooring on plywood.
Installation and adhesives recommended amtico flooring adhesives.
A suitable feathering or finishing compound should be used to ensure joints are not visible when the amtico installation is complete.
Plywood gets its strength from thin strips of wood called plies or veneers layered at right angles to one another then compressed and bonded.
Different types of wood.
A long established method of preparing a subfloor before laying resilient or textile floorcoverings is to overboard the area with a suitable grade of plywood or hardboard.
Installing amtico over timber.
Chipboard hardboard particleboard tiles should not be adhered directly to such subfloors whether they are free floating or fixed and floors should always be overlaid with plywood prior to installation of tiles.
Must be overlaid with minimum 6mm 1 4 exterior or flooring grade plywood which must be suitably secured.
It may help to lay out the vinyl floor tiles without adhesive beforehand so that you have a proper order for laying the.
See section on plywood.
When walked on are not suitable for installing amtico tiles unless suitable remedial work is carried out.
If you are laying over a wood subfloor amtico recommends that you lay a 6 mm inch barrier of plywood over the floor for better support.
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