THERE ARE FOUR WAYS TO INSTALL
• Temporary Installation
• Semi-Permanent Installation
• Long-Term Semi-Permanent Installation
• Permanent Installation
TEMPORARY INSTALLATION
Using Top Tape, Vinyl or Cloth Tape. (See page 25 for product list with pricing.)
1. Floor must be installed over a clean, smooth, level and dry surface. It is best to install over a sprung subfloor.
2 Before taping, unroll flooring and allow to sit on subfloor until flooring lies flat and acclimates to room temperature. Letting the floor sit overnight or longer is ideal. Flooring must lie flat before taping. Leave a 1/16” gap at all seams and a 1/2” gap at walls.
3. Tape all seams and the perimeter of the floor using 1-1/2” or 2” vinyl or cloth tape.
SEMI-PERMANENT INSTALLATION
Using Double-Faced Tape and Top Tape, Vinyl or Cloth Tape.
1. Subfloor (ideally sprung subfloor) surface must be clean, dry, level, and smooth, with all screw holes and seams filled with wood putty, wood filler or taped over.
2. Roll out flooring and let it acclimate to room temperature. When the floor arrives, it may be rolled inside out. Please make certain that the smooth side is up, and the foam or textured surface is down. The room temperature should be the highest temperature the room will reach when in use. (Remember, all those bodies working creates heat.) Acclimatizing the floor may take anywhere from a few hours to a few days.
3. Make certain the floor is lying flat to the subfloor and that all seams are even. Make all appropriate cuts. Leave a 1/2” gap at walls and a 1/16” gap between the seams.
4. Your floor should look like it is ready to be used.
5. Secure one end of each roll of flooring with weight so it will not move.
6. Mark the edges of the flooring onto the subfloor with a pencil. Begin by re-rolling the flooring roll closest to the furthest wall onto its core and apply double-faced tape to the subfloor at the marked perimeter and down the middle 3.25 ft. from the edge. Leave all other rolls in place and rolled out.
7. Roll the flooring into place and check positioning over the tape.
8. If all is fine, roll up the floor, remove the protective paper from the double-faced tape and re-roll over the exposed tape surface. Be careful not to step on rolled down vinyl over the double-faced tape until you are confident the vinyl is flat without any ripples or rolls.
9. Repeat procedures 6 through 8 for each roll.
10. If necessary, use a 75 lb. roller to further secure the floor using an “S” path allowing ripples or air bubbles to be pushed out and not trapped under the flooring.
11. Tape all seams and perimeter of the floor using 1-1/2” or 2” vinyl or cloth tape.
Caution:
Change top tape every three months or as necessary. Change double-faced tape a minimum of every two years. Failure to do so can cause flooring to crack and ripple.
SEMI-PERMANENT INSTALLATION
Using double-faced professional 4” seam tape. No top tape is required.
1. Subfloor (ideally sprung subfloor) surface must be clean, dry, level, and smooth, with all screw holes and seams filled with wood putty, wood filler or taped over.
2. Roll out flooring and let it acclimate to room temperature. When the floor arrives, it may be rolled inside out. Please make certain that the smooth side is up, and the foam or textured surface is down. Room temperature should be the highest temperature the room will reach when in use. (Remember, all those bodies working create heat.) Acclimatizing the floor may take anywhere from a few hours to a few days.
3. Make certain floor is lying flat to the subfloor and that all seams are even. Make all appro- priate cuts. Leave a 1/2” gap at all walls. Seam areas may be overlapped by up to 1 inch and double, or trace cut to realize two fresh edges so that edges of the 2 adjacent rolls are perfectly aligned. Do not make the double cuts until step 11.
NOTE: Overlap and double-cutting will reduce coverage of material in the floor width. Please be sure that there is enough material to complete the job before installing the floor in this manner.
4. Your floor should look like it is ready to be used.
5. Secure one end of each roll of flooring with weight so it will not move.
6. Mark the edges of the flooring onto the subfloor with a pencil. Begin by re-rolling the flooring roll closest to the furthest wall onto its core and apply 4” professional seam tape to the subfloor at the marked perimeter and down the middle
3.25 ft. from the edge. Leave all other rolls in place and rolled out.
7. Re-roll out this roll to check the positioning over the tape.
8. If all is fine, roll up the floor, remove the protective paper from the doubled-faced tape and re-roll over the exposed double-faced tape. Be careful not to step on rolled down vinyl over the double-faced tape until you are confident the vinyl is laid out flat without any ripples or rolls. Rolling out vinyl flooring onto adhesive should always be done slowly and methodically.
9. Repeat procedures 6 through 8 for each roll.
10. If necessary, use a 75 lb. roller to further secure the floor using an “S” path allowing ripples or air bubbles to be pushed out and not trapped under the flooring.
11. Once entire floor surface has been rolled, if you have overlapped the rolls at seams, double or trace cut all seams. Once all seams have been cut, roll seam area with 75 to 100 lb. roller.
12. Tape perimeter of the room using 1-1/2” or 2” vinyl or cloth tape unless covered by optional vented cove base.
Caution:
Change 4-inch seam tape a minimum of every two years. Failure to do so can cause flooring to crack and ripple.
LONG TERM SEMI-PERMANENT INSTALLATION
Use Stagestep’s ReUseIt 2.0 (See pages 4-5 for
instructions and page 27 for product pricing.)
PERMANENT INSTALLATION
Using Stagestep Adhesive. (See page 20 for instructions and page 25 for product list with pricing.)
Professional installation recommended. Complete instructions are included with each container of Stagestep Adhesive. Seams should be double cut by a professional. Chemical welding is not recommended. Heat welding is not necessary but again should only be done by a professional. We carry heat welding rod material in all colors if you wish a seamless floor.* If you have any questions, call us at 800-523-0960 or see page 21 for more details.
Stagestep is not responsible for costs related to the delay, damage or installation of its flooring. Floors are insured in customer’s name against shipping damage. All floors will be replaced free of charge if there is a manufacturer defect.
*Note:
Seamless does not mean invisible. Heat welding prevents moisture from penetrating the seam and destroying the adhesive.
