Alterna Flooring Installation Guide

Use armstrong s 288 flooring adhesive to install alterna tile.

Alterna flooring installation guide. Alterna plank the alterna plank collection offers a wide array of wood visuals in a new 8 x 48 and 6 x 36 groutable sizes. Do not install over expansion joints. Know your installation options. Provides step by by step installation instructions to apply alterna engineered tile and laminate to walls.

Before installing the alterna tile installation system plan the layout so the tile joints fall at least 6 15 2 cm away from subfloor underlayment joints. Most others offer one of our locking systems where boards connect to each other and float over the subfloor. Like many resilient floor coverings armstrong alterna tile can install over a wide variety of materials and surfaces including existing vinyl floors. Take the time to understand armstrong underlayment recommendations and warnings prior to installing this product to maximize your results and prevent future problems with your new floor.

Consider potential installation challenges. Installation methods vary among luxury vinyl flooring products so check the installation section on the product page. The s 288 flooring adhesive must be applied with the recommended trowel notching and allowed enough open time until it becomes dry to touch before installing the tile. Download instructions pdf 278 6 kb be in the know.

Some products come with a self adhesive that you peel place and press. Alterna is faster easier and cleaner to install than natural stone or ceramic tile and best of all less time and labor means your installation will cost less too. Alterna tile flooring can be installed as a traditional butt fit resilient tile installation using s 288 flooring adhesive. Alterna engineered tile is a suitable flooring for any room in the home and can even be installed over minor subfloor irregularities.

Existing in place resilient floor covering and asphaltic adhesives. Browse armstrong flooring s f 5061 installation guide covering each step of the installation process. Notching is 1 32 deep 1 16 wide and 5 64 apart. Do not sand dry sweep dry scrape drill saw beadblast or mechanically chip or pulverize existing resilient flooring backing lining felt or asphaltic cut back adhesives.

Flooring on the wall alterna collection. S 288 is applied with the fine notching of the armstrong s 891 trowel. Use an appropriate high quality wall adhesive and follow instructions for how to install engineered tile on walls.