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RESILIENT FLOORING AND ACCESSORIES <br /> <br />09 65 00 - 3 <br />Orange County Architectural Renovations Smith Si nnett / 2023036 <br />Hillsborough, NC Orange County Asset Man agement Services <br /> <br />C. Install resilient base in lengths as long as practical without gaps at seams and with tops of adjacent pieces <br />aligned. <br /> <br />D. Tightly adhere resilient base to substrate throughout length of each piece, with base in continuous contact <br />with horizontal and vertical substrates. <br /> <br />E. Do not stretch resilient base during installation. <br /> <br />F. Job-Formed Corners: <br />1. Outside Corners: Use straight pieces of maximum lengths possible and form with returns not less <br />than 3 inches in length. <br />a. Form without producing discoloration (whitening) at bends. <br />2. Inside Corners: Use straight pieces of maximum lengths possible and form with returns not less <br />than 3 inches in length. <br />a. Miter corners to minimize open joints. <br /> <br />3.3 FLOOR TILE/PLANK INSTALLATION <br /> <br />A. Comply with manufacturer's written instructions for installing floor tile. <br /> <br />B. Lay out floor tiles from center marks established with principal walls, discounting minor offsets, so tiles <br />at opposite edges of room are of equal width. Adjust as necessary to avoid using cut widths that equal less <br />than one-half tile at perimeter. <br /> <br />C. Match floor tiles for color and pattern by selecting tiles from cartons in the same sequence as <br />manufactured and packaged, if so numbered. Discard broken, cracked, chipped, or deformed tiles. <br /> <br />D. Scribe, cut, and fit floor tiles to butt neatly and tightly to vertical surfaces and permanent fixtures <br />including built-in furniture, cabinets, pipes, outlets, and door frames. <br /> <br />E. Extend floor tiles into toe spaces, door reveals, closets, and similar openings. Extend floor tiles to center <br />of door openings. <br /> <br />F. Maintain reference markers, holes, and openings that are in place or marked for future cutting by <br />repeating on floor tiles as marked on substrates. Use chalk or other nonpermanent marking device. <br /> <br />G. Install floor tiles on covers for telephone and electrical ducts, building expansion-joint covers, and similar <br />items in installation areas. Maintain overall continuity of color and pattern between pieces of tile installed <br />on covers and adjoining tiles. Tightly adhere tile edges to substrates that abut covers and to cover <br />perimeters. <br /> <br />H. Adhere floor tiles to substrates using a full spread of adhesive applied to substrate to produce a completed <br />installation without open cracks, voids, raising and puckering at joints, telegraphing of adhesive spreader <br />marks, and other surface imperfections. <br /> <br />3.4 CLEANING AND PROTECTION <br /> <br />A. Comply with manufacturer's written instructions for cleaning and protecting resilient products. <br /> <br />B. Cover resilient products subject to wear and foot traffic until Substantial Completion. <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 52FACC74-DA96-491B-B0B8-04AC3961737D