First month of Flooring Commissioning. Each item reported in writing to the Owner, Architect, and Contractor.
The finish schedule put it over a sleeper-built wood floor assembly in three rooms. The manufacturer's instructions exclude that substrate. Installed as scheduled, those floors would have had no warranty. Found before installation. The design team resolved it before any material went down.
The manufacturer's requirements had changed after the specification was written, and again after the submittal was approved. The product in the approved submittal no longer matched what the manufacturer required. CertiFloor® reported it. The adhesive was changed to the current product, and the Owner's warranty held.
A rehearsal studio with large corner windows and rolling pianos. The submittal was approved with the manufacturer's standard pressure-sensitive adhesive. The manufacturer requires an epoxy adhesive for direct sunlight and heavy rolling loads. Installed with the pressure-sensitive adhesive, the floor would fail, and the LVT warranty would have been null and void. Found before installation.
Quarry tile, 6,000 square feet. The submitted epoxy grout did not meet the manufacturer's requirement for the aggressive enzymatic cleaning agents used in a school kitchen. Installed as submitted, the grout would have failed across the entire floor. Found before installation.
Sheet vinyl with integral flash coving. Commercial gas-piped equipment set on top of it. The flooring contractor had left the site.
Outside temperatures dropped. Continuous Monitoring showed the kitchen following them, approaching the manufacturer's minimum. CertiFloor® alerted the general contractor. The cause was a defect in the glass storefront; the windows had to be removed. The general contractor added temporary heat and covered the openings, and the kitchen stayed within the manufacturer's range.
Without the monitoring record, no one would have known until the floor failed. Replacement would have meant removing the equipment, the coving, and the sheet vinyl. The warranty would have been void, and the Owner would have paid for all of it.
This is the power of Flooring Commissioning. These Requirements Alignment and Continuous Monitoring findings are typical of the value Flooring Commissioning provides to the Owner.
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