Flooring Commissioning by CertiFloor®
Flooring Commissioning reduces the risk of flooring failure and warranty denial.
What is Flooring Commissioning?
Flooring Commissioning is a quality-focused process that reduces the risk of flooring failure and warranty denial. Owner-hired, independent verification and documentation, from design through turnover, confirm that the flooring installation is compliant with specifications and manufacturers' requirements.
What does Flooring Commissioning do?
It reduces the risk of flooring failure and warranty denial.
What changed in commercial flooring?
Three things.
1. The warranty requirement list got longer.
- Substrate tests, moisture limits, temperature and humidity ranges, acclimation, adhesive, trowel, cure time, protection, cleaning.
- Every one is a condition of coverage.
- Manufacturers require independent documentation of testing.
- Manufacturers require proof that service conditions are permanently maintained after installation. That is after the flooring contractor is off site. No one is watching that either.
- Miss one, and the warranty is gone.
2. The chemistry got complex.
- Concrete admixtures, curing compounds, floor prep, moisture mitigation, primers, and adhesives now interact with each other.
- Each product carries its own manufacturer's requirements, and they have to agree.
- One wrong combination and the floor fails.
3. Manufacturers keep changing the requirements.
- After the spec is written.
- After the job is awarded.
- After the submittal is approved.
- Nobody on the project is checking.
Who is watching on your projects?
CertiFloor® will. Our Flooring Commissioning Authorities conduct independent site visits nationwide. About CertiFloor®
How CertiFloor® prevents flooring failure
- Independently verifies installation compliance through site visits, so errors, innocent and intentional, are caught and corrected before they become flooring failures or invalidate the warranty.
- Confirms the Contract Documents, submittals, and manufacturer's requirements agree before installation.
- Verifies the substrate, ambient conditions, and material acclimation comply before installation begins.
- Continuously monitors environmental conditions so errors are corrected before they cause failures.
How CertiFloor® reduces the risk of warranty denial
- Documents every verification: dated, photographed, kept.
- Delivers the manufacturer's post-installation requirements to the Owner at turnover.
This is what happens without Flooring Commissioning.
An elementary school.
- HVAC was off during installation.
- Temperatures ranged from 60°F to 98°F.
- The general contractor signed a liability waiver and directed the flooring installer to proceed with the installation in non-compliant conditions.
- With this, the GC voided the Owner's 15-year warranty, without the Owner or Architect having any idea.
You don't get the floor you specify. You get the floor you verify.