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Round 1 Bowling and Amusement 12/09/2024 Paradigm Design <br />RESILIENT TILE FLOORING 09 6519 - 6 <br />1. Lay tiles with grain running in one direction with grain direction alternating in adjacent <br />tiles (basket-weave pattern) in pattern of colors and sizes indicated. <br />D. Scribe, cut, and fit floor tiles to butt neatly and tightly to vertical surfaces and permanent <br />fixtures including built-in furniture, cabinets, pipes, outlets, and door frames. <br />E. Extend floor tiles into toe spaces, door reveals, closets, and similar openings. Extend floor tiles <br />to center of door openings. <br />F. Maintain reference markers, holes, and openings that are in place or marked for future cutting <br />by repeating on floor tiles as marked on substrates. Use chalk or other nonpermanent marking <br />device. <br />G. Install floor tiles on covers for telephone and electrical ducts, building expansion-joint covers, <br />and similar items in finished floor areas. Maintain overall continuity of color and pattern <br />between pieces of tile installed on covers and adjoining tiles. Tightly adhere tile edges to <br />substrates that abut covers and to cover perimeters. <br />H. Adhere floor tiles to flooring substrates using a full spread of adhesive applied to substrate to <br />produce a completed installation without open cracks, voids, raising and puckering at joints, <br />telegraphing of adhesive spreader marks, and other surface imperfections. <br />I. Seamless Installation: <br />1. Heat-Welded Seams: Comply with ASTM F 1516. Rout joints and heat weld with <br />welding bead to permanently fuse sections into a seamless flooring. Prepare, weld, and <br />finish seams to produce surfaces flush with adjoining flooring surfaces. <br />2. Chemically Bonded Seams: Bond seams with chemical-bonding compound to <br />permanently fuse sections into a seamless flooring. Prepare seams and apply compound <br />to produce tightly fitted seams without gaps, overlays, or excess bonding compound on <br />flooring surfaces. <br />3.4 CLEANING AND PROTECTION <br />A. Comply with manufacturer's written instructions for cleaning and protecting floor tile. <br />B. Perform the following operations immediately after completing floor tile installation: <br />1. Remove adhesive and other blemishes from exposed surfaces. <br />2. Sweep and vacuum surfaces thoroughly. <br />3. Damp-mop surfaces to remove marks and soil. <br />C. Protect floor tile from mars, marks, indentations, and other damage from construction <br />operations and placement of equipment and fixtures during remainder of construction period. <br />D. Floor Polish: Remove soil, adhesive, and blemishes from floor tile surfaces before applying <br />liquid floor polish.