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• Place the final floor panel face up, locking groove long side towards the wall, and the short end tongue posi-tioned 3/16 to 5/16 inch from
the wall.
• Mark the place where the floor panel is to be cut.
• Make a cut in the floor panel on the decor side with a utility knife. Use the snap method to break the unneeded part off.
Step 6
• Stagger the end joints between rows at a minimum 12 inches.
• If you can, use the cut piece of floor panel from the previous row. If not suitable, take a new floor panel and cut
it in half.
• Place the floor panel at a low angle and insert the long side tongue into the locking groove of the floor panel in
the previous row.
• Fold the floor panel gently down.
Step 7
• Place the short end tongue of the next floor panel at an angle against the previously installed floor panel and
fold gently down.
• Ensure that the long side tongue is positioned on the locking strip of the previous row.
Step 8
• Using gentle force and at an angle, you gradually, from left to right, push the long side tongue into the locking
groove of the previous row.
• You may need to lift the floor panel to the left of it slightly to allow for the ‘sliding action’.
• Complete the whole row in the same way.
Note:
Expansion gaps around pipes.
• Measure the diameter of the pipes and mark the position on the floorboard. There should be a 3/16 to 5/16 inch
expansion gaps between the floor panel and the pipe or other vertical structures.
• Cut out the holes.
Door frames may have to be undercut.
• Use a floor panel as a guide as to how much to saw.
• Put the floor panel faced down as a guide.
• Saw off the bottom of the door frame to allow the floor panel to slide under it.
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