Access Flooring Site Requirements

Access floors should be installed in dry and watertight areas at a temperature above 40° and a humidity below 75 % RH. This is required for both the installation works and also for material storage.

Before installation, the subfloor must be in the following condition:

• Free from wet or dry contamination.
• Able to accept epoxy resin pedestal adhesive and if required mechanical fixings.
• Any holes, joint lines etc in higher level sub floors should be sealed in order to prevent floor sealer leaking through to the level below.
• The sub floor should be structurally strong enough to support the raised access floor and the environment it supports.
• The sub floor is required to be structurally strong enough to allow the storage of raised floor materials prior to installation (note; palletized materials typically weigh 1200 lbs and stand 48" high and are 26" square).
• The surface of the concrete sub floor should ideally be of a medium tamp finish in order to give a reasonably flat surface without inducing the formation of weak surface laitance.

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General working conditions include:

• Work areas to be free of other trades and their materials.
• Adequate power supply to all work areas.
• Adequate safety lighting to all work areas.
• Work areas for the cutting of floor panels by the use of bandsaw.
• Adequate means for the disposal of rubbish and debris.

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