National Floor Covering Association of Canada

Promoting industry standards for resilient, carpet, hardwood, laminate, cork and bamboo floor covering installations.

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16 Feb

Posted at 20:06h in Uncategorized by

Installers beware! SPC flooring is simultaneously strong, fragile and not as forgiving as LVT or Laminate when installing. While SPC flooring comes with durability benefits, it also presents challenges that installers should consider when planning an installation. Extra care when engaging the locking joint, understanding its weaknesses...

16 Feb

Posted at 20:03h in Uncategorized by

Being clear about who is responsible for what when it comes to sub-floor preparation is not easy considering the endless scenarios that can present on site involving surface flatness, porosity, contaminants removal, profile, etc. When specified, NFCA minimum industry standards help to remove the confusion....

18 Nov

Posted at 23:56h in Uncategorized by

Right trowel notch size, right coverage. To ensure a long term successful bond of the floor covering product (in this case sheet resilient) to the subfloor surface, it is important to use the recommended adhesive in strict accordance with the floor covering and adhesive manufacturers...

30 Oct

Posted at 04:12h in Uncategorized by

‘Minimal Prep’…part of the problem! Resilient (vinyl, rubber, linoleum) flooring tends to follow every contour of a substrate, essentially forming a skin. Joints, cracks, depressions, protrusions, and seemingly insignificant imperfections on a substrate surface may telegraph through and become very obvious after the product is...

10 Feb

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In-floor, hot water (hydronic) radiant heat systems work well with hardwood floors when site conditions are managed according to manufacturers’ recommendations. The opposite is true when conditions are not managed properly. Ambient relative humidity; air, surface and product temperature; subfloor and product moisture content, all...

10 Feb

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Flooring systems can be complex, involving concrete slabs, moisture barriers, primers, leveling cements, adhesive and finally a floor covering product. Multiple products are often used to complete one flooring system and so the risk of being caught up in a question of failure between two...

10 Feb

Posted at 18:41h in Uncategorized by

Hospitals and mold DON’T mix, which underlines the importance of ensuring correct site conditions exist prior to floor covering installation. The NFCA commercial floor inspection service (Quality Assurance Program) protects building owners from the process of fast track construction which so often overlooks critically important...