Once you have decided for a laminate floor, when quality and appearance are a perfect fit, then you need to check the requirements for perfect installation. The suitability of the subfloor is very important.

Suitable Subfloors:

• old flooring such as wood, firmly-adhering PVC, dry ceramic, linoleum
• cement screed (max. residual moisture: 2.0CM%)
• anhydrite cement and anhydrite flow cement screed (max. residual moisture: 0.3CM%)
• magnesia screed (max. residual moisture: 3.0CM%)
• Have a screed spezialist in your area give you are residual moisture report!

Wet and damp rooms, saunas, carpeting, and xylolith are not suitable underfloors.

The subfloor must be dry, level, firmly affixed, and clean. Minor unevenness can be compensated with an underlay mat or – if exceeding 3 mm/m – sanded down or leveled with a filler.

Underfloor heating – of course!

Kronotex laminate floors can be readily installed over warm water underfloor heating, serve well, and even help to save on heating costs. Simply observe these conditions carefully:

• Be sure to heat mineral underlays before flooring installation to eliminate any excess dampness.
  
  
• Have a haeting specialist in your area give you a heating report!
  
  
• Ensure that during installation, the surface temperature of the floor is at least 15°C (60°F).
  
  

• For dampness insulation and as a vapor barrier, use a (0.2mm) PE film underlayment. For sound absorption you can use PE foam, Kronotex underlay mat or Kronotex Laminate flooring with ”Sound Design” footfall sound reduction.

• At the beginning of each heating period, when you first turn on the underfloor heating, raise the temperature gradually in 5°C (9°F) increments until you reach the desired temperature. The floor’s surface temperature should not exceed 26°C (80°F)