Product Focus
Subfloors + Subfloor Prep
What Lies Beneath A ll your hard work installing, sanding and finishing a wood floor could be wasted if you didn’t take the time to prep a
proper subfloor. To see the latest and greatest in subfloor and subfloor prep products, check the companies on the following pages.
Cork Direct CorkDirect’s sound-reducing composition cork underlayment can be used in all commercial and residential applications. The company ships nationwide for time-critical job-site delivery. The product is available in sheets or rolls in thicknesses of 1⁄2, 1⁄4, or 1⁄8 inch, and it can be ordered by the box, pallet or container.
www.corkdirect.com
DriTac Flooring Products LLC
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DriTac says its MCS 7000 Eco-Seal is a green concrete moisture control system that helps to significantly reduce subfloor moisture vapor transmission in wood flooring installations. DriTac offers an enhanced subfloor moisture warranty when the product is used in conjunction with its 7600, 7500 Eco-Urethane, Easy Spread 7400, or 7300 SureBond urethane adhesives.
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Product Focus | Subfloors + Subfloor Prep Foam Products Corporation Foam Products Corporation says its Eco Silencer HF FOF is the industry’s most durable and versatile underlayment, and that it offers unparalleled acoustical properties. It can be used in floating, glue-down and nail-down applications, and it is made in the United States with recycled granulated rubber tires and highdensity polyurethane foam.
www.foamproducts.com
Fortifiber Building Systems Group Fortifiber manufactures odorless vapor retarders that meet NWFA Guidelines for use under hardwood floors, including the economical HWD-15 Class III and high-performance Aquabar B Class II. Its Moistop Ultra is an impermeable Class I moisture and radon barrier, and the company says its new Delta-FL keeps floors warm and dry over concrete.
www.fortifiber.com
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Product Focus | Subfloors + Subfloor Prep MAPEI Corp. MAPEI offers three products for subfloor preparation: Planiprep AR (adhesive remover) softens and lifts old latex adhesive residues from the concrete subfloor. Planiprep SA (scouring agent) eliminates any adhesive remover residue and etches the concrete. And Planiprep ET (epoxy treatment) caps the subfloor to control moisture emission rates and prepare the floor for new adhesives.
www.mapei.com
MP Global Products MP Global Products’ VersaWalk is a new multiuse acoustic flooring underlayment. MP Global Products says the product is environmentally friendly and that it offers high performance. Once the odorless product is installed, wood flooring can then be nailed, glued or floated.
www.quietwalk.com
UZIN UZIN says its NC 174 is a calcium aluminate, cementitious selfleveling compound especially designed and optimized for wood floor installations. Its low-stress formula is effective for weak substrates, and it has very high compressive and tensile strength, as well as superior flow and leveling properties, UZIN adds.
www.ufloorsystems.com
Signature Innovations LLC Signature Innovations’ FlexiKork is manufactured from cork and recycled rubber. It offers sound control, flexibility and shock absorption. It is anti-microbial and has a construction height as low as 1⁄8 inch, and the company says it’s suitable for use with all floor heating systems.
www.signaturehardwoods.com
Warmboard Inc. Stauf Adhesives USA LLC Stauf ACS-210 seals concrete floors for installing wood, VCT, LVT and sheet vinyl floors. Stauf says the product is approved for use over subfloor heating systems, dries in less than two hours and works with any type of floor adhesive. ACS-210 contains zero solvents and zero isocyanates, and it cleans easily with water, Stauf adds.
www.staufusa.com
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Warmboard Inc. offers Warmboard– R, a new radiant heating panel that the company says is ideal for remodeling applications where a perfect flooring/radiant heating interface is needed. Hardwood planks nail directly to the panels, which provide even temperatures throughout. Warmboard Inc. says the product uses lower water temperatures, allowing for integration with most flooring options.
www.warmboard.com
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