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&QPRVF 0BL #MBDL #SVTIFE 1MBOL NN
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7JWB "TI %FTJHO 8IJUF TUSJQ
&QPRVF 0BL 7JOUBHF #SPXO 1MBOL NN &QPRVF 0BL 7JOUBHF 0MJWF
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4BMTB 0BL ,IBLJ (SFZ
" XPPEFO nPPS JT UIF CBTJT GPS UIF FOUJSF JOUFSJPS 5IFO ZPV IBWF UP EFDJEF XIBU DIBSBDUFS UP HJWF UIF SPPN "OE UIF CFTU JT UIBU ZPV IBWF DPNQMFUFMZ GSFF DIPJDF " NJY PG PME BOE OFX $MBTTJDBM TUZMF &YDMVTJWF UPOF 8F JOTQJSF :PV EFDJEF
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4BMTB 0BL 'JOF -JOF .VMUJ TUSJQ
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&QPRVF 0BL 8JOUFS 1MBOL NN
&QPRVF 0BL (SFZ $POUSBTU 1MBOL NN
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&QPRVF 0BL 3VTUJD 1MBOL NN
4BMTB 0BL /BUVSF TUSJQ
&QPRVF 0BL 1MBOL NN
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&QPRVF 0BL /BUVSF 1MBOL NN 0BL /BUVSF 1MBOL NN
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&QPRVF "TI 8IJUF 1FBSM 1MBOL NN
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4BMTB 0BL $PUUPO 8IJUF
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4BMTB $IFSSZ TUSJQ
4BMTB 8BMOVU 3PCVTU TUSJQ
4BMTB "TI /BUVSF TUSJQ
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3VNCB 0BL 1SBMJOF
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#FBVUJGVM XPPEFO ямВoors in your LJUDIFO
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&QPRVF 0BL 4UPOF (SFZ
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4BMTB "TI 3PCVTU 8IJUF
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4BMTB "TI 4NPLFE TUSJQ
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7JWB 0BL TUSJQ
4BMTB 0BL #BTLFU 8FBWF
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Balanced Choice – a conscious choice for long-term sustainability
Long-term sustainability means making smart choices. Getting the right balance between technical quality and performance, different ecological aspects and aesthetics while considering expense. Ecological issues are not just theories here at Tarkett; they permeate our daily activities when developing and manufacturing floors. We focus on four main areas in our environmental consideration:
› Raw materials with regard for people and the environment › Lean production with low emissions › Floors contributing to a better user environment › Recycling and reuse As a supplier of floors, we wish to provide clear and easy-to-understand information concerning our products – not least in the environmental area – so that our customers can make active and conscious choices about their floors. That’s what we call a Balanced Choice.
Raw materials with regard for people and the environment
Lean production with low emissions
Floors contributing to a better user environment
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The Balanced Choicemarking helps you choose
Tarkett’s Balanced Choice marking provides information on the contents of our floors and how they contribute to a sustainable development. This marking will be introduced successively on all our products.
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Wood floors for all climates We know that wood is a living natural material that shrinks or swells depending on temperature and humidity. Indoor climate gets dry when heating up the cold air by radiators or by the open fire place. This contracts the grain and the wood shrinks. The wood expands again in the spring. This transition between the relative humidity can damage a wood floor. Tarkett has a history making wood floors for the European Climate for more than 125 years and knows how to minimize the negative effects of a dry indoor climate. The fact that wood swells at high humidity and shrinks at low humidity is something we take into consideration throughout the production process. To minimise movement in the finished floor, the wood must first have reached its own optimum humidity through drying. The drying
process can take up to a year before the result is perfect. Tarkett floors are manufactured with our climate in mind, which ensures many years of problem-free use. We also take into account the fact that wood is a living material in the actual construction of the floors. To minimise natural movements, our wooden floors are built up in three layers.
Ensuring there are vertical annual rings in the middle layer and alternating the direction of the fibres in the three layers is an efficient way of counteracting movement in the wood, which creates a balanced floor. Our strong glueless locking systems lock the boards tightly against one another without any gaps. You can therefore be sure of getting a problem-free wooden floor.
How we measure the hardness of the wood The Brinell test is a simple way of measuring the hardness of the wood. This test was established by the Swedish engineer Johan August Brinell in connection with the World's Fair in 1900. It involves pushing a small steel ball against the surface of the wood using a heavy load. The Brinell number is determined by how large an indentation has been made in the wood. The higher the Brinell number, the harder and more resistant to indentation the material is. Since wood is a living material with natural variations in structure, the different parts of the wood vary in hardness. The Brinell numbers given are average numbers based on several tests.
It's easy to install a Tarkett wooden floor. And it's fast...!
4 important arguments for 2-lock: 1 Easy to install – Anyone can do it. 2 Fast – Almost 50% faster than previous systems. 3 Quiet – No need for hammers. Appreciated by the neighbours. 4 Secure – 2-lock "makes" you do it right, right from the start.
Brinell
Wooden floors change colour Some types of wood have a uniform appearance – others have large natural variation. The appearance of the wood also varies according to which type of log it comes from. Wooden floors change colour as the wood ages. The wood is also affected by the ultraviolet rays of the sun. This can clearly be seen if you move a rug that’s been down for a while. Some types of wood, cherry for instance, change colour within a few months and others, like oak and beech take a little longer. Cherry darkens, while walnut gets lighter. Most other types of wood, such as oak, beech, maple and ash, attain a more yellow nuance. There's nothing "wrong" with wood changing colour - it's a process that is completely natural.
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Viva* Jatoba Merbau Maple, canadian Msasa Ash Beech Oak Oak java Ash cognac African mahogany Maple, european Walnut Cherry Birch
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One weekend is all it takes It is quick and easy to install a real wood floor from Tarkett. A weekend should be enough for an ordinary-sized room, kitchen or hall.
Installing the floor
Don't forget a vapour barrier
Before you begin, ensure that the sub floor is level, firm, dry and clean. The room where you are installing the floor should have the right temperature and humidity. This also applies to the room where you are keeping the packs of wood. The packs should not be opened until immediately before installation.
To protect against humidity migration you should apply a vapour barrier over the whole sub floor during the installation for certain types of floor. A vapour barrier is a polythene foil that is laid with an overlap of at least 200 mm or is sealed with tape. Tarkoflex II combines an underlay and vapour barrier in one product.
Underlay material For a floating floor, that is when the floor is joined together without being attached to the sub floor, you should use an underlay material to level the surface and reduce walking noise. Use an underlay with a long life. A wooden floor is hard, so to increase comfort it is important to install a shock-absorbent underlay. Tarkofoam II and Tarkoflex II have been developed to meet these requirements.
Floating installation You can install the new wooden floor directly on top of the old one, regardless of whether it is a wooden floor or a plastic floor. On floors with a surface area greater than 12 x 20 metres, the floor should be glued to the sub floor. When you install a floor the boards must always be laid lengthwise in the room, and an expansion gap must be left at all fixed points
Keep your wooden floor in shape
It is all in the detail If you want to bring out the very best in your new wooden floor, have a look at our great range of accessories. Here you will find good-looking and smart skirtings, mouldings, underlays and pipe collars for that perfect finish and feel.
such as walls, thresholds, pipes and steps. There must be no contact between floors in different rooms. Large areas of floor must be broken up into smaller areas with the use of expansion gaps.
Underfloor heating The heating system has to be a self-limiting system that provides even heating across the whole floor surface. The surface temperature must not exceed 27째C. Floor heating can cause cracks between the floor boards. Beech, maple and basket weave are more prone to movement than other types of wood and underfloor heating is therefore not recommended for use with these floors.
Installation instructions are included in every third floor pack. Detailed instructions can also be downloaded from www.tarkett.co.uk If you have any further questions, please contact your nearest flooring retailer.
For daily care we recommend using a vacuum cleaner or dry mop but sometimes more thorough cleaning is required. To make sure your floors retain their lustre and age in style, Tarkett has developed a series of floor care products. The products have been developed to be used to optimum effect on floors treated with Proteco Lacquer and Proteco Natura. For Proteco Hardwax Oil products, Tarkett recommends Osmo floor care products for floors oiled with hardwax oil.
For a more comfortable floor To walk and stand on a real wood floor is a wonderful feeling. But you can make this even more comfortable by using Tarkofoam II or Tarkoflex II underlay, which is rolled out before installing the floor. This gives you a floor that is quieter and even more wonderful to walk on. Tarkoflex II is an underlay designed to reduce the sound of footsteps and it also acts as a damp proof membrane. Tarkofoam II is not a damp proof barrier but it reduces the sound of footsteps.
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How to choose your wooden floor
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Which room?
You can install a wooden floor in every room except wet rooms. You can install any wooden floor you want in living rooms and bedrooms. Some floors face greater demands on wear resistance and cleanability, like the kitchen and entrance hall. In these cases you should choose a harder wood to reduce the risk of indentations and scratches. You should also choose a glossy finish, which is easier to clean than a matte. Brushed floors and deep bevels are harder to keep clean. White or light surfaces risk discolouration where the wear is extremely hard, e.g. in an entrance hall.
Nature makes sure there is a difference in the look of different woods. When Tarkett selects raw materials for its production, we take this all into account and divide the natural design of the wood into four groups, grades, depending on their similarities and their variations. The four grades for Oak are given below as an example You can choose a floor where craft and technology adds to the exciting design through surface treatment, staining, brushing, bevelling and heat treatment as a complement to the natural design.
Which collection?
You have five “floor families” at your service when you choose a Tarkett wooden floor. Epoque, Salsa, Tango, Rumba and Viva. They are available in varied thickness, design and grades. They are also available with different treatments – stained, brushed, etc, that enhance and reinforce the design. Remember that it’s you who makes the choice according to your personal taste and style. Read more about the collections on the adjacent page.
Collections
Choose your new wooden floor according to preference, taste and style. We can offer floors in many different types of wood and of differing thickness.
Epoque 100 %
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Better Indoor Air Quality *TVOC AT 28 DAYS
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TARKETT BALANCED CHOICE
Recyclable
Epoque is an exclusive 14 mm plank or 2-strip floor that comes in four widths, 117 mm, 162 mm, 190 mm and 200 mm. It has a wear layer of 3.6 mm and can be re-sanded 3-4 times. Floors that have been treated with Proteco Lacquer have a lengthwise mini-bevel on each board, while the more natural appearance of Proteco Natura is emphasized by a more robust so-called maxi-bevel.
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! Wear layer of real wood " Strong and supportive middle layer with transverse wood fibres of pine and spruce
Tango
# Stabilising bottom layer $ 2-lock system
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TARKETT BALANCED CHOICE
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Tango is a 13 mm plank or 2-strip floor, and with a 2.5 mm thick wear layer of real wood. This means you can re-sand the floor 2-3 times. Tango comes with a mini-bevel and Proteco Natura matte lacquer finish.
Salsa TARKETT BALANCED CHOICE
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Wood is a living material and no two wooden floors are alike. To make it easier for you to choose, we have grouped our large product range into different gradings. To illustrate this you can see the different gradings for Oak below. Your floor dealer can help you to look up floors in Tarkett's grading book or take a look at some real wood samples.
Remember that an individual sample is only an example of how the floor will look. To get a good idea of the variation in colour, number of knots, etc., of the whole floor, you must look at a large number of planks or look in the grading book. This is especially important for plank floors.
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Tarkett’s hard-wearing Proteco surface finish
A classic and traditional 3-strip floor. You can get Salsa flooring in a number of different types of wood with different surface treatments and characteristics. It has a wear layer of 3.5 mm, which means you can re-sand the floor 3-4 times. It is 14 mm thick.
! Real wood veneer " Strong and supportive middle layer of HDF # Stabilising bottom layer $ Ultraloc locking system
Rumba TARKETT BALANCED CHOICE
100 %
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Rumba is a 13 mm 3-strip wooden floor with a 2.5 mm wear layer. This means you can re-sand the floor 2-3 times. Maxibevel
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Select
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Robust
Select is our most uniform floor series. It has only minor variations in colour and structure. The floors in this range are discreet and exude a feeling of calm.
The floors in this grading have a more varied and expressive appearance than Select. They may have small knots, elements of lighter sapwood and larger variations in colour and structure than Select floors.
This grading has a rustic appearance with knots and a good variation in colour and structure.
Robust is a lively grading with an exciting mix of lighter and darker strips.
Viva Minibevel TARKETT BALANCED CHOICE
100 % Recyclable
Viva is an 8.5 mm floor in real wood. Viva floors in a plank design and Viva Line floors have a discreet bevel all around. The thin design means that you can often install the floor on top of an existing floor without having to cut off doors or change thresholds.
All the plank floors featured in this magazine have bevelled edges. Bevelling emphasises and reinforces the feel of a real wooden floor. You will find the bevels for the individual floors in the table overleaf.
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Epoque Thickness 14 mm Width 117 mm Miniplank See table on page 63
Oak Cotton White
Oak Nature
Oak Rustic Brushed
Oak White
Oak Evening Grey
Oak Stone Grey
Oak Anthracite Grey
Oak Imdium Grey
Oak Patina White
Oak Stone Grey
Oak Praline
Oak Cumin
Oak Praline
Oak Light Hazel
Oak Hazel Brown
Oak Eu Nature
Oak Umber Brown
Oak Winter
Oak Grey Contrast
Oak Patina White
Epoque Thickness 14 mm Width 162/190 mm Plank See table on page 62-63 Oak Java Gold
Jatoba
Oak Eu Rustic Brushed
Oak Black
Oak Java Gold
Oak Am Nature
Oak Satin White
Oak Aubergine
Oak Dark Copper
Ash White
Oak Am Antique Brushed
Oak Am Antique White Brushed
Oak Misty Grey
Oak Sandy Grey
Ash Robust White
Ash Cognac
Ash White Pearl
Beech Steamed
The pictures show a small part of the floors and may differ in structure, colour and lustre compared with the actual floors. Some of these may not be available in all countries.
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Merbau
Oak Vintage Olive
Oak Cotton White
Oak Vintage Brown
Oak Vintage Light Hazel
Oak Nature
Oak Rhapsody Brushed
Epoque
Tango
Thickness 14 mm Width 200 mm 2-strip See table on page 63
Thickness 13 mm Width 194 mm 2-strip See table on page 64
Oak Vintage Soft Grey
Oak Nature
Oak White Brushed
Oak Cumin
Oak Grey Brushed
Oak Nature
Oak Rustic Brushed
Salsa Thickness 14 mm Width 194 mm 3-strip See table on page 65 Oak Rustic Brushed
Oak White Brushed
Ash Cognac Brushed
Oak Java
Oak Cotton White
Oak Light Hazel
Oak Stone Grey
Oak Eu Nature
Oak Eu Rustic Brushed
Oak Select
Oak Nature
Oak Rustic
Oak Robust
Oak Robust White
Oak Nordic White
Oak Cumin
Oak Black
Tango Thickness 13 mm Width 162/190 mm Plank See table on page 64 Ash White
Tango Thickness 13 mm Width 117 mm Miniplank See table on page 64 Oak Eu Rustic White Brushed
Oak Black
Oak Am Antique Brushed
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Oak Patina White
Oak Silver Star
Oak Cotton White
Oak Misty Grey
Maple Canadian Robust
Birch
Birch Robust
Cherry
Oak Stone Grey
Oak Praline
Oak Satin White
Oak Hazel Brown
Cherry Robust
Beech Nature
Beech Classic
Beech Robust
Oak Umber Brown
Oak Anthracite Grey
Oak Indium Grey
Oak Sahara
Beech Tropicana
Walnut
Walnut Robust
Merbau
Oak Khaki Grey
Ash Nature
Ash Nature White
Ash White Pearl
African Mahogany
Jatoba
Oak Fine Line
Oak Basket Weave
Oak Nature
Oak Milky White
Rumba Thickness 13 mm Width 194 mm 3-strip See table on page 66 Ash Arctic Grey
Ash Cognac
Ash Smoked
Maple Canadian Nature
Walnut Basket Weave
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Viva Thickness 8.5 mm Width 190 mm 2-strip See table on page 66 Oak Robust
Oak Rustic
Oak Praline
Ash Nature
Oak Brushed
Oak Brown Brushed
Bamboo
Oak
Oak
Oak Brushed
Oak White
Viva Line Thickness 8.5 mm Width 110 mm Miniplank See table on page 66 Beech Nature
Beech Classic
Walnut
Viva Thickness 8.5 mm Width 190 mm 3-strip See table on page 66 Oak Brushed
Oak Misty Grey
Oak Black
Oak Denim
Ash White
Ash Design White
Sucupira
Oak
Oak Praline
Maple
Cherry
Beech Nature
Walnut
Viva Contra Thickness 8.5 mm Width 190 mm Plank See table on page 66 Oak Patina White
Oak Avocado
Walnut
Maple Nature
Viva Thickness 8.5 mm Width 190 mm Plank See table on page 66 Oak Viva Contra
Walnut Viva Contra
Oak
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