For contractors
Get the slab right and the floor takes care of itself.
Yorkshore does not install — that part is yours. What we can do is make sure the material, the prep system and the instructions land on site in a state your crew can work with, and that the build-up you are bonding to was specified by somebody who thought about the bond.
01 — The slab
Flat and dry are conditions, not preferences.
Every warranty on this card assumes a substrate brought to spec, which makes preparation the single biggest predictor of a floor that stays put. Get this part right and the rest of the job follows.
Moisture first
Confirming the slab has released is quick, inexpensive, and the single best thing you can do for a bond that is still sound months after you have demobilized.
Flatness, in raking light
Flatness is what lets a thin-gauge resilient floor read clean under raking light on day one and keep reading that way for the life of the floor.
One system down the stack
Primer, patch, leveler, adhesive and finish floor all have to agree with each other. Keeping every layer inside one system is what keeps the warranty behind all of them.
The sequence, written out
Floor Prep sets out the whole package — what goes where, in what order, and what has to cure before the next thing lands on it.
What makes a floor hold
A floor holds at the bond line. The wear layer is the part that gets specified; the bond line is the part that makes it last.
02 — The build-up
One card that covers every layer.
Schönox for subfloor preparation. Sika for primers, patches and leveling compounds. Base King for adhesives and accessories, including EnviroSTIX. Floor Prep ties the sequence together.
Because those sit on the same card as the finish floors, one person can confirm the whole stack is compatible — instead of three suppliers each vouching for their own layer and nobody owning the interface between them. That is the call worth making before the first pail is opened, not after.
03 — Documents
Printable, and not behind a form.
Installation instructions and maintenance charts are published openly on the product pages. If a document is what protects you when a job is questioned, it should not take a phone call to get hold of.
Installation instructions
Per line, from the manufacturer, in their own document rather than paraphrased by a rep.
Maintenance charts
Hand them over at closeout so the client’s crew does not undo your work in year one.
Technical data
Gauge, wear layer, format and test references stated on the product page itself.
Closeout package
Assembled while the job is still open, when the paperwork is still easy to find.
04 — Ordering
Getting the order right the first time.
Requests route by the project’s county to the account executive who covers it, so a lead time you are quoted comes from somebody who knows the distributor rather than a national average. If a specified product will not land in time, the card is deep enough that an alternate at the same performance can usually be found and put in writing for the architect, instead of swapped on site.
Order to the pattern
Square footage is not the order. Diagonal lays, feature bands, small rooms and short runs all raise the offcut, and the difference shows up as a second delivery.
Site conditions before delivery
Manufacturers state the temperature and humidity a floor is conditioned and installed in. Those figures sit in the installation document, and a warranty leans on them.
Attic stock on the same order
Replacement material bought with the job matches. Bought two years later it is a different run — worth putting in front of the client while the order is still open.
Check the delivery
Shade variation between cartons, transit damage, a short count: a quick look before anything goes down keeps a simple fix simple.
The range
One card, and one number for the whole build-up.
Finish floor sitting on the same card as the preparation and adhesive beneath it, so compatibility is one supplier’s answer rather than three.
Rubber
Sheet and tile, installation documents published.
Luxury vinyl tile
Tile and plank, 20 to 30 mil.
Solid vinyl tile
Tile, laid as a continuous field.
Sheet vinyl
Rolls out, welded, coved at the wall.
Carpet tile
Modular carpet tile.
Woven wool
Woven wool goods.
Hardwood
Engineered oak.
Wall protection
Vertical surfaces on the same order.
The prep lines — Schönox, Sika and Base King — sit on this card too, so the whole stack can be confirmed by one person. Also on the card: stair treads, static-dissipative tile, sports systems, playground surfacing, and the preparation and adhesives underneath all of it.
Working with us
One account executive, for the whole stack.
Finish floor, adhesive, leveling compound and accessories from a single source — and one person accountable for the fact that they work together.