Premium Floors Technical Hub

Maintenance and Repair

Quick Step is incredibly resistant to day to day wear and tear and is both easy and cost efficient to maintain properly. The following maintenance guidelines will help to ensure that your Quick Step floor always looks its’ very best. Ensure that your floor is kept clean and free of grit or small stones.

Installation

If using a professional to install your floor, ask for a Quick-Step Master Installer. Not only are they trained by us to be the best in the business, any Quick-Step floor installed by a Master Installer qualifies for a Lifetime Warranty. If you’d like to become a floor installer and are interested in attending the…

Warranties

Who is covered? The original purchaser is covered. In the case that a builder or developer purchases the flooring, the occupant of the residential home 12 months after purchase of the flooring will be entitled to cover under this warranty, effective from the date of the initial purchase. What the residential wear warranty covers This…

Impact Resistance

Impact resistance testing basically simulates a floors resistance to falling objects and indentations caused by heavy point loads like stiletto heels etc. Testing in accordance with the European Standard EN13329 and EN438 involves the use of both large and small steel balls to test the impact resistance of a laminate floor.

Wear Resistance

Wear Resistance Whilst almost all formal testing for wear resistance is carried out using a taber abrasion machine, different testing methods and varied testing environments can have different effects on the outcome of the testing. Firstly, the taber abrasion machine is used across the world to test the abrasion resistance or wear resistance, of different…

Slip Resistance

Slip Resistance Slip testing and results for all Premium Products are performed in accordance with the Australian Standard AS4586, and in line with the relevant Hand Book HB198:2014. All products are tested using the Wet Pendulum method, as prescribed in the standard. This method is universal, quick to perform, and mobile, so results can be…

Fire Ratings

Fire Ratings Effective 1st May 2006, the Building Code of Australia (BCA) – Class 2 – 9 Buildings, calls for specific requirements regarding Fire Ratings of floor coverings that supercede the requirements of AS/NZS 1530.3. The new testing regime is referred to as: AS/ISO 9239-1: 2003 Reaction to fire tests for floorings – Part 1:…

Thermal Resistance

The “R” Rating is a measure of thermal resistance. In the instance of flooring, it is the measure of the floor system’s ability to resist temperature load from one side of the panei and/or underlay, to the other.

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