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FILE NAME: Kentile (KEN) DATE: 1957 DOC#: KEN037 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Installation Instructions - Kentile Floors, Vinyl Asbestos Tile It's simple and economical to install your own . ^ ^ KENTILEorvinyl asbestos tile K E N -K IT contains all the tools you need: AWL * CHALK C H A LK LIN E (string) NOTCHED TROWEL AT TA ITrr It's easier with N T I Ij O OR S MEASURE YOUR ROOM find th e 'center o f your room like this: !Al L.S.J NAIL> . 1.; M easu re fro m w a ll to. wall along each eridiof- roonof. tlse-.a steel .tape or. six foot expansion t ^ i ^ l i f c a 9 u r e :oM y'ftom jrin- 't'pjpfyvgMfc1-*i^isregardtalcoves, offsets aricl ; other Sre^fos^^ - p ' '' 2. .Drive a nail? into' center of floor at each end.(/ W 3. Rub a string with-- chalk. Stretch it from nail to nail tightly. Pull the string up and let it snap back on floor . . . to mark chalk line "A". 4. Find the center of this chalk line and, at. this center, start making a chalk line at right angles to the first chalk line, in this m anner: Lay two tiles on each side of the line, and draw a pencil line along one side of the end tiles as.indicated. Tiles should be ab solutely, straight with the.center chalk line to `give-you a'perfect right- angle. . Rem.o've.-the,'tiles', add: snap; ..chalk', line over- these ; two pencil dines all the way across^ the room. :This second line should cross line A t tb cntr- point, forming right: angle. This is tfnportant. CENTER POINT; PENCIL UNE AL.OMO Mfc*e CHALK. UNE A PENCIL LINE Alone here M8MT ANGLE CHALK LINES ^ \ PLAN FOR THE BORDER the border should be at-least, half a tile wide (4Va") and may be.as wide, as a full tile (9"). Here's how to determine the border width: CHALK. LINESV 1. Working out from, the intersection of your fciialk lines, lay a rpW.of.uncertiented tiles along the chalk lirie:across,the room ' to each wall. If the space left for the border'along. the side wall is less`than1half a tile in width, proceed hs follows: CHALK LINES* i1APNuDshREdMoOwVnE BOTTOM TILE 2. If the space left for, border is less than halj a tile in width, move the entire row of tiles over a half-tile ahd remove-one tile from the other end. The chalk line will cross the middle tile exactly through its center. OLD CHALK LINE^ NEW CHALK LINE* &|si|j 3. Now, one of the tiles is covering the chalk line. To correct this, move your line by moving the nails over a half a tile (4Vi") and resnap your chalk line. mm w 4. Repeat the above procedure exactly for the other width of the room. spread the For Kentile Vinyl o f the trowel with tile Asphalt Tile i with the. larger no T. Spread adhes -- leaving end . ered.Do not,spr< ly . . . spread i 'adhesive cominj 'the trowei to rer be assured by bi , trowel. 2. After adhesi' snap the chalk 3. Then, spre , half of the ro 4. Before lay/ sive to dry out may take fror Ip. pending on tl IfSI and your locat ing it with you 1 off on your fii ui&i start laying y< adhesive can 1 necessary befc come "tacky" re 2. LdwCTleach'tile carefully into adhesive :. . tile' into position. If you do'the adhesive will ooze up between the . tiles as'illustrated below. ive over just one 'ait for the adhe'-. >me "tacky."-This ir to 4 hours depheric conditions adhesive by pressf it does not come s dried enough to Don't Rush! The over overnight if y the tile! If adhesive gets on the face of the tile, re move, with wet cloth dipped in scouring powder . . . rinse with clear, clean water. Illustration shows how Hies are fitted to the wall as described in Nos. 2 and 3. 3. Using the topmost tile as a guide, score a deep line with a sharp awl or ice-pick on the underneath tile . . . all the way across. 4. Snap off on line, starting at one end V . . . never in the center. 5. Trim ofi uneven end with sandpaper. 6. To fit tiles around door jambs, irregu lar shapes, etc., use the same method as used to fit border against wall. Move the top tile along so that you m ark, each ir regularity of the jamb on the tile below. In this way, you will actually :draW a pat tern of the door jamb on the tile to be cut. Heat the file over a hot plate, o f in the oven, and it can easily be cut with a. sharp knife. Don't install tile directly under the legs of radiators. Gut a hole where leg will go through. Cut tile from hole to the edge and, while tile is still warm and pliable, press tile into position.