Multi Link Flooring AD 600 User Manual

AD-600  
Installation Guide  
 
2. Starting Line – laying instructions  
To maximize usage of full panels at the borders, it is recommended that you select the longest walls  
or the entrance wall as starting point.  
Note: Properly selecting the starting line is important. It saves labor time and materials.  
Other factors that may affect choice of the starting line include: door, ramp, entry wall, other  
long walls and so on.  
General Office Example – (Drawing D605)  
Use the longer wall as the primary starting wall. Starting from the corner, test sequence  
no. 1 and no. 2 UniPanels along both walls, connected by half-Connector. If extension is not  
obstructed, move on to  
sequence no. 3. Be aware that  
any two walls might not be  
perfectly perpendicular to each  
other. If the second wall is at an  
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angle less than 90° to the  
primary starting wall, the first  
UniPanel laid will need to be  
strategically offset from both  
walls to allow for extension of  
UniPanels in both directions.  
The resulting gaps to both  
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walls will then be filled up  
with appropriate accessories. If  
the gaps are greater than 1/5”(5  
mm) in width, Edge Rail should work well.  
Lay out entire floor with complete UniPanels until the remaining walls cannot allow  
complete UniPanels up against them. Cutting or trimming pieces will be required for the  
remaining walls to finish the UniPanel matrix. There will also be removal of some panels  
that have been laid down to apply the ramping required at the entranceways. In figure  
D605A, note that in cases where doors swing inside the room their must be a 25 sq. ft.  
entrance area to maintain ADA compliancy. The actual ramping area can easily be added by  
removing one UniPanel in front of the door plus an additional half of a UniPanel to account  
for the length of the ramps.  
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3. Installation  
a. Apply Sound Attenuation Blanket. Spray adhesive, duct tape, or 3M adhesive tape may be used  
to hold down the sound blanket to the sub floor.  
b. Old carpet or resilient floor to substitute Sound Attenuation Blanket: For retrofit installation over  
existing commercial rated low-pile carpet, carpet tile, PVC tile and sheet vinyl, step a and b may be  
omitted. Depending on the old floor covering, Sound Attenuation Blanket may also be skipped.  
However, application over thick foam-backed or cut pile carpet is not recommended.  
c. Starting along the wall with half-size Base Connector:  
First, use a knife or snap on a straight edge to cut Base Connector into halves.  
Position original perimeter side of half-Connectors  
against the wall surface, allowing a uniform  
+/- .08”(2 mm) offset. Along the starting line,  
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connect corner feet of the first row  
UniPanels. (Drawing D608)  
d. Repeat installation with full size Base Connectors: Starting from the second row, use full Base  
Connectors to UniPanels consecutively. No tool is needed. Extension of the Connectors and  
UniPanels is simple and straightforward.  
e. Cable Trench: Base Connectors connect UniPanels at their corner feet as shown, setting the panels  
apart by a standard 3.54”(9 CM) gap. This automatically allows for a two-way uniform-width 3.54”  
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grid of cable trench every 23.62”(60 CM) on center. (Drawing D609)  
Accessible Cable Trench - Clearance: 2.24”(57 mm)  
Width: 3.54”(90 mm)  
To assemble a module of 23.63” X 23.63”(60 cm X 60 cm) coverage requires:  
1 UniPanel + 1 Central Cap + 1 Base Connector + 4 Flank Caps  
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D610  
f. UniPanel: The main component of AD-  
600 system is the UniPanel, which is a  
composite panel of structurally  
independent Sub-Panels. The 20.06” X  
20.06”(510mm x 510mm) UniPanel  
consists of 16 SubPanels each standing  
on 4 integral pedestals. The SubPanels  
are pre-connected by a .08”(2mm)  
uniform joint line on all sides to form the  
16-square UniPanels. This feature  
provides maximum built-in flexibility for  
the panels to easily accommodate either  
any variance there might be in sub-floor  
elevation--as the joints are not rigid. Or,  
when encountering other architectural  
elements such as walls and doorways, the  
Panels can “break off” any of the  
SubPanels to conform to floor area  
constraints. (Drawing D610)  
g. Central Cap and Flank Cap: Central Caps are to be installed at the intersection of Cable Trenches,  
and Flank Caps alongside UniPanels over the Cable Trenches. There is no need of tools of any kind.  
The trenches remain fully accessible--Caps can be simply lift up by hand, and re-place after cable  
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installation or service. (Drawing D609)  
Note: This ease eliminates frequent coordination conflicts between trades. Instead of the  
contractors converging on job sites attempting to achieve opposite results (caps on/caps off, cables  
down/ cables up), the electrical contractor can route and lay the cables after the installation of  
ConnectFloor is completed. Carpeting is done when both trades are gone from the job site.  
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h. Ramp without Ramp Rail: The nominal width of  
the Ramp part (AD-625) is 4”(10CM). Plan Ramp  
installation according to width of the ramp area—this  
often corresponds to the opening of the adjacent  
doorway, or as required by applicable Building  
Codes. Use full ramp sections and then use the Free  
Standing Edge, to take up the residual space and  
provide a finish edge to the triangular sides of the  
ramp as well as carpeting. Use tape of sufficient  
width to tape down top and bottom of Ramp.  
Carpeted over, there is no visual transition between  
ramps and carpet. (Drawing D612)  
i.  
Free Standing (Skirting) Edge: It is a strip of  
aluminum extrusion shaped like a letter “F” cross-  
section-wise, with the top channel to receive the edge  
of carpeting. There is also a luminous strip on the  
top of the edge that provides a luminous strip that  
remains illuminated for about 6 minutes. Cut strips to  
required length, drill holes on top flange as needed  
and secure to UniPanels by flat-head screws. The  
vertical flange provides a finished edge to the  
exposed sides of ConnectFloor. (Drawing D614).  
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j. Finish Wall / Perimeter: Various ConnectFloor  
accessories are designed to “round out” UniPanel  
installation by successively taking up the residual  
space after installation of the last full UniPanels or  
SubPanels along the finish wall. The wall may be  
finished by the accessories or by cutting the  
UniPanel to run +/-.08” from the wall. The optional  
accessories that can be used are located under  
Section 4 – Optional Trim Accessories.  
k. Finish Wall of irregular shapes: Irregular perimeter spaces may be filled up by using a  
combination of Wall Rail, Edge Rail and Corner Rail units. The most flexible installation is  
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facilitated by using sections of Wall Rail cut to length with a scroll saw and set down perpendicular  
to the edge of the last irregularly laid ConnectFloor part. The sections’ varying lengths are carefully  
measured so that they will fill up the entire space between the wall and the ConnectFloor that is  
already installed.  
l.  
End Caps are used to trim and finish the ConnectFloor installation along the walls. Since  
UniPanels there on the first row are laid on Half Connectors, a kind of “partial cap” is needed to  
cap off the gap at the end of cable trenches running into the wall—hence the End Cap. (Drawing  
D611).  
5. Finish Floor Covering: Commercial-rated modular carpet is the standard floor covering to be used  
over ConnectFloor systems. In general office area, apply adhesive in grid pattern; while for heavy traffic  
areas such as entrance or aisle, apply adhesive generously throughout. Press the carpet tile down firmly.  
If acceptable by the flooring manufacturer’s specifications, 1” wide or wider double-sticky tape of  
sufficient viscidity may be substituted. Install as provided by the specifications.  
6. Interior Partitions: Semi-permanent interior partitions can be erected on top of ConnectFloor AD-  
600. They may be built directly on top of ConnectFloor’s surface, or over finished flooring such as  
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carpet tiles. To secure partition’s floor track  
on top of ConnectFloor, pre-drill from  
partition’s floor track through UniPanel of  
ConnectFloor, then, fasten with blunt tipped  
screws through the pre-drilled hole to avoid  
damage to cables underneath. “Ram setting”  
floor track to UniPanels is not recommended.  
Partitions thus installed will not interrupt the  
distribution of cables and wires underneath  
(Drawing D615).  
4. Optional Trim Accessories  
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These following pieces of trim may be used in cases where the edge of the flooring does not butt  
completely up against the wall. The UniPanels, as mentioned in previous sections, can also be cut to  
meet up against the wall to finish the flooring matrix.  
(1) When the residual space is less than 2.36”(6 cm) in width: Use Edge Rail (AD-623). Fasten Edge  
Rail through the pre-punched holes at both ends to the UniPanel or SubPanels with type-s or flat-head  
screws (Drawing D611).  
(2) When the residual space is a width of 2.36”- 5.11”(6 cm ~ 13 cm): Use Wall Rail (AD-630) as a  
spacer. First butt the Wall Rail directly against the last UniPanel or SubPanels. Then, as described in step  
(1), fasten Edge Rail to take up the remaining gap (Drawing D611).  
(3) Distance between 5.11”- 8.66”(13 cm ~ 22 cm): Use a row of SubPanels (1/4 of UniPanel) as a  
spacer. Butt the SubPanels against the last UniPanels. Connect the SubPanels by Half-Connector at  
trench. Then, fill the balance by single use or combined use of Edge Rail and/or Wall Rail to finish the  
remaining gap (Drawing D611).  
(4) The final space left in the corner after use of the last Edge Rail: Use Corner Rail (AD-629), which  
has short segments that can be broken off, and each segment has a pre-punched hole to allow fastening to  
adjoining parts. (Drawing D611)  
Ramp Rail: When installing ramp with Ramp Rail, cut Rail to length then insert between Ramp section  
and first UniPanels as shown. Pre-drill holes as needed on both the flat flange and the sloped flange, then  
secure it with flat-head screws to both the adjacent UniPanels and the Ramp sections. Carpet tile edges  
are tucked into the channels on top of the Rail. This provides easy rigidity and a finished look. The  
visible aluminum strip also serves as a ready reminder of the sloping (Drawing D612).  
Edge Trimmers are used to trim and finish the ConnectFloor installation along the walls. They are set  
down on the small recessed “shelf” –on all four sides of the UniPanels designed to receive Flank Caps—  
along the starting wall to bring up the finished floor to a uniform elevation. In most cases, this edge trim  
is not used in typical installations. (Drawing D611).  
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(Single or Double)  
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