Flooring Installer

• Sweep, scrape, sand, or chip dirt and irregularities to clean base surfaces, correcting imperfections that may show through the covering.

• Cut flooring material to fit around obstructions.

• Inspect surface to be covered to ensure that it is firm and dry.

• Trim excess covering materials, tack edges, and join sections of covering material to form tight joint.

• Form a smooth foundation by stapling plywood or Masonite over the floor or by brushing waterproof compound onto surface and filling cracks with plaster, putty, or grout to seal pores.

• Measure and mark guidelines on surfaces or foundations, using chalk lines and dividers.

• Cut covering and foundation materials, according to blueprints and sketches.

• Roll and press sheet wall and floor covering into cement base to smooth and finish surface, using hand roller.

• Apply adhesive cement to floor or wall material to join and adhere foundation material.

• Determine traffic areas and decide location of seams.

• Lay out, position, and apply shock-absorbing, sound-deadening, or decorative coverings to floors, walls, and cabinets, following guidelines to keep courses straight and create designs.

• Remove excess cement to clean finished surface.

• Disconnect and remove appliances, light fixtures, and worn floor and wall covering from floors, walls, and cabinets.

• Heat and soften floor covering materials to patch cracks or fit floor coverings around irregular surfaces, using blowtorch.

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• CFI

• FCICA- the Flooring Contractors Association

• Finishing Trades Institute International

• Home Builders Institute

• International Masonry Institute

• International Standards and Training Alliance (INSTALL)

• International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers

• International Union of Painters and Allied Trades

• National Tile Contractors Association

• National Wood Flooring Association

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