CSI FORMATTED LONG FORM PREFINISHED QUARTERSAWN MAPLE CONTACT FIREBIRD INDUSTRIES 1-800-634-8329 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION THIS SECTION USES THE TERM "ARCHITECT". REPLACE WITH "ENGINEER", "DESIGNER", "CONTRACTING OFFICER". ETC. IF DESIGN PROFESSIONAL MUST BE IDENTIFIED BY ANOTHER TERM TO COMPLY WITH OFFICE PRACTICE OR CONTRACTUAL RESPONSIBILITIES. I. PART 1 - GENERAL A. RELATED DOCUMENTS 1. Drawings and general provisions of Contract, including General and Supplementary Conditions and Division-1 Specification sections, apply to work of this section. B. SUMMARY 1. Extent of wood flooring is indicated on drawings and in schedules. DELETE TYPES NOT REQUIRED BELOW: INSERT OTHERS AS APPLICABLE. 2. Types of wood flooring required include the following: a. Wood plank flooring. 3. Wood Substrate, including sleepers, are specified in Division 6. PLYWOOD SUBFLOOR FOR NAIL DOWN INSTALLATIONS ON GRADE - MINIMUM 3/8" CDX PLYWOOD FOR 3/8" FLOORING. 4. Waterproofing membranes are specified in Division 7. C. SUBMITTALS: 1. Product Data: Submit manufacturer's detailed technical product data and installation instructions for each type of wood flooring. a. Include instructions for handling, storage, installation, finishing, protection and maintenance. 2. Samples: Submit sets of range samples for each type of wood flooring. Include finish where factory- finished flooring is required. Include samples of border units where borders of different color, texture or pattern are indicated. D. QUALITY ASSURANCE 1. Installer Qualifications: Specialized wood flooring firm with not less than 3 years successful experience in installation, sanding and finishing. Provide references. 2. Source Quality Control: Obtain flooring of each type from single manufacturer or source, to ensure match of quality, color, pattern and texture. E. DELIVERY, STORAGE, AND HANDLING: 1. Moisture Content: At time of delivery, limit average moisture content of wood flooring from 7 - 9%, with 10% max. for any one piece. POSSIBLY REDUCE TO 6-8% FOR VERY DRY REGIONS, AFTER VERIFYING AVAILABILITY. 2. Protect wood flooring from excessive moisture in shipment, storage, and handling. Deliver in unopened cartons or bundles and store n a dry place, with adequate air circulation. Do not deliver material to building until "wet work" such as concrete and plaster have been completed and cured to a condition of equilibrium. F. JOB CONDITIONS: 1. Conditioning: Do not proceed with installation of wood flooring until spaces have been enclosed and are at approximate humidity condition for occupancy. Condition wood for a minimum of 5 days prior to start of installation by placing in spaces to receive flooring and maintaining ambient temperature between 65 deg. F and 75 deg. F (18 deg. C and 24 deg C.) before, during, and after installation. Open packages of wood flooring which are sealed (if any) to permit natural adjustment of moisture content. G. EXTRA STOCK/REPLACEMENT MATERIAL 1. After completion of wood flooring work, deliver to project site not less than 1.0% of quantity of each type of wood flooring installed on the project. Provide in manufacturer's original, unopened cartons or bundles. II. PART 2 - PRODUCTS A. WOOD PLANK FLOORING: 1. Species, Grade, and Cut: Provide the following wood wherever plank type wood flooring is indicated: 2. Species: Maple (Acer saccharum) Grade: clear Cut: Quarter sawn 3. Matching: Tongue-and-grooved and end matched. 4. Back Channeling: Provide manufacturer's standard channeling on back face of each strip / plank. 5. Edges: Beveled provide manufacturers standard on faces of plank flooring. 6. Thickness: 3/8" 7. Face width: 3" 8. Finish: Provide Firebird's standard UV prefinished material. Match architectural sample 9. Lengths: a. For nail down application provide average lengths of 4'-6' b. For applications direct on slab provide average lengths of 1'-3' 10 Seasoning: Manufacture wood strip flooring from kiln-dried lumber. 11 Manufacturer: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide prefinished wood plank flooring from Firebird Industries. 12. Available manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, Firebird Industries. III. ACCESSORY MATERIAL FOR WOOD FLOORING: A. Asphalt Saturated Felt: 15 lb. type, ASTM D 226 B. Adhesive/ Mastic: Bostik's Best or Franklin 811 or special mastic of type recommended by manufacturer of flooring, and complying with flammability and environmental control restrictions. C. Fasteners: As recommended by manufacturer, but not less than recommended by NWFA in "Installation Manual". D. Wood Trim: Where indicated to match wood flooring, provide wood base board molding, base shoe molding and stair treads and risers (if any) of same species and grade as wood flooring. Except as otherwise indicated, provide wood stripping, reducer strips, nosings, saddles and threshold, as indicated in or adjacent to wood flooring, of same species, grade, and cut as wood flooring. IV. PART 3 - EXECUTION A. INSPECTION: 1. Examine substrate on which wood flooring will be installed and conditions under which work will be performed. Do not proceed with work until unsatisfactory conditions have been corrected in manner acceptable to Installer. DELETE BELOW IF NO APPLICATION ON CONCRETE. B. PREPARATION: 1. Wherever direct application of wood flooring to concrete substrate is indicated, test for dryness before proceeding with installation. A good test is the calcium chloride test. Installation over concrete is acceptance by contractor of moisture content of the concrete at the time of installation. 2. Apply any and all moisture barriers that are necessary to complete project as specified. 3. Make sure slab is free of dirt, dust, and all foreign debris. Slab levelness to be 1/8" (1/4") to a 10' straight edge in any direction, with recessions and mounding to be either ground down or patched for preparation of wood flooring on a flat surface. C. INSTALLATION: 1. General: Comply with flooring manufacturer's instructions and recommendations, but not less than recommended by NWFA in "Hardwood Flooring Installation Material". 2. Pattern: Comply with pattern or direction of pattern for laying wood flooring as indicated or, if not indicated, as directed by Architect. NOTE: PATTERN MUST BE SHOWN ON DRAWING OR OTHERWISE INDICATED. 3. Expansion Space: Provide expansion space at walls and other obstructions and terminations of flooring, not less than 1/2" unless otherwise indicated on drawings. Unless full concealed by trim, fill expansion space with flush cork expansion strip. Nail shoe molding or other trim to baseboard, rather than to flooring. 4. Wood Plank Flooring Installation: a. Blind nail flooring to substrate in accordance with NWFA recommendations. b. Selection of nail type is Installer's option. DELETE ABOVE OR BELOW c. Felt underlayment: where plank flooring nailed directly to subflooring, install over layer of asphalt saturated felt. 5. Glue Down Plank Installation: a. Plank Flooring: (1) Set in adhesive/mastic in accordance with manufacturer's instructions and recommendations. D. Protection: Protect completed wood floor during remainder of construction period using heavy kraft paper or suitable covering, so that flooring and finish will be without damage or deterioration at the time of acceptance.