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KAINDL
Flooring: Basic rules
Taking account of
settlement joints
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Wood is a natural product
and is influenced by the surrounding humidity. Therefore as a matter of
principle you should always allow for settlement joins (of between 10
and 15 mm) in the following situations:
- when joining to all walls and other
fixed elements (e.g. heating pipes, door frames etc.) — where
rooms are over 7 metres long : 1.4 mm/m room length
- beneath every door and where there
are room dividers
- with adjoining floors of a different
kind
- in the case of settlement joins in
the base
- Settlement joins of 20 mm width for:
- rooms > 10 m length (when the panels are laid lengthways)
- rooms > 8 m width (when the panels are laid crossways)
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