Flooring Commissioning reduces the risk of flooring failure and warranty denial.
What is Flooring Commissioning?
Flooring Commissioning is a quality-focused process that reduces the risk of flooring failure and warranty denial. Owner-hired, independent verification and documentation, from design through turnover, confirm that the flooring installation is compliant with specifications and manufacturers' requirements.
This is what happens without Flooring Commissioning.
An elementary school.
- HVAC was off during installation.
- Temperatures ranged from 60°F to 98°F.
- The general contractor directed the flooring installer to proceed with the installation in non-compliant conditions.
- RESULT? The GC voided the Owner's 25-year warranty, without the Owner, Architect, or construction manager ever knowing!
Who verifies your flooring was installed correctly before Owners inherit the risk?
What does Flooring Commissioning do?
It reduces the risk of flooring failure and warranty denial.
Who is watching on your projects?
- Who independently verifies that the installation complies with your specifications and the manufacturers' requirements?
- Who finds installation errors while they can still be corrected, before the floor covers them?
- Who monitors that the required environmental conditions are maintained after the flooring contractor has left the site?
- Who provides you with independent documentation that the warranty requirements were met, so you can support a warranty claim?
CertiFloor® will. Our Flooring Commissioning Authorities conduct independent site visits nationwide. About CertiFloor®
One hour. AIA CES course CF27. In person or live online. No charge.
What changed in commercial flooring?
Four things.
1. The warranty requirement list got longer.
- Substrate tests, moisture limits, temperature and humidity ranges, acclimation, adhesive, trowel, cure time, protection, cleaning.
- Every one is a condition of coverage.
- Miss one, and the warranty is gone.
2. Warranty requirements change after design and award.
- After the spec is written.
- After the job is awarded.
- After the submittal is approved.
- A moving target between design, procurement, and installation.
3. Manufacturers require independent documentation.
- Third-party verification and documentation of key installation conditions are increasingly required for warranty coverage.
- Proof is required that service conditions are maintained after installation. Who monitors this, after the flooring contractor is done and off-site?
4. Flooring is installed on an honor system.
- Flooring installers and general contractors self-certify that flooring was installed correctly.
- No independent verification.
- Nobody on the project is checking.
How CertiFloor® prevents flooring failure
- Independently verifies installation compliance through site visits, so errors, innocent and intentional, are caught and corrected before they become flooring failures or invalidate the warranty.
- Confirms the Contract Documents, submittals, and manufacturer's requirements agree before installation.
- Verifies the substrate, ambient conditions, and material acclimation comply before installation begins.
- Continuously monitors environmental conditions so errors are corrected before they cause failures.
How CertiFloor® reduces the risk of warranty denial
- Independently documents every verification: dated, photographed, tracked.
- Owner receives the Final Commissioning Report, which documents proof of compliance with each warranty requirement.
- Delivers the manufacturer's post-installation requirements to the Owner at turnover.
Approved doesn't always mean compliant.
Found before installation on a higher-education building:
- The approved LVT was not warranted for the installation.
- The approved adhesive was out of date.
- The approved adhesive was the wrong one for the room.
You don't get the floor you specify.
You get the floor you verify.
Discuss your project: info@certifloors.com · 804-913-2378