Install Rubber Tile

Tile Installation Guide

Suitable substrates include but are not limited to permanently dried concrete and wood.
To eliminate the telegraphing effect of defects in the substrate through the flooring, the substrate must be smooth.
Remove all dust, dirt, grease, and foreign materials from the substrate.
Moisture in the substrate negatively affects any adhesive product and should be eliminated prior to installation.

Inspect flooring prior to installation for manufacturing defects, correct color, size, and quantity. See warranty statement for details.
When installing Interlocking tiles for home use, the tiles are typically “loose laid” or at most adhered to the substrate with Rubber Flooring, Inc. supplied and approved double sided tape.
To start, lay out the Center, Corner, and Border Tiles in the room as you would like them to look after a complete installation. The tiles can be directional so be sure the color matches between the tiles before adhering them to the floor. If they do not match, turn them around or flip them over to make sure the colors match up.
Make any necessary cuts to the tiles to fit them into the room using a T-square and a straight edge blade. When cutting the tiles, it is often best to use new blades and to score the same cut numerous times to get through the tile with a clean cut.
At this point, if you have enough tiles locked together, you will notice that the floor is heavy enough so that the flooring will not move. If this is the case, you can just keep the flooring “loose laid” as is. If the flooring still seems to want to move around, use the Rubber Flooring, Inc. supplied and approved double sided tape to secure the tiles to the floor. For easiest installation, the double sided tape holds the flooring in place the best when applied near the perimeter of the entire interlocking flooring system.

Inspect flooring prior to installation for manufacturing defects, correct color, and size. See warranty statement for details.
A successful installation depends on several factors and your flooring contractor will help you choose the correct installation method based on your needs. Amorim Rubber Flooring Tiles have been successfully installed with “loose laid”, tape down, and full glue down applications. The entire floor should be dry laid prior to adhesive application. This eliminates problems associated with the differences in “open time” of different adhesives. Some examples of adhesives that have worked successfully in the past include the easy to use single part Chemrex 941 and/or Taylor’s 2091. You can also use Mapei G19 which is a two part epoxy and therefore a little more difficult to work with.

Snap a chalk line on the sub-floor 24” from one wall in your room. Snap another chalk line on the sub-floor 24” from an adjacent wall. You now have a set of perpendicular lines making an approximate 90-degree angle.
Begin laying the interlocking tiles along one of the chalk lines, snapping the locks together as you go making sure the “arrow” of each tile points in the same direction.
Leave the perimeter of the room open until the field is installed.
Continue locking the tiles together in successive rows until the field area is covered.
Go back and cut in the tiles along the walls in the room. Leaving a gap at the wall roughly the thickness of the material being installed is a good idea.
This method should maximize the usage of the tiles and the strength of the interlock mechanism while minimizing the cuts that need to be made.
The tiles can be directional so be sure the color matches between the tiles before adhering them to the floor. If they do not match, turn them around or flip them over to make sure the colors match up.