A- The anticipated life of the silicon strips is 20 years and It may get harder after 20 years. Now the hardness of the Silicon strips is 70 now, while after 20 years, it will turn to be about 85. However, the function will still work in 20 years time. We have project in UK, where the EASIKLIP flooring is installed in 2005 and now it is still OK.
A- There’s no maximum surface requirement and maximum length requirement. But there’s maximum width requirement.The width should be less than 5 meters. If the area is wider than 5 meters, we suggest to use T moulding to separate it into two areas.
A- 15mm space is recommended mostly in UK market, where the climate is humid, If the climate in your area is not that humid, 10mm space is also OK.
A- No, it could not shrink 15mm. Normally speaking, it may shrink 5-6mm, because the thickness of the skirting in UK is always 18-20mm, so they always leave 15mm expansion gap for their flooring.
A- we recommended the Easiklip flooring are compatible with underfloor heating systems providing that the various conditions and requirement have been adhered and the guidelines of the Nexus Easiklip installation instructions are been followed.
A- It is better to finish with oil once more immediately after installation. But it is OK to do this oiling work one year later if consumer’s time is not available. We use Osmo Hard Wax Oil, so we suggest to use Osmo oil for maintenance .
A– As we used Osmo oil, I think we’d better follow Osmo’s recommendation. please visited their website and quoted attached part for your reference. Their website is http://www.osmo.de