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Amtico Flooring Installation

Bob meets with flooring specialist Mary Docker and looks at Amtico, a new flooring product from England. New to the U.S market, the floor is a vinyl product that mimics the look of wood and marble. It is water resistant, does not swell or shrink and is available with custom inlays. Bob reviews the installation process and watches as the final pieces are set into place.
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Amtico Flooring Installation

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" You're gonna tell us about this new morning talk and -- that's correct and it's -- in the US market that's been around it's been -- let's listen in other parts of the mountain that it is totally SO hare and the US it is absolutely beautiful. And you now are hard pressed to tell that this isn't a wooden floor with a gorgeous inlet -- it made what's it made out."

" Well it's made out -- final. And and it's cut into the shapes and sizes that the customer o'clock here in the US send -- check -- and -- thoughtful. Internet and chat with -- vast central base here in America and and we -- the customer within -- liking it well let --"

" It's a big difference that's what's amazing to me is the fact that you've. Really got a grain of the wood and you can almost see the saw marks in this in the pat how do you do that."

" But this is a unique and touching crisis that we -- in England a lot of in his past and Ted and -- that we can replicate the material. Send comments to the original that you can't tell a different. It doesn't damage to -- If he's the war trying to act and that's great in the kitchen area you don't have a problem with planning and movement and -- conditioning hasn't -- I'm going to -- once you start getting into these and they pulled it. Which are very custom that they need to put you can choose which coming launching himself back then it's very much more economical what about installing. But let me application -- to Bob Alaskan peninsula crack there in Boston hi -- our entire crew uses that we have across the US and -- table that."

" Now we. Have a new construction here so what you started out with -- a plywood deck that's what they call CDS that's correct betting is pretty rough what have you done since then."

" We installed a quarter and whenever they see plywood and then -- coated with a Portland cement based product who. Give us a nice smooth surface to -- material that's correct OK you got a perfectly level and smooth. Surface to put it down on. What candidate he's it is it's city solvent free acrylic adhesive. Made by -- so that means it doesn't give up any gases that's correct and I noticed the trial that you're using is. Very very fine not certain that's right. Love it's fine arts drone on using this morning for this type area in here so that we don't get too much adhesive. Spreading around on the material. I'll go ahead and spread this and we need to give it about ten minutes cut. -- up and -- couldn't do it into it."

" Ten minutes track time. The border -- looks absolutely. Cabinet grade it could be a piece of furniture how's it made."

" Let's make that that's special custom machines that we had the chatting with confucianism. And this allows customers to choose exactly what I want what simulated wood they want which -- what's already been decency act. Estimates it would at mahogany music next -- copper copper strip a couple of strength. And almost that we -- walnut and next match at all fantastic."

" And then you just leave them down on the like Bob is doing down here what's what's he fussing with in the little diamond."

" There -- what he's doing that he's taking -- joining pieces in the sense that. And replacing them with full pieces says that you cannot CSC asked Japan now on my -- that's the only C a little tiny bit -- the scene right there."

" Nice job."

" Now in the kitchen Mary we we expect to totally. Different look -- same product right yes it SA made. I think it has. And we'll get on what model that -- high -- it sure does look like marble that you can bend it. It it can I -- okay hi Rick they've I don't I'm good how are you pretty yet now -- not be a pretty intricate installation because you've got. The the squares -- laid on the bias which means that you got lots to triangular pieces to fit in and then you've got these. These key squares that it in. Against form them hug even more cute on the floor won't actually this isn't too bad because the interior design. It's our home we can't manufacture. When so when he arrived on the job precut -- everything but permanent. I'm so all the triangle the triangular pieces as well as the the he squares are already and each one of these already notched at the corner you have not -- fabulous now. So the bit tougher work is doing the perimeter exactly what I've done here staggered out the pieces. Somehow sequestered juries and we'll look very very nicely and in this one that you have here. Can included ensuring not having -- Sanders -- a little bit tight it was. Right up against the threshold picture we've undercut the -- decent slider again. I notice in the pottery itself. You've kind of changed the the pattern. What do you call that."

" Well -- death case and the fact expanded cornice and companies design. I'm just created very small simple design. And it very tiny -- it looks like a fabulous marble floor now what are the advantages -- over marvelous real honest money. It is a lot less money. And editing is it -- to crack or check and if that's on -- on a conceptual that's wonderful that packet and its around her middle yeah. I -- to to walk upon."

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