Greetings and Salutations.
Our company sells a variety of flooring systems - some of them are traditional dryback (glue-down) products, while others are floating systems in which the planks / tiles connect to each other via a "clic" system (are not adhered to the subfloor).
All of our products, from the floors to the adhesives (and even the underlayment systems) are FloorScore Cerified.
From all of this, it's clear that the floors can help contribute to obtaining this credit in LEED. However, it's a little less clear regarding the adhesives - while flooring adhesives that are FloorScore certified comply with the requirements, what can be said about floating floors that do not use adhesives? Can such systems be touted for their compliance with both the Flooring and Adhesives & Sealants portions of this credit?
John-David Hutchison, LEED AP BD+C, PMP
Sustainability ManagerBGIS
LEEDuser Expert
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December 7, 2017 - 9:34 am
In the instance of floating floors, if there are no adhesives are used in installation, then you would simply not be required to list an adhesive that is "not" being used. Only the compliance of materials being used in the project are required to be reported.