Installation video

Installation instructions - ULTIMA PVC tiles

Comprehensive guide to easy, durable, error-free installation

🧰 Tools required

Before you begin, prepare :

  • Non-marking rubber mallet
  • Chalk or laser for tracing
  • Jigsaw or circular saw (or shears, guillotine, cutter
    with concave blade)
  • Straight edge + protective gloves

🌡️ Pre-installation preparation

To guarantee perfect installation:

  • Allow tiles to acclimatize for 24 hours at room temperature (ideally 12-20°C).
  • Clean and smooth the surface (vacuum + levelling if necessary)
  • Lay tiles flat in the room
  • Draw your A-A and B-B lines with chalk or laser

🧱 Standard installation

✅ General steps

  • Start with the center of the room
  • Fit tiles together without forcing, always square.
  • Leave an expansion gap of 5 mm with any fixed point
  • Finish cuts last

🧩 ULTIMA installation with visible joints

  • Start at center
  • Draw lines A-A and B-B (right angles)
  • Lay in line, mallet on outer → corners
  • Respect expansion space

🕳️ ULTIMA invisible joint installation

  • Measure 20 cm from each end of the wall
  • Lay the first tilesperfectly straight
  • Clip from right to left, hidden dovetail above
  • Finish with peripheral cut-outs (5 mm clearance)

⚠️ Glue-down installation recommended if :

  • Strong heat or direct sunlight (southern exposure, shop windows)
  • Areas with heavy traffic or tight maneuvers (pallet trucks, heavy forklifts)
  • Proximity to a heat source (oven, heater, etc.)

🧼 Cleaning & maintenance

  • Sweep before machine passage
  • Use a suitable scrubber-dryer
  • Follow ULTIMA maintenance protocol

⚠️ Further information

  • Tire stains

Some rubbers may stain (chemical reaction).
Option: anti-staining polyurethane treatment (factory application).

  • UV stability

❌ Not suitable for outdoor use / prolonged exposure to sunlight.

  • Batch control

Each order comes from a single batch. Subsequent orders may show slight variations in color.

📦 Ready to install your ULTIMA tiles?

Order now at www.mosaik-floor.com or contact our technical team.
+33 (0)4 81 91 83 74