093013_-_CERAMIC_TILING.pdf

USDA FOREST SERVICE – BUILDING 26

PHASE 2, NORTH WING RENOVATION

FORT MISSOULA, MISSOULA, MONTANA

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SECTION 093013 - CERAMIC TILING

PART 1 - GENERAL

1.1 SUMMARY

A. Section Includes:

1. Ceramic mosaic floor tile.

2. Glazed ceramic wall tile.

3. Crack isolation membrane.

4. Metal edge strips.

1.2 ACTION SUBMITTALS

A. Product Data: For each type of product.

B. Green Globes Submittals:

1. Product Data for Criteria Item 3.7.2.1: For adhesives, documentation including printed statement of VOC content.

2. Laboratory Test Reports for adhesives, documentation indicating that products comply with the testing and product requirements of the California Department of Public Health's (formerly, the California Department of Health Services') "Standard Method for the Testing and Evaluation of Volatile Organic Chemical Emissions from Indoor Sources Using Small-Scale Environmental Chambers."

3. Product Data for Criteria Item 3.7.2.1.4: For grout sealers, documentation indicating that products comply with requirements of FloorScore certification.

4. Laboratory Test Reports for Criteria Item 3.7.2.1.4: For grout sealers, documentation indicating that products comply with the testing and product requirements of the California Department of Public Health's (formerly, the California Department of Health Services') "Standard Method for the Testing and Evaluation of Volatile Organic Chemical Emissions from Indoor Sources Using Small-Scale Environmental Chambers."

C. Samples:

1. Each type and composition of tile and for each color and finish required.

1.3 MAINTENANCE MATERIAL SUBMITTALS

A. Furnish extra materials that match and are from same production runs as products installed and that are packaged with protective covering for storage and identified with labels describing contents.

1. Tile and Trim Units: Furnish quantity of full-size units equal to 3 percent (3%) of amount installed for each type, composition, color, pattern, and size indicated.

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1.4 QUALITY ASSURANCE

A. Mockups: Build mockups to verify selections made under Sample submittals and to demonstrate aesthetic effects and set quality standards for materials and execution.

1. Build mockup of each type of floor tile installation.

2. Build mockup of each type of wall tile installation.

3. Subject to compliance with requirements, approved mockups may become part of the completed Work if undisturbed at time of Substantial Completion.

PART 2 - PRODUCTS

2.1 PRODUCTS, GENERAL

A. ANSI Ceramic Tile Standard: Provide Standard-grade tile that complies with ANSI A137.1 for types, compositions, and other characteristics indicated.

B. ANSI Standards for Tile Installation Materials: Provide materials complying with ANSI A108.02, ANSI standards referenced in other Part 2 articles, ANSI standards referenced by TCNA installation methods specified in tile installation schedules, and other requirements specified.

2.2 TILE PRODUCTS

A. Ceramic Tile Type: Wall Tile

1. Manufacturer: Provide Daltile, Natural Hues, Eco-body Ceramic

2. Composition: Impervious natural clay or porcelain.

3. Module Size: As indicated on Drawings.

4. Thickness: 1/4 inch.

5. Face: Pattern of design indicated, with cushion edges.

6. Surface: Smooth, without abrasive admixture.

7. Tile Color and Pattern: As indicated on Drawings.

8. Grout Color: Laticrete, Dusty Grey, 60.

9. Trim Units: Coordinated with sizes and coursing of adjoining flat tile where applicable and matching characteristics of adjoining flat tile. Provide shapes as follows, selected from manufacturer's standard shapes:

a. Wainscot Cap: As indicated on Drawings.

b. Outside Corner Trim: To coordinate with wainscot cap.

B. Ceramic Tile Type: Floor Tile

1. Manufacturer: Provide Daltile, Natural Hues, Eco-body Ceramic

2. Composition: Impervious natural clay or porcelain.

3. Module Size: As indicated on Drawings.

4. Thickness: 1/4 inch.

5. Face: Pattern of design indicated, with cushion edges.

6. Surface: With abrasive admixture.

7. Dynamic Coefficient of Friction: 0.42.

8. Tile Color and Pattern: As indicated on Drawings.

9. Grout Color: Laticrete, Dusty Grey, 60.

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10. Trim Units: Coordinated with sizes and coursing of adjoining flat tile where applicable and matching characteristics of adjoining flat tile. Provide shapes as follows, selected from manufacturer's standard shapes.

a. Base: Cove, flat top, module size as indicated on Drawings.

b. Outside Corner Trim: To coordinate with cove, flat top base.

2.3 THRESHOLDS

A. General: Provide metal transition between tile and adjacent carpet floor finishes.

1. Bevel edges at 1:2 slope, with lower edge of bevel aligned with or up to 1/16-inch above adjacent floor surface. Finish bevel to match top surface of threshold. Limit height of threshold to ½-inch or less above adjacent floor surface.

2. Finish: US10B, 640, or 613

2.4 CRACK ISOLATION MEMBRANE

A. General: Manufacturer's standard product, that complies with ANSI A118.12 for standard performance and is recommended by the manufacturer for the application indicated. Include reinforcement and accessories recommended by manufacturer. Follow TCNA method F125 and F125A, ANSI A08.17 for installation, in addition to manufacturer’s instructions.

B. Fluid-Applied Membrane: Liquid-latex rubber or elastomeric polymer.

1. Merkrete by Parex USA, Inc., Fracture Guard 7000

2.5 SETTING MATERIALS

A. Portland Cement Mortar (Thinset): ANSI A118.1.

1. Manufacturers: Laticrete 252 Silver, polymer modified, cementitous thin-set.

2.6 GROUT MATERIALS

A. Sand-Portland Cement Grout: ANSI A108.10, consisting of white or gray cement and white or colored aggregate as required to produce color indicated.

B. Standard Cement Grout: ANSI A118.6.

1. Manufacturers: Laticrete Permacolor Grout, high performance, fast setting grout mixed with water per manufacturer’s instructions.

2. Color: Laticrete, Dusty Grey 60

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2.7 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS

A. Trowelable Underlayments and Patching Compounds: Latex-modified, portland cement-based formulation provided or approved by manufacturer of tile-setting materials for installations indicated.

B. Metal Edge Strips: Angle or L-shape, height to match tile and setting-bed thickness, designed specifically for flooring applications; stainless-steel, ASTM A 666, 300 Series exposed-edge material.

1. Schluter – Schiene

2. Schluter – RENO-TK

PART 3 - EXECUTION

3.1 EXAMINATION

A. Examine substrates, areas, and conditions where tile will be installed, with Installer present, for compliance with requirements for installation tolerances and other conditions affecting performance of the Work.

1. Verify that substrates for setting tile are firm; dry; clean; free of coatings that are incompatible with tile-setting materials, including curing compounds and other substances that contain soap, wax, oil, or silicone; and comply with flatness tolerances required by ANSI A108.01 for installations indicated.

2. Verify that concrete substrates for tile floors installed thinset mortar comply with surface finish requirements in ANSI A108.01 for installations indicated.

B. Proceed with installation only after unsatisfactory conditions have been corrected.

3.2 PREPARATION

A. Fill cracks, holes, and depressions in concrete substrates for tile floors installed with thinset mortar with trowelable leveling and patching compound specifically recommended by tile-setting material manufacturer.

B. Blending: For tile exhibiting color variations, verify that tile has been factory blended and packaged so tile units taken from one package show same range of colors as those taken from other packages and match approved Samples. If not factory blended, either return to manufacturer or blend tiles at Project site before installing.

3.3 CERAMIC TILE INSTALLATION

A. Comply with TCNA's "Handbook for Ceramic, Glass, and Stone Tile Installation" for TCNA installation methods specified in tile installation schedules. Comply with parts of the ANSI A108 series "Specifications for Installation of Ceramic Tile" that are referenced in TCNA installation methods, specified in tile installation schedules, and apply to types of setting and grouting materials used.

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B. Extend tile work into recesses and under or behind equipment and fixtures to form complete covering without interruptions unless otherwise indicated. Terminate work neatly at obstructions, edges, and corners without disrupting pattern or joint alignments.

C. Accurately form intersections and returns. Perform cutting and drilling of tile without marring visible surfaces. Carefully grind cut edges of tile abutting trim, finish, or built-in items for straight aligned joints. Fit tile closely to electrical outlets, piping, fixtures, and other penetrations so plates, collars, or covers overlap tile.

D. Provide manufacturer's standard trim shapes where necessary to eliminate exposed tile edges.

E. Where accent tile differs in thickness from field tile, vary setting bed thickness so that tiles are flush.

F. Jointing Pattern: Lay tile in grid pattern unless otherwise indicated. Lay out tile work and center tile fields in both directions in each space or on each wall area. Lay out tile work to minimize the use of pieces that are less than half of a tile. Provide uniform joint widths unless otherwise indicated.

G. Joint Widths: Unless otherwise indicated, install tile with the following joint widths:

1. Ceramic Mosaic Tile: 1/8-inch.

2. Glazed Wall Tile: 1/8-inch.

H. Lay out tile wainscots to dimensions indicated or to next full tile beyond dimensions indicated.

I. Expansion Joints: Provide expansion joints and other sealant-filled joints, including control, contraction, and isolation joints, where indicated. Form joints during installation of setting materials, mortar beds, and tile. Do not saw-cut joints after installing tiles.

1. Where joints occur in concrete substrates, locate joints in tile surfaces directly above them.

J. Metal Edge Strips: Install where exposed edge of tile flooring meets carpet, wood, or other flooring that finishes flush with or below top of tile and no threshold is indicated.

K. Install crack isolation membrane to comply with ANSI A108.17 and manufacturer's written instructions to produce membrane of uniform thickness that is bonded securely to substrate.

L. Interior Wall Installations, Wood or Metal Studs or Furring:

1. Ceramic Tile Installation: TCNA W244C or TCNA W244F; thinset mortar on cementitious backer units or fiber-cement backer board.

a. Ceramic Tile Type: As indicated on Drawings.

b. Thinset Mortar: Dry-set portland cement mortar.

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B. Proceed with installation only after unsatisfactory conditions have been corrected.