GUTEX Happy Step®
The ideal underlay for high-quality, interior floor coverings
- 6
- 860x590 mm
λD (W/mK) 0,046
Applications
- Underlay for pre-finished engineered wood flooring and laminate flooring
- Over concrete, screed, poured asphalt, wood, sub-floor boards and dry screed elements
- DIN 4108-10: DEO-ds
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Advantages
Technical Data
GUTEX Happy Step®
- Suitable for impact sound insulation retrofitting (see certified assemblies)
- Depending on the floor construction, it can improve the impact sound insulation by up to 30 dB
- Impact softening makes floors more pleasant to walk on
- Fast installation
- Fewer tools required for installation
- Ideal for upgrading the thermal insulation of existing structures
- Regulates humidity and is vapour diffusion permeable
- Manufactured from wood, a sustainable natural resource
- Recyclable
- Biologically safe (natureplus© certified)
- Made in Germany
Certificates & Test marks
InstallationAccessoriesPlease follow the following instructions carefully:
Installation:
- To ensure proper performance, uncompromising compliance to the flooring manufacturer's guidelines is necessary!
- Store and install this product dry.
- Protect this product against moisture.
- Substrate must be dry, even and technically sound.
- Use GUTEX flooring knife or a sharp carpet knife to cut.
- Vacuum off the dust in accordance with applicable workplace safety regulations or practices.
- Avoid cross joints.
- Maintain 1 cm distance to wall.
- If installing over radiant heat, integrate R-values in design plans (see technical data).
- If an adhesive must be used (e.g. carpeting), use a carpet adhesive to glue GUTEX Happy Step.
Layout pattern:
Floor Constructions for Different Floor Coverings:
Cork:
- Glue full surface of GUTEX Happy Step with carpet adhesive to the sub-floor.
- Glue cork (minimum of 6 mm) with carpet adhesive to GUTEX Happy Step.
Carpet:
- Glue GUTEX Happy Step to the sub-floor with full adhesive coverage.
- Glue the carpet.
- If carpets are used, the seams may show through.
- Not suitable for wheelchairs. Avoid applying excessive pressure to specific points, as this may create permanent recesses.
Prefinished engineered wood flooring/ Laminate flooring
- Install GUTEX Happy Step, so that it floats.
- Install engineered flooring or laminate, so that it floats (compliant to manufacturer‘s instructions).
- If the substrate is subject to moisture ingress, provide suitable moisture protection.
GUTEX Happy Step®
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