Tile-To-Floor Tile Installation - KI Unite Panel System Assembly Instructions Manual

Unite Panel System - Tile Installation
®
Assembly Instructions
Assemble units as described herein only. To do otherwise
may result in instability. All screws, nuts and bolts must be
tightened securely and must be checked periodically after
assembly. Failure to assemble properly, or to secure parts
may result in assembly failure and personal injury.

Tile-To-Floor Tile Installation

Note: End-of-run trim clips
must be installed on end-of-run
panel frames prior to installing
tiles. If end-of-run trim clips are
not installed on the end-of-run
frames, reference "End-of-Run
Trim Clip Installation" instructions
on page 15 or "End-of-Run Trim
Clip Installation on Panel Frame
Change-of-Height Assembly"
instructions on page 16.
Note: Unite tile-to-floor tiles
may have surface materials
applied such as fabric, painted
steel or a markerboard surface,
and they attach to panel frames
designed with no base raceways
and no lifted raceways. Standard
segmented tiles are split at
beltways and are separated by
"segmented H-trim channels".
The instructions to follow cover
a typical full-height tile to floor
panel.
Important: If tile-to-floor tiles
are painted steel or a markerboard
surface, see "Steel Tile and Steel
Markerboad Tile Installation"
instructions on page 46 and
take notice of rare earth magnet
warning.
1. If not previously installed to panel
frame, install two base raceway
hinge clips to the proper location
at the frame glide housings
(Detail F).
2. Install a tile-to-floor base trim
(extruded aluminum) to the
bottom of the panel frame by
positioning the bottom notch of
the base trim onto the bumps of
each base raceway hinge clip,
then rotate vertically into place
until the two horizontal flanges
snap onto the flange of both glide
housings (Figure 5, Details G
& H).
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Note: Tile-to-floor tiles have
vertical tile stiffeners installed to
the back side. At one end of each
stiffener the tabs are extended out,
and at the other end they are not.
The end with the tabs extended is
the top of the tile.
3. Position the tile-to-floor tile such
that the "open tabs" at the top of
the vertical tile stiffeners are at the
top of the panel frame (Figure 5).
4. Hold the tile up, then center and
nest the bottom of the tile into
the channel of the tile-to-floor
base trim. Push the top of the tile
against the frame and lift such
that the tabs of the stiffeners enter
the P-slots. Push in and down
gently to allow tile bottom to nest
down into the bottom channel of
the tile-to-floor base trim
(Figure 5).
Note: Unite tiles do not hang
from the stiffener tabs. Support of
the tiles is provided by the bottom
trim channel, or the segmented
H-trim channel. The tabs simply
keep the tile from tipping away
from the frame.
Rare Earth Magnets used with this product. The magnets can
be harmful to pacemaker wearers and others with medical
devices. Pacemaker wearers should stay at least one
foot away from the steel tiles.
glide
housing
base raceway
hinge clip
Detail F
tile-to-floor
base trim
base raceway
hinge clip
Detail H
end-of-run
trim clip
Figure 5 - Tile-to-Floor Tile Installation
base raceway
hinge clip
Detail G
tile-to-floor
tile
tile-to-floor
base trim
tile-to-floor
base trim