Congratulations on purchasing Columbia hardwood flooring. We make every effort to ensure your complete satisfaction, with the strongest guarantees in the industry on all of our engineered and solid hardwood floors.

Your protection doesn't end here. Columbia offers a complete floor-care system designed to help you maintain your hardwood floor. Read this information carefully. It contains all the warranty and care information you need to keep your Columbia hardwood floor looking beautiful for years.

Columbia Pre-Installation Warranty
Columbia hardwood floors are crafted to the highest quality standards. Every plank goes through numerous quality inspections. However, we urge you and your installer to inspect each plank for color, finish, and quality BEFORE installation. If you are not 100% satisfied with any hardwood plank prior to cutting it, just return the carton to your floor-covering retailer. Columbia will replace it at no charge. Note: All hardwood floors have an average 5% cutting waste allowance. Builder grade products (Adams and Taylor) are excluded from this warranty.

Columbia Full Lifetime Structural Warranty
Columbia's engineered cross-grained constructed products resist expansion and contraction due to climate. Each ply is fused under heat and pressure. In the unlikely event that our fused plies should separate, Columbia will replace the defective planks and install new ones at no cost to you for as long as you own your home.

Columbia Full Lifetime Moisture Warranty
Columbia engineered hardwood flooring installed with our Columbia Flooring Urethane Adhesive is specifically designed to withstand the effects of subfloor moisture. If the subfloor is visually dry, has no history of moisture problems and is installed according to Columbia's installation instructions, Columbia will warrant the floor not to release from your subfloor due to subfloor moisture for as long as you own your home. Columbia will repair or replace the floor if it releases from the subfloor due to subfloor moisture (provided that testing approved by Columbia indicates that the moisture came through the subfloor). If the floor has a moisture failure a second time, we must conclude that the problem is specific to your installation and would happen again. Therefore, we will replace a floor due to subfloor moisture one time only. Specifically, you the purchaser are protected from:

Unsightly cupping of the plank
Buckling due to expansion
Warping or twisting

Radiant Heat
In-Floor radiant heating systems can alter product performance due to surface temperatures if the proper installation guidelines are not followed. Please keep surface temperatures under 85ºF for best results. Please see more information pertaining to radiant heat in Columbia's installation instructions. Note: Do not install solid hardwood floors over radiant heat.

Columbia 25-Year DiamondPlate Finish Warranty
Your Columbia hardwood flooring is protected by DiamondPlate™, our exclusive, state-of-the-art, clear, aluminum oxide finish. This means that your floor, when maintained according to Columbia's care and maintenance recommendations, will not wear through the DiamondPlate aluminum oxide finish during the specified warranty period. See the warranty chart below for all products.

Understanding Wood and its Installation will Help You Understand Your Columbia Warranties
Wood is a natural product, containing natural variations in color, shade and grain. Columbia cannot guarantee against natural variations in each plank, nor against minor differences between samples and the color of the floor once the floor has been installed.

In all cases, Columbia reserves the right to inspect any problem and to remove a sample, if required, for technical analysis.

Clearly, Columbia cannot be responsible for improper installation. To ensure your total protection under Columbia's written warranties, be sure your floor is installed according to Columbia's published installation guidelines for both engineered and solid products.

EXCLUSIONS
Not Covered By Your Warranty

Improper storage, handling or installation of flooring. Squeaking and/or cracking by any cause other than the mis-manufacture of the flooring.
Man-made or natural disasters including, but not limited to, leaking or broken plumbing, fire, flood, earthquake, or standing water during or after construction.
Improper preparation of, or deficiencies in, the subfloor/floor joist assembly including, but not limited to, subfloor material, fasteners, patching or leveling compounds, adhesives other than Columbia products. These situations are considered to be part of the installation inspection process prior to installing the flooring. Do not install flooring if these situations exist.
Insect infestation after shipment from the factory.
Neglect or abuse including, but not limited to, not taking proper precautions to protect furniture legs and feet with felt protectors, dirty or improper casters, moving heavy objects without a dolly and protective plywood beneath.
Spiked and/or damaged heels and pet claws.
Dents or scratches in the flooring caused by furniture, appliances, casters, or unusual foot traffic.
Falling or dropped objects which can dent or fracture the flooring and finish.
Moisture infiltration from sidewalls or from any surface other than through the subfloor.
Construction traffic abuse to the surface of the flooring.
Non-factory applied finish (by the owner or installer) including, but not limited to, refinishing or recoating.
Normal color variations and natural characteristics of real wood products discovered AFTER the flooring is installed.
The normal wearing of the finish in high traffic areas, pivot points, and seating areas. Gloss reduction is not considered wear through, and therefore is not covered under the finish warranty.

Additional Terms of the Warranties
These warranties apply only to the original purchaser and to flooring in its original installation, and are not transferable. Responsibility for final inspection and approval falls upon the consumer and installer prior to permanent installation. Prior to actual installation, dry-lay the floor, blending the planks from several cartons to determine optimum appearance.

Columbia is not responsible for labor costs associated with the repair or replacement of visually defective planks after the floor is installed.

Seasonal Checking:
In order to maintain the recommended relative humidity of (35% - 55%) inside the home, the installation of a humidifier, or dehumidifier maybe necessary. Hardwood flooring is designed to perform in an environmentally controlled structure. Seasonal checking may occur when your environment falls outside of these recommended areas.

Incidental or consequential damages are excluded under all Columbia warranties.

Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation may not apply to you. The Columbia warranties give you specific legal rights. You may have others which vary from state to state.

These warranties do not apply to any product designated as other than first quality, including, but not limited to, economy grade, cabin grade, specials, non-standard items, or any items or products sold "as is."

Columbia will, at its option, repair, refinish, or replace defective flooring, including adhesives (if applicable). This does not include the removal or replacement of cabinets, appliances or other fixtures.

These warranties are effective for all Columbia engineered and solid hardwood flooring sold after "date of acceptance."