WHAT THIS WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER In order to be covered under this limited warranty, the Flooring must be properly installed by a licensed flooring contractor, conforming to all installation instructions provided to you by Northern Wide Plank. Floating installations are not covered by this warranty. This warranty does not cover damage caused by improper installation of the Flooring. In order to be covered under this limited warranty, the Flooring must be purchased from Northern Wide Plank or an authorized dealer. Northern Wide Plank offers NO additional warranties, express or implied, other than stated above. Neither a dealer nor anyone else has the authority to alter the terms of this warranty. Any representations or promises made by your rep, dealer or installer are not binding on Northern Wide Plank. This warranty does NOT cover minor separations between boards due to normal expansion and contraction that wood floors will experience, due to weather conditions or other outside forces (extreme heat, dryness, or moisture). This warranty does not cover cupping, delaminating, and/or crowning due to excessive/insufficient moisture or humidity. This warranty does not cover damage resulting from the failure to properly care for Flooring and may be voided due to your failure to follow all Northern Wide Plank cleaning and care instructions. This warranty does not cover damage caused by improper or incorrect use or application of any product on Flooring. This warranty does not cover naturally occurring elements of wood flooring, including but not limited to, open knot holes, pits, wormholes, or other characteristics resulting from true craftsmanship or hand-scraping of Flooring. This warranty does not cover damages caused by or relating to improper transportation, storage, or installation of the Flooring. This warranty does not cover any defects unless the square footage of such defective flooring exceeds five percent (5%) of the total square footage of your purchased Flooring. This warranty does not cover manufacturing defects in Flooring that has been installed which are visible or which reasonably could have been found by you or your installer prior to installation. Purchaser must notify Northern Wide Plank of any such manufacturing defects before installing Flooring. If not properly notified, Northern Wide Plank will not be held liable for any costs or expenses incurred as a result of the purchase or installation of any such defective or unsatisfactory Flooring. This warranty does not cover variances in colour or grain found in samples or photographs supplied by Northern Wide Plank or variances in colour or grain between samples and Flooring actually received by you. This warranty does not cover any change to the Flooring caused by exposure to light and oxygen, including any colour change or the development of a unique patina over time. This warranty does not cover indentations, scratches or other damage caused by negligence, intentional acts, pets, spiked heeled shoes, water, sand, abuse or other misuses of the Flooring. This warranty does not cover damages resulting from the failure to provide proper environmental conditions, including but not limited to maintaining proper humidity levels. This warranty does not cover surface checking/splitting resulting from high or low relative humidity and/or mildew, discolouration, or cupping resulting from subfloor moisture. This warranty does not cover damage resulting from the failure to follow Northern Wide Planks installation, and/or cleaning and care instructions, including but not limited to the failure to use approved adhesives, moisture barriers, and failure to follow Northern Wide Plank Flooring care product instructions. We recommend that you use only Northern Wide Plank-approved maintenance products to clean and maintain your flooring, such as NWP Floor Soap and NWP Wax Care. Use of cleaning or care products other than those specifically formulated for the Flooring, or improper use or application of any cleaning or maintenance product, may cause damage to the Flooring surface and may void all warranty. This warranty does not cover damage resulting from the use of adhesive tape of any kind on any oil finished floor for any period of time. Failure to comply may result in the removal of the finish. This warranty does not cover special, incidental or consequential damages of any kind. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of special, incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation may not apply to you. 2
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