The QuikBrace™ is the essential commercial wood flooring tool
Commercial wood flooring installation is a demanding task. The tender specifications are high, the time frames are short, and the client’s want the job done yesterday! As part of new development or renovation properly laying floorboards can be time consuming – adding extra cost that clients would rather do without, and definitely do not want to pay for. Because the traditional way of laying floorboards usually takes two people,it can create unnecessary stress and headaches, in addition to labor cost blowouts.
Is there any relief?
Yes, the QuikBrace™.
Paul Gaunt invented the QuikBrace™ from his many years working as a professional floor installer – experiencing laying floorboard problems first hand and knowing, implementing various trial and error solutions, and ultimately coming to the realization that their has got to be a simple, sustainable solution to the pain! That solution is the QuikBrace™.
The QuikBrace™ eliminates the need for:
- Traditional floor clamps on the job
- Hammer and chisel work
- Throwing away floor boards that don’t quite fit
Using the QuikBrace™ means you can work faster, easier and cleaner. It will reduce your labour costs and time. And the results are outstanding – firm, secure, flat floorboards with no warping, bows or gaps.
The QuikBrace™ has been designed for use by any solo operator. It is so easy to assemble and use that every handy man will be able to put it together and start using it within minutes. For experienced commercial wood flooring installers –the QuikBrace™ may well be just about the easiest and most efficient tool you have ever used.
Here’s how the QuikBrace™ works:
- The u-shaped head acts as an extra pair of hands, holding boards in place
- Spikes grab into any wooden subfloor – anchoring the QuikBrace™ as soon as it is placed where you need it
- There is no manual gear ratchet system – so effectiveness does not rely on your strength or energy
- Force is driven by air compression – this holds the board in place continuously and with no effort on your part as the QuikBrace™ does the job.
For quick visual tutorials in assembling and using the QuikBrace™, please take a look at our videos.
So, what are you waiting for?
Purchase NOW, directly from our website, or find a distributor near you.
Is it a challenge to employ, then train general laborers to complete flooring projects consistently and within the specifications of the job?
The following points may be worth considering when you are putting together your game plan for training staff to lay floorboards:
- Where possible, Experienced and skilled trades people, with good background in commercial and residential flooring projects
- With the help of the QuikBrace™ these trades people will have more time for teaching apperentices and general laborers as it take charge and helps the staff on the job get quicker, consistent and better results. Properly trained staff that execute the plan, are likely to .leave the more experienced trades people to do the other tricky bits, while the general staff use the QuikBrace™ to complete flooring tasks, which will in turn give them confidence in there abilities to lay floorboards properly as well as to stay on track, on time and within budget.
- Using state of the art equipment like the QuikBrace™ can help improve the confidence in young people new to the trade and new to flooring projects
- Proper training also goes a long way to limiting the risk of unskilled and over-confident staff incorrectly laying floorboards.
- There is no substitute for good, solid mentoring and training in order to give staff the best possible chance to deliver consistent projects. The QuikBrace™ can definitely form a key focal point of staff training, and help you reap the financial rewards for years to come.
