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Backing Systems Lifetime Warranty

Lees offers a lifetime warranty on all LEES6™carpet products covering face yarn, wear, backing material and performance.

This lifetime warranty covers 6-foot carpet made by Lees. This product is warranted against wear, failure of static protection, delamination of secondary backing, edge ravel, and tuft bind loss. This product is warranted not to cup, dome, dish or shrink at the seams. It is warranted to be dimensionally stable and to remain so through the lifetime of the carpet, without the use of seam sealers or chemical welds.

Features Warranted:

Edge Ravel/Tuft Bind

Lees warrants that under normal use, its LEES6 carpet product will not edge ravel along seams or lose tuft bind integrity for the lifetime of the carpet. Seam sealers or chemical welds are not necessary for edge ravel protection.

Dimensionally Stable

Lees warrants that its LEES6 carpet product is dimensionally stable and will not shrink or grow under normal use conditions. Seam sealers or chemical welds are not necessary for dimensional stability protection.

Cup, Dome, Dish

Lees warrants that its LEES6 carpet product will not cup, dome or dish.

Backing Lamination

Lees warrants that the secondary backing of LEES6 carpet product will not delaminate during the lifetime of the carpet. Chair pads are not required.

Wear

Lees warrants that its LEES6 carpet product will lose no more than 10% by weight of pile face fiber during the lifetime of the carpet from time of purchase, when installed and maintained in accordance with Lees’ published procedures, a copy of which will be made available to the prospective purchaser at the point of sale.

Static Protection

Lees warrants that its LEES6 carpet product will give protection from static discharges in excess of 3.0 KV when tested under the Standard Shuffle Test method (at 70°F and 20% R.H.) during the lifetime of the carpet.

Adhesives

Lees warrants that LEES6 Pressure Sensitive adhesives will bond the carpet to and release the carpet from the properly prepared substrate for the life of the carpet. Substrate must meet Lees recommended floor preparation procedures. Should Lees’ adhesive not be used, Lifetime Adhesive Warranties become null and void.

Smoke Density

Lees warrants that every shipment of its LEES6 carpet product will generate less than the generally accepted requirement of 450 Corrected Maximum Specific Optical Density (flaming mode) for smoke developed when tested in accordance with ASTM Test Procedure E662 (NFPA 258)e .

Limited Warranty

This carpet is warranted to be merchantable and fit for ordinary purposes for which carpet is used. Any portion not performing as stated will be repaired to conform to this warranty. However, if repair is not commercially practical, Lees may elect to replace the carpet or to refund the purchase price. Lees will pay the costs of the carpet, freight and labor.

Replacement will be made with a product from the then current Lees running line comparable to the carpet warranted.

No charge will be made for the actual installation of the replacement carpet. However, all areas in which carpet is to be replaced under the terms of this warranty must be cleared at the consumer’s expense of all equipment, furnishings, partitions and the like, that may have been installed over or placed on the carpet subsequent to the original installation.This warranty is made to the original purchaser for carpet installed in its original location; it is not transferable.

Notification of Warranty Claims

All claims asserted under this warranty should be submitted to the warrantor, in writing, as follows:

Lees Carpets•706 Green Valley Rd, Suite 300•Greensboro, NC 27408•Attn: Customer Service•Telephone: 800 523-5647

Obligations of Warrantor

Lees will, within ten (10) business days of receipt of such written notice, designate a representative to promptly inspect the carpet and evaluate the warranty claim.

Exclusions and Limitations on Warranty

This warranty does not cover disfigurement or damage caused by abnormal use or by use of chlorinated or any other solvent-based cleaning agents; or use of any adhesive or cleaning chemicals other than Lees’ adhesives or Lees’ DURASAFE® cleaning products or products approved, in writing, by Lees Technical Service; damage that does not arise out of a manufacturing defect; damage caused by stains, sharp objects and the like; damage caused by the installer or the workmanship of the installer (if not installed by Lees); or the condition of the sub-floor (e.g. undue moisture). Shading, pile crush, dyelot differences or soiling are not manufacturing defects, and are not covered by the warranty. Incidental or consequential damages are excluded.

Lees shall have no liability or responsibility with respect to any pre-existing hazardous materials on premises where carpet is installed; or use of adhesive not recommended by Lees. Lees is not responsible for any change or modification to the carpet which might occur after it leaves Lees’ premises, including, but not limited to the presence of chemicals or materials which were not specified as components of the carpet.