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Maintenance
- Guide to Access Floor Maintenance
- Care of your Raised Floor
- Do it In-House
- Microcontamination in the Computer Room
- Steps to Minimize Contamination
- Identifying Common Particulates
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Structural Guide
- Lateral Instability
- Vertical Instability
- Missing Edge Trim
- Overloaded Panels
- Perimeter Tipping
- Panel Surface Detachment
- Deformed Panel Surface
- Chipped Laminate
- Brittle Edge Trim
- Missing Components
- Improper Grounding
- Plenum Leaking
- Subfloor Particulate: Rust
- Zinc Whiskers
- Uneven Wear
- Untrimmed Cutouts
- Warped Panels
- Miscellaneous Problems
- Environmental Guide
- Why Maintain?
Subfloor Debris
- Unsealed cutouts
- Lateral instability
- Debris left over from construction
- Interim construction
- Improper maintenance of subfloor
- Using the cut-outs in the floor system as a trashcan
Causes:
- Causes vertical instability
- Structural damage possible to other components
- Creates particulates harmful to computer equipment
- Unhealthy environment for employees
- Creates a fire hazard
- Debris littering subfloor can block equipment cooling fans
Consequences: