That job at the Marriott downtown almost cost me my crew

I was installing carpet in a 12th floor suite at the Marriott near the convention center last Tuesday when the backing on a 15 foot roll just started separating on me. The glue was fresh and the seam was clean, but that cheap backing peeled apart like wet cardboard, and I had to pull the whole damn thing up and redo it at my own cost. Has anyone else seen a batch of carpet with bad backing recently or was I just unlucky?

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ivanb411d ago

Did you check the lot number on the rolls? I caught something on a flooring forum a few weeks ago about a bad batch from one supplier that was delaminating like crazy, might be worth looking into.

wyatt5131d ago

I've had that exact same problem with a different supplier's rolls a few years back. What finally worked for me was checking the lot numbers before the glue even touched the floor and I started making the supplier send me a sample of the batch before I'd accept delivery. Saved me a ton of headaches and money once I got into that habit.