The week a 900 square foot glue-down job turned into a total nightmare

Got a call last Tuesday for a rush job, a whole office space in Springfield. The subfloor was concrete and they said it was 'clean and level'... it was neither. Spent two full days just grinding down high spots and filling cracks with patch, my arms are still sore. The real kicker was the adhesive, the client supplied some off-brand stuff that stayed tacky for hours, every plank slid around. Finished yesterday and I'm just hoping it holds. Anyone else had a glue turn on them like that?

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eric_wright771mo ago

Springfield jobs are cursed, I swear. Michaelrodriguez is right about client supplied glue, I started carrying my own pressure sensitive for exactly that reason. The extra cost is worth not having to babysit planks all day.

michaelrodriguez1mo ago

Off brand adhesive" is the red flag right there. Never trust client supplied glue, it's never the right stuff for the job. That tacky mess is why you use a pressure sensitive adhesive on a floor that size. Sounds like you saved it with the prep work, but man, what a headache.