Carpet Squares Over Residual Glue

This poses serious health concern.

Carpet squares over residual glue. Many installers simply see adhesive residue and immediately skim coat over the old adhesive residue. Replacing carpet with tile can give your home an exciting new look. The removal of cutback using grinding sanding or blasting may contain asbestos. Asphalt based cutback adhesive remaining on a concrete floor after removing old vinyl tile and other flooring represents one of the most difficult and risky subfloors for the installation of new flooring.

Even pressure over the carpet tile when installing is sufficient rolling isn t necessary but can t hurt. Don t worry it looks a lot worse than it is. All soft loose and raised residue must be removed before encapsulation begins. Use atlas carpet tile adhesive for installations over concrete substrates with up to 85 relative humidity rh current version of astm f2170 and ph of 7 0 9 0.

You can t tile over old carpet glue but it s not hard to remove carpet adhesive before tiling. The first complaint i ever went out on was at a hospital where a custom installation of flooring was failing in all the patient rooms. But now that you have ripped up the old carpet you ve got a sticky situation. Materials and adhesive must be maintained at 65 85 f and the humidity below 65 for 48 hours prior to during and after the testing and installation.