I finally stopped gluing seams on every job after a disaster in March

Did a house in Cleveland last month where the glue bled through on a beige berber. Homeowner flipped out and I had to rip out a whole room, cost me $400 in materials. Now I only glue seams on commercial jobs or high-pile stuff. Anyone else ever had seam glue ruin a residential install?

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elizabeththomas27d ago

Lost a bedroom install to glue bleed on a light gray cut pile last fall. Had to pull the whole room too and it ended up costing me more than I made. It's weird how one bad job can shift your whole approach to things. I've noticed this kind of thing happens outside of work too. Like after I got burned on a used car once, I stopped trusting every seller. Or when a brand of sandwich bread gave me mold twice in a row, I just quit buying it forever. Makes you wonder how many little rules we all carry around just because of one bad day.

betty_stone227d ago

Push back a little here. I think sometimes those rules we carry around are just good sense. If a brand of bread gave you mold twice, odds are it's going to do it again. Same with a used car salesman who burned you. The lesson is learned, not some random grudge. The glue bleed on that light gray carpet though, that sounds like a manufacturer's defect or bad adhesive, not a universal rule about all carpet. Maybe the real thing to learn is to be more careful with moisture testing on light colors, not to swear off every future bedroom install. A few bad experiences can just make you smarter if you don't let them turn into superstitions.

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