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Article: Moisture meters demystified.(Namba's World)
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- Floor Covering Installer
- Article date:
- November 1, 2003
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Moisture, as we are too well aware, is a major concern to all of the floor covering trades, yet how many installers, retailers or general contractors actually conduct moisture tests on every concrete slab for direct adhered products, or what about wood subfloors and wood installations? The floor covering industry keeps stating that it is not the responsibility of the installer to conduct the moisture test over a concrete substrate, but if one is not conducted and we install the floor covering and it fails we are responsible; sounds like a double-edged sword to me! For a concrete substrate, calcium chloride testing is still considered to be the quantitative test that will ...