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Article: Troubleshooting resilient floors.(Namba's World)

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May 1, 2004
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Troubleshooting begins at the front side of the installation rather than after. Too many times I receive a phone call after the installation and many times it's too late, so instead of troubleshooting, it's to the point of how much do you think it would cost to do it right now that replacement is the issue. Many of the jobs being bid today have no installer involvement with the bidding process. Receiving input from your installer is one of the first steps in trouble shooting as they can give you a lot of insight to the installation portion. Many times an estimator or retailer may not want to hear what an installer will have to say because the price of the bid may escalate, ...

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