Rant: The day I had to rip out an entire glue-down job in a basement with no windows
Last month in Cincinnati, I got a call for a rush job, a full basement with a tight turn deadline. The homeowner had already bought this specific roll of carpet and the heavy-duty adhesive. I get there, and the place has zero windows, just one dim bulb hanging from a wire. I'm laying it down, everything seems fine, but about two hours in I start to notice a slight wave near the far wall. Turns out the concrete slab had a huge moisture issue they never mentioned, and the adhesive just wasn't setting right. I had to pull up every single square foot I'd just put down. The fumes from the wet glue in that closed space were awful, and I lost a full day's pay. Has anyone else had a job go sideways because of a hidden moisture problem you couldn't see at first?