PSA: I just found out how much a bad glue job can shrink a floor over time

I was reading an old trade journal from the 90s at the library yesterday. It had a case study about a glue-down vinyl job from 1985 that failed. They measured the sheets after 15 years and found the whole floor had shrunk by almost a full inch across a 20-foot span because the adhesive wasn't spread right. I always knew moisture was a big deal, but I never thought a glue line could cause that much movement over decades. Has anyone else run into a really old install that shrank like that?

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derekl7921d ago

That was probably moisture, not the glue line.

mary37220d ago

Still looks like crap either way.

the_nina20d ago

Moisture or glue, the end result is the same. People get way too worked up about tiny cosmetic flaws. It's a piece of wood, not a museum painting.