My wife had several rooms, one a small bath done with vinyl – good grade stuff, put over concrete floor – glued down, installed by a very good company. one room has a few air bubbles develop a week later. they are coming back to fix it. air bubbles are a seperation from the cement under the sheet tile.
what causes that?
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off gassing from the glue, moisture content of the cement, hard to say
let us know the solution
caulking is not a piece of trim
Maybe the glue was applied a little thick and wasnm't allowed to off gas before the vinyl was applied.Do it right, or do it twice.
sounds logical to me, but what now?caulking is not a piece of trim
Did they roll it, did they do a moisture test, is the slab on or below grade I would never do below grade with out doing a moisture test, if the problem is moisture repairs are only going to be temporary, it will probably happen again. They will inject adhesive with a hypo and syringe make sure they seal punctures with appropiate seam sealer the one recommended by the manufacturer not a generic. 99% of the time bubbles are an installation problem not material,even the best installers have problems some times.
Thanks
guys.
cement is above grade and I think dry, 15 years old, was rolled but with a small roller as its a small office powder room (no tub).
will let you know the cure.