Volume: 22 | Issue: 1 | Download
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Wood floors are part of the state-of-the art University of Oregon Athletic Medicine Center. For more, see page 90.
Photo by Basil Childers.
Commercial Flooring Report: Vol. 16, № 1 (Double Stick Installation: What You Must Know)
Volume: 16 | Issue: 1 | Download
The most popular method of installing carpet in the hospitality market is the double stick method but it is also used extensively in all commercial environments. Double stick refers to installing a carpet cushion, whether it is slab rubber, densified polyurethane, needle punched synthetic fiber or rebond, by gluing it to the substrate and then gluing the carpet onto the cushion. This installation method can be compromised in a number of ways resulting in obscenely expensive monetary losses and business interruption which can be incalculable for a hotel or business.