Warning: I had a major adhesive failure on a glue-down vinyl plank job in a Phoenix condo

It was a 500 square foot unit with a concrete subfloor I prepped myself, and after two days the planks started popping up along the seams. The issue was the specific moisture barrier primer I used, which the adhesive manufacturer later told me was incompatible in high heat. I had to pull up the entire floor and start over, costing me an extra $800 in materials and a full day's labor. Has anyone else run into adhesive problems with vinyl plank in really dry, hot climates?

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wright.leo24d agoMost Upvoted

Did they seriously not test that combo in Phoenix heat?

jake_patel24d agoMost Upvoted

Yeah, the Phoenix heat thing is real. My laptop used to shut down every summer until I got one of those laptop cooling pads with the big fans. Also started using it in the shade, never directly in the sun. Made a huge difference.

aaron8809d ago

Man, I used to think that stuff was overblown too until I saw what happened to @hannah_fisher58. That story changed my mind real quick.

hannah_fisher5824d ago

Ugh, that's brutal. I had the same exact thing happen in a Tucson sunroom last year. Used a standard adhesive that swore it was fine for concrete, and a week later the whole floor was buckling like a cheap rollercoaster. The installer basically told me the same thing, that the primer I picked created a weird barrier that just gave up in the heat. Total nightmare to fix.