Went to look at a job in an old church and saw the weirdest carpet fail ever

I walked into this church in Arlington to give a quote on replacing their sanctuary carpet. The old stuff had this pattern where the seams were all running sideways instead of with the room length. Turns out some guy back in the 90s installed it backwards and the glue was so old it turned into powder when I touched it. Anyone else run into a job where the previous installer just did the complete opposite of common sense?

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jesse77322d ago

Ngl have you tried scraping a patch to see if the backing holds up better than the glue?

miles27722d ago

Yeah I did that with a pair of black patches last month. The backing actually held up way better than the glue after a few washes. I scraped off most of the old glue with a dull knife and then hit it with some heat from a hair dryer. It took a little while but the patch stayed flat and didn't peel up at the edges. Wish I had tried it sooner honestly.