JoeSpareBedroom wrote:

"ransley" wrote in message
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On Nov 27, 11:10 am, wrote:


I had carpet laid in a room addition (den) with wide concrete steps.
The carpet layer plastered the steps with a very slow drying adhesive
that looked like contact cement. It wasn't your normal carpet padding
cement though - it was still wet months after installation and almost
a year later it's still offgassing quite a bit. Anyway, I became
sensitized to it and need a method to seal it off somehow. I was
thinking of polyester/epoxy resin but maybe that would be too hard a
finish and would have some offgassing as well. Is there a low VOC
product out there that I can brush or roll on?


You want to coat the carpet with epoxy?. If it still bothers you
removing the carpet and glue sounds logical.




Yeah. And tracking down the installer, getting full details about the
adhesive, and calling the manufacturer to find out the best way to remove
it. Sounds to me like the installer used the wrong product.




The installer should be able to give you information about the
adhesive. I'll bet an attorney could convince him. Your city building
department may be able also, or may be able to test for the type of
fumes giving you trouble. I would not fool around any longer without
taking some action to protect yourself and your home. I would also use
fans, assuming the stuff isn't flammable, to exhaust air from that room
as much as possible and hopefully help hasten curing.