Moisture issues, one of the biggest challenges that Fuse Alliance members face each day, have become even more challenging over the last couple of years. We believe this is because there has never been a time where more new products and product types are being introduced, and the industry is moving more and more to hard surface products that are more sensitive to subfloor moisture than soft surface products. Also, we have much to learn about new types of products such as the multilayer category of flooring which can be described as rigid core, stone plastic composite (SPC), wood plastic composite (WPC), and other names.

There has also been a flurry of new introductions in high-moisture adhesives, floor patches, moisture mitigation systems, concrete curing compounds, floating floor systems and more.