Christopher Capobianco

Christopher Capobianco is a fourth generation floor covering specialist with over 26 years in the flooring business. His background includes work as a retailer, architectural sales representative, technical support manager, writer, educator and activist. He is active in a number of industry volunteer organizations, including ASTM Committee F.06 on Resilient Flooring, the Long Island Floor Covering Association, FCICA and IICRC. He works in his family's retail flooring business, Fred's Carpet of East Northport, Long Island, and has his own consulting business, Flooring Answers.

Grappling with Concrete Moisture Problems: Don't Buy into False Assumptions!

January 13, 2004

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Buckled carpet, VCT adhesive oozing, sheet vinyl showing wheel marks, floors lifting, mold, mildew -- these are all examples of what can result when floor coverings are installed over damp concrete. The stakes are considerable when you consider the high cost of repairing moisture-related failures, the liabilities associated with mold intrusion and any variety of other woes than can affect a building with a concrete moisture problem.