Warning: That glue down job at the Nashville Convention Center last week

I was helping a buddy with a glue down install at the Nashville Convention Center last Tuesday. The concrete slab was so cold from the AC that the adhesive took like 4 hours to tack up, not the usual 20 minutes. Has anyone else run into this with low temp slabs in a big open space?

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michael66923d ago

Man, that cold slab issue is a killer. We did a 10,000 square foot office space in Chattanooga last winter and the AC was cranked so high the concrete felt like an ice rink. What saved us was using a forced air propane heater to warm up the slab in sections before we spread the glue. We'd hit a 20x20 area with the heater for about 15 minutes, then roll out the adhesive and it tacked up in the normal 20-30 minutes. Without that, we'd have been waiting forever just like you.

tessa_murray23d ago

Yeah @michael669, propane heaters work but just watch your flash point on those cold slabs.

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patricia_gonzalez23d ago

10,000 square feet in Chattanooga with the AC cranking like that. That's just insane to me. Who runs the AC on full blast when you're doing a glue-down job in winter? I mean, come on, the concrete is already cold enough, that's just asking for trouble. Your forced air idea is smart, but man, what a nightmare of a setup. I'd be losing my mind watching that thermostat.