After summarizing all jobsite, testing and substrate conditions, this was my closing paragraph. Nothing fancy, just factual and to the point:
"Under present conditions, this installation should be considered high risk without the use of a 100% solids epoxy moisture mitigation system such as Ardex MC, Aqua Fin, Koester, or similar as recommended by XXXX for use with their floor covering products and adhesives'.
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Very 'cut to the chase'. I like it!
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George Donnelly puts the same sort of language in his reports when things are high. But no implied recommendation of product as here in California they can chop your knees off for that.
"Concrete moisture content represented in this survey continues to exceed maximum permissible levels for most floor covering.... assuming floor covering installation is imminent a topically applied sealer may be needed...."
Our other major tester refuses to put any language like that in his results. Because he doesn't want to be a flooring consultant, just a pure impartial tester.
California doesn't surprise me at all.
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I believe it is the People's Republic of Kalifornia....
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(11-21-2012, 11:50 AM)CC Solutions Wrote: I believe it is the People's Republic of Kalifornia.... 
Don't get started JD otherwise I will too!! That's what happens when everyone listens to A-List celebrities. Watermelons. All of 'em.
Apologies to admin for getting political...Ahem- back on topic;
The only person I know in the southern hemisphere who's bread and butter is third-party testing- shies away from giving advice. They're insured to the eyeballs but claim they'll never need it. Basically, you provide the figures and walk away. You can tell them what the figures mean but what they do with the info has to be entirely in their court.
I'd be interested to know if any independent testing party has ever been hauled over litigation.
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I agree - give the results and leave. I have on occasion provided mitigation product manufacturer names as noted in my risk assessment, however, it also states "or similar as recommended by the manufacturer". Perhaps it is risky, but it puts the final approval of the system back on the floor covering manufacturer. Oddly enough, too often I encounter decision makers who don't have a clue about what type of product to install, and they're vulnerable to the claims made by sales people representing inferior products "at a better sf price". And we all know, ya get what ya pay for.
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(11-26-2012, 02:40 PM)rapidrhrep Wrote: there are LARGE GC's out there that wouldn't give me the time of day 6 years ago. I planted the seed, they got bit by a failure, and now they see the light.
Jason
Actually I put in a word for you, told them you were okay, and they let you in their job trailers.... I got ya covered....
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