Phone number: 913.227.7726 Locations Search Submit Search About Us Services Flooring Showcase Floor Care Moisture Mitigation FLOOR MOISTURE MITIGATION A finished floor is only as good as the sub-floor underneath. When a floor fails, it is often the product of high levels of pH & moisture vapor emissions in a concrete sub-floor. When this is the case, the result is an adverse affect in the bond of adhesives of new floor coverings. Image Flooring understands this phenomenon and how to prevent or resolve excess moisture concerns. Our understanding of flooring products and industry tolerances can insure your finished floor will not fail. Moisture Solutions and Limitations This resource is designed to serve as a look-up reference. To review technical product data, please click the Product Name of each product to view the manufacturer’s specifications. Adhesive Products Altro XpressLay MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 92% Approved for Use Below Grade: Yes* Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Additional Product Information: *If it can be confirmed there is an intact fully functioning sub slap vapor retarder/barrier under the concrete. Armstrong S-515 VCT Adhesive and Armstrong S-521 BioBased Tile Adhesive MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 90% Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): 7 lbs Approved for Use Below Grade: Yes Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Armstrong S-543 Sheet & LVT Adhesive MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 90% Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): 7 lbs LVT/5 lbs sheet Approved for Use Below Grade: Yes Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Armstrong S-782 Linoleum Adhesive MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 85% Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): N/A Approved for Use Below Grade: Yes Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Armstrong Summit All-in-One Hardwood Adhesive MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 85% Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): 10 lbs* Approved for Use Below Grade: Engineered Wood Only Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Additional Product Information: *when Summit trowel is used Bentley Healthbond 1000 MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 80% Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): 5 lbs Approved for Use Below Grade: Yes Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time: 72 hours Additional Product Information: Use with High Performace Action Backing, Optimum Barrier 2 Backing, Optimum Barrier 2 RC Cushion backing, Prestige Plus RC Cushion Backing and ProVista Synthetic backing. Bentley Healthbond 2300 MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 80% Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): 5 lbs Approved for Use Below Grade: Yes Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time: 30 minutes Additional Product Information: Use with NexStep Cushion Back Carpet Tile Bentley Healthbond 7700 MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 80% Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): 5 lbs Approved for Use Below Grade: Yes Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time: 48 hours Additional Product Information: Use with Flat Woven Carpets, Unitary, HP Action Bac, Cushion Bentley Healthbond 8700RC MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 80% Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): N/A Approved for Use Below Grade: Yes Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time: 30 minutes Additional Product Information: Use with Select RC Hardback Tile Bentley Healthbond Advance Back MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 80% Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): N/A Approved for Use Below Grade: Yes Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time: 30 minutes Additional Product Information: Use with Rubber Backed Carpet Tile ECORE E-Grip III MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 85% Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): 5.5 lbs Approved for Use Below Grade: Yes Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time: 24 hours ECORE E-Releaseable MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 90% Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): 8 lbs Approved for Use Below Grade: N/A Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time: Varies Additional Product Information: Released April 1, 2013. Will have 7 year warranty when used with ECORE approved products. Johnsonite SpraySmart 122 VCT Spray Adhesive MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 90% Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): 8 lbs Approved for Use Below Grade: Yes Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time: None Additional Product Information: Open floor to traffic immediately after installation. Johnsonite 950 Linoleum Sheet Adhesive and Johnsonite 955 Linoleum Tile Adhesive MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 85% Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): 5 lbs Approved for Use Below Grade: Yes Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time: None Additional Product Information: Open floor to traffic immediately after installation. Johnsonite SpraySmart 120 SVT Spray, Johnsonite SpraySmart 130 Resilient Flooring Spray, Johnsonite SpraySmart 140 Rubber Flooring Spray and Johnsonite SpraySmart 150 Specialty Flooring Spray MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 85% Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): 7 lbs Approved for Use Below Grade: Yes Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time: None Additional Product Information: Open floor to traffic immediately after installation. Johnsonite 905 Releasable Adhesive, Johnsonite 906 Conductive Adhesive, Johnsonite 925 Resilient Flooring Adhesive, Johnsonite 926 Vinyl Flooring Adhesive, Johnsonite 965 Flooring and Tread Adhesive, Johnsonite 975 Two-Part Urethane Adhesive, Johnsonite 986 Terra-Turf Adhesive Tarkett 100 Clear Thin Spread, Adhesive Tarkett 800 Pressure Sensitive, Adhesive Tarkett 940 Two-Part Urethane Adhesive MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 80% Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): 5 lbs Approved for Use Below Grade: Yes Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time: 24 hours* Additional Product Information: *72 hours for heavy traffic and rolling loads. Mannington M-Guard Ultra Adhesive MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 90% Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): 8 lbs Approved for Use Below Grade: Yes Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time: 15 minutes Additional Product Information: Latex and urethane backed broadloom carpet. ActionBac, UltraBac RE and Deltaloc Mannington M-Guard V-88 Adhesive MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 90% Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): 8 lbs Approved for Use Below Grade: Yes Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time: 30 minutes Additional Product Information: LVT and Sheet Vinyl. Natures Path Plank and Tile, Homogeneous and Heterogeneous sheet vinyl Mannington M-Guard V-11 Adhesive MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 90% Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): 8 lbs Approved for Use Below Grade: Yes Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time: 30 minutes Additional Product Information: VCT. Solid Point, Color Point, Brushworks, Essentials, Designers Essentials, Progressions Mannington M-Guard 718 Adhesive MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 85% Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): 8 lbs Approved for Use Below Grade: Yes Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time: 30 minutes Additional Product Information: Vinyl backed broadloom tiles. Infinity and Infinity RE Mannington Integra 2 Adhesive MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 85% Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): 8 lbs Approved for Use Below Grade: Yes Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time: Wet Set Additional Product Information: Vinyl backed broadloom tiles. Integra RE. Mapei Eco 985 Wood Flooring Adhesive and Mapei Eco 995 Wood Flooring Adhesive MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 95% Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): 15 lbs Approved for Use Below Grade: No Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time: N/A Mapei Eco 185 Carpet Adhesive, Mapei Eco 285 Carpet Adhesive, Mapei Eco 810 Carpet Adhesive and Mapei Eco 711 Resilient Tile Adhesive MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 90% Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): 8 lbs Approved for Use Below Grade: Yes Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time: N/A Parabond Fusion Series 4500 Thin Spread and Parabond Signature Series 4099 Multi Purpose MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 90% Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): 8 lbs Approved for Use Below Grade: Yes Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time: 12-16 hours Parabond Millennium Series EMC 4011 Urethane and Parabond Millennium Series EMC 2011 Acrylic MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 90% Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): 15 lbs Approved for Use Below Grade: Yes Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time: 12-16 hours Parabond Fusion Series 5082 Vinyl Tile & Plank and Parabond Fusion Series 4700 Rubber Tile & Stair Tread MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 85% Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): 8 lbs Approved for Use Below Grade: Yes Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time: 12-16 hours Parabond Signature Series 5080 Pressure Sensitive MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 80% Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): 5 lbs Approved for Use Below Grade: Yes Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time: 12-16 hours Tandus C-EX Adhesive MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 85% Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): 8 lbs Approved for Use Below Grade: No Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time: Refer to pail. Additional Product Information: For use with ethos Modular Backing. Primer should not be used with C-EX. Can be used with ER3 Modular when a more aggressive bond is required. Tandus C-12E Adhesive*, Tandus C-14E Adhesive**, Tandus C-16E Adhesive^, Tandus C-350E Adhesive^^ and Tandus B-19 Greenbond Adhesive^^^ MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 80% Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): 5 lbs Approved for Use Below Grade: No Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time: Refer to pail. Additional Product Information: *For use with Flex-Aire Cushion Modular Backing **For use with ER3 Modular Backing ^For use with Powerbond Medfloor. ^^For use with Powerbond ethos Cushion Backing ^^^For use with Super-Lok, LifeLong, ErgoStep, Crossweave & CrossCushion Backings Tandus C-TR Adhesive MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 75% Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): 3 lbs Approved for Use Below Grade: No Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time: Refer to pail. Additional Product Information: For use with Conserv Modular Backing Engineered Products Avaire/Eclipse Interlocking Tile System MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% N/A Approved for Use Below Grade: Yes Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time: Yes, for grout only. Additional Product Information : Avaire and Eclipse Tile are impervious to moisture and have many installations where high moisture is present. We are working on the Rh and Cacium Chloride measurements. There isn’t a standard testing protocol for our product category. We are in talks with ASTM approved Labs to develop meaningful accurate testing of our System. Johnsonite SlideLock Rubber Tile, Johnsonite UnderLock Rubber Tile and Johnsonite Interlocking Rubber Tiles MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 100% Approved for Use Below Grade: Yes Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time: None Johnsonite Tarkolay Underlayment Sheet MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 96% Approved for Use Below Grade: Yes Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time: 24 hours Mapei Planiprep ET MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 92% Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): 12 lbs Approved for Use Below Grade: Yes Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time: 12 hours Additional Product Information: Note Timeframes are for example & are not actuals TandusTape + MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 95% Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): 12 lbs Approved for Use Below Grade: No Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Additional Product Information: For use with ethos Modular Backing with MVER up to 12lbs and RH of 95% or less. TandusTape MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 85% Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): 8 lbs Approved for Use Below Grade: No Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Additional Product Information: For use with ethos Modular Backing with MVER up to 8lbs and RH of 85%. Tandus power(shield) MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 90% Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): 10 lbs Approved for Use Below Grade: No Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Additional Product Information: This is an underlayment for Tandus modular products only for remediation of MVER up to 10lbs and RH of 90% or less. Moisture Mitigation Systems Ardex MC Plus MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 100% Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): 20+ lbs Approved for Use Below Grade: Yes Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time: 16 hours Permeability: <=0.1 Application Rate: 250 sq. ft. per unit VOC Content: 0 g/L Ardex MC Ultra MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 100% Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): 20+ lbs Approved for Use Below Grade: Yes Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time: 22 hours Permeability: <=0.02 Application Rate: Primer 170 sq. ft. per unit, Sealer 100 sq. ft. per unit VOC Content: 0 g/L Ardex MC Rapid MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 100% Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): 20+ lbs Approved for Use Below Grade: Yes Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time: 4 hours Permeability: <=0.06 Application Rate: 270 sq. ft. per unit VOC Content: 0 g/La ARDEX MRP™ Moisture Resistant Patch MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% N/A Approved for Use Below Grade: Yes Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time: 16 hours Application Rate: 35 sq. ft. per bag at 1/8″ ARDEX K 301™ Exterior Self-Leveling Concrete Topping MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% N/A Approved for Use Below Grade: Yes Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time: 48-72 hours Application Rate: 23 sq. ft. per bag at 1/4″ VOC Content: 0 g/L Armstrong S-135 VapArrest MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% N/A Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): 10 lbs* Approved for Use Below Grade: Yes Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time 24 hours *when Summit trowel is used Koster Vap I 2000 MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 100% Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): 25 lbs Approved for Use Below Grade: Yes Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time: 12 hours Koster Vap I 2000 FS MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 100% Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): 25 lbs Approved for Use Below Grade: Yes Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time: 4 hours Koster Vap I 2000 UFS MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 100% Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): 25 lbs Approved for Use Below Grade: Yes Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time: 2 hours MAPEI Planiseal EMB MAPEI Planiseal VS MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 100% Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): 25 lbs Approved for Use Below Grade: Yes Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time: 72 hours MAPEI Planiseal VS FAST MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 100% Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): 25 lbs Approved for Use Below Grade: Yes Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time: 4 hours MAPEI Planiseal Easy MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 90% Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): 8 lbs Approved for Use Below Grade: Yes Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time: 48 hours Parabond MVR 8000 MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 90% Max Allowable MVER (#/1000 SF/24 hrs): 12 lbs Approved for Use Below Grade: Yes Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time: 16-24 hours Reduces Moisture levels from 90% / 12 lb’s to approved levels for installation. VersaShield MBW Rolled Moisture Membrane MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 99% Approved for Use Below Grade: Yes Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time: None Also ideal for planned floor removal and accoustical properties. Requires VSMBX and VSDS Tape for seams – *Warranty based on RH (ASTM F2170) VersaShield Rolled Moisture Membrane MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RH% 95% Approved for Use Below Grade: Yes Approved for Use On or Above Grade: Yes Required Cure Time: None Also ideal for planned floor removal and accoustical properties. 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