Carpet Adhesive Toxicity

Carpet installers speak out as the medical evidence mounts by cindy duehring part 2 of 5 this isn t a profession for a young man to go into says david buechler a sawyer north dakota carpet installer who has been laying carpet for twenty fie years.

Carpet adhesive toxicity.

The high solids high tack formulation grants a persistent bond. I have a separate post devoted to non toxic area rugs. This webpage provides you information on non toxic carpet cleaning. These peel and stick adhesives have relatively low voc off gassing.

It secures most commercial carpet with rigid backings including closed cell backings. Like carpet fibers and backing carpet glues and sealants can emit harmful vocs may contain toxic petroleum based solvents and may be made with the same synthetic rubber used in carpet backing. For safe non toxic carpet both natural fibers and synthetics can be healthy. Non toxic natural fiber carpet.

Don t glue your new carpet to the floor attach it with staples instead. Healthier approaches include carpet adhesives already attached to the carpet backing similar to double sided tape. Lastly once you ve selected and purchased your carpet make sure you use only non toxic cleaning products to avoid contaminating your flooring material. If you are interested in carpet i have a whole post dedicated to this topic that goes into detail on brands chemical treatments and how the installation affects toxicity.