Vinyl from The Flooring Centre
On July 5 I had new vinyl installed in my kitchen-dining-living room by The Flooring Centre. The immediate smell was revolting, and now seven weeks later it is still unpleasant. According to The Flooring Centre the smell is coming from something else in my house, and the fact that it started when the vinyl was laid is pure coincidence. I have had to hire some environmental scientists to conduct tests. Onsite they assured me the gases are coming from the vinyl, or the glue, but I have to wait for a written report. Flooring Centre is adamant that this is a coincidence. They told me to ventilate the room, and provided an industrial fan for me to use, (doors and windows wide open in single digit temperatures). Then they told me I just have a sensitive nose. The last seven weeks have been ghastly, and the end is not in sight.
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