During a home office renovation in Springfield, Missouri, everything looked fine until the first heavy rain. Water crept under the new flooring and warped it within days.
The failure was not the flooring itself. The contractor skipped proper moisture testing and ignored drainage outside the foundation. The problem existed before the renovation but was never addressed.
Construction fails often come from what gets overlooked, not what gets installed. Ignoring existing conditions turns a clean remodel into an expensive redo.
A successful renovation starts with fixing the past, not covering it up
