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Why does nobody talk about checking drywall moisture before hanging

Last month I framed a basement reno in Portland and skipped the moisture meter, big mistake. The homeowner's sump pump had a slow leak behind the poly, and by the time we caught it, 12 sheets of 5/8 board were already up and swelling. A 40 dollar meter would've shown the slab at 18% before we even started, I'm curious if any of you check moisture on every job or just when it looks sketchy?
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sethmartinez
That 18% reading on the slab, was that before the poly went down or did you catch it after the fact?
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