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Flooring Pop (lemmy.world)
submitted 19 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) by yedfixy@lemmy.world to c/homeimprovement@lemmy.world
 

Flooring is by no means beneath me, but I haven’t really done anything below a shoe molding. So question for the tile high club: What would you do in the pictured situation? These are floor sections that have always felt a bit “squishy”. Today they finally popped up into the tent formation you see here.

Wait for it to settle and then add glue to keep it down? Cut it to fit?

Additional context:

I did not do this install myself, so the history is a bit of a mystery. This is installed in a full bathroom and is made of what feels like a smoothed slate material. I believe it is a composite tile.

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[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

Hmm, that does explain why it'd need mortar, too. The tongue and groove stuff works like puzzle pieces and if you follow a lot of the other advice, it's not a terribly hard diy project. There's cheaper stuff out there, too, though you definitely notice the difference.