Comment

Yeah, it looks like whoever installed it didn't know what they were doing. You should be able to fix it fairly easy but it's going to have to be the whole floor since there doesn't appear to be a gap. You'd have to pull the whole floor up and reinstall them all making sure to leave a 0.5-1 cm gap around the perimeter. The person probably didn't leave a gap because it will look like shit and stuff will get in it since there is no baseboard. A better option might be to pull it and put vinyl planks in there instead of laminate. Vinyl planks have less thermal expansion than wood or laminate so you wouldn't have to leave an unsightly gap or install baseboards.

source

Sort:hotnew top

usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Is this not tile?

source
- teft@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Looks like bamboo or laminate click flooring to me.
  
  source
- GloriousGherkins@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  This is 100% porcelain tile. I worked in a tile factory- there’s no mistaking it.
  
  source
- yedfixy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  It’s a hard, inflexible material. I have heard it referred to as composite.
  
  source
yedfixy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Not sure if it changes anything, but they added what looks like a dark grout or potentially caulking between the wall/floor seam.

Image

source
- teft@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  You know, that does look like they grouted it. You might be able to get away with just removing that grout/caulk and then just redoing the pattern. If the floor can't move it will buckle but the pattern will make that problem even worse. So with both problems it was kind of just a given. If they added that grout because the whole floor moves then you can get non slip underlay to prevent that movement.
  
  source