Comment on Flooring Pop
taiyang@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I have similar, I believe it’s a type of laminate (they call it that, it can be inflexible but has a fake wood look). Does it have a tongue and groove edge where two pieces meet? Either way, new floor needed. If you can’t afford it, a temp solution is to make a transition since it’s by a door, you can kind of get away with a slightly different floor and a cover over the gap.
Having done a little work on mine, good flooring can get costly. Just a pack of 18 sq ft here was $50, though it was very good, textured laminate. Waterproof stuff, too, doesn’t require mortar.
yedfixy@lemmy.world 1 day ago
No tongue and groove in this one. I’d be looking at at least 90 sqft of tile. Pricey, but still much cheaper than going the contractor route.
taiyang@lemmy.world 1 day 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.