I’m working on finding out the contractor so I can ban them from my coop.
Comment on Flooring Pop
ikidd@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
That is an utter mess of self-leveling compound poured way too thick all at once, not fully covering the area, and then not using a proper thinset base. I guarantee the rest of that shitshow is going to go the same way.
That needs to be torn out, the self-leveling garbage pounded out, proper plywood laid in and screwed to the joists for the majority of the space to get taken up, then maybe a thin layer of self-leveling if needed. A layer of Schluter uncoupling membrane can be used to disconnect the expansion of the walls and floor from the tile, with appropriate gaps (like 3/8") around the tile and hidden by the baseboard, with a snap down transition strip at the door that also allows expansion.
And then find whoever installed that and slap the bejesus out of them.
yedfixy@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
lunarul@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
The way it separates in clear lines between the tiles, it looks like it was applied to the tiles, not to the floor. So I think they didn’t use self-leveling compound at all and just put on ridiculously thick globs of mortar to raise the tiles to the desired level.