On Mon, 18 Dec 2017 16:44:44 -0500, J. Clarke
wrote:

On Mon, 18 Dec 2017 13:53:49 -0600, Unquestionably Confused
wrote:

On 12/18/2017 12:33 PM, Leon wrote:
On 12/18/2017 10:48 AM, wrote:
On Monday, December 18, 2017 at 8:29:25 AM UTC-6, Leon wrote:

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I would bet in an entryway that sees all the traffic a restaurant gets
along with exposure to wet, dirty feet from arriving clients that the
joints (if trimmed, all exposed end cuts) are simply letting go.

These were ceramic tiles.* I drug my toe across the surfaces of the
mating pieces and felt only the click over the seams.* It really looked
like it was sticking up on some of the ends.


It's really kind of amazing what they are doing both with manufactured
and laminate flooring, not to mention the ceramics.

Starbucks remodeled the local store a couple of years ago and put in a
"planked" wood grained ceramic tile. I had to touch it to believe that
it wasn't some sort of wood laminate. It's really held up well
considering the traffic it must see.

I was surprised that the new conference rooms at work had wood floors
when the rest of the building is either linoleum or marble. Then one
day I dropped something and while picking it up touched the floor and
realized that it wasn't wood.

Sometime in the next decade or so I need to redo my bathroom. I think
I may use some version of that for both floors and walls.

I'm planning on doing a couple of bathrooms and the laundry with the
wood-look tile. A tile store here has some 6x36" tiles that are
really impressive. They aren't cheap, though.