Pulled up carpet, found tile?

Question

I have pulled up the carpet in my house, and to my surprise i have found tile, it is in good condition, except who ever laid the carpet, when they went to lay the nail strips on the outer perimeters of the rooms, the nails have cracked the tile, the part that is next to the walls. How do i conceal this problem, or is there a way to fix the tile back to look like new?

Answer 1

Depending on how far into the room the damage runs, you could extend the baseboard out into the room further, with a larger quarter-round, or a cove trim (which is curved in where the quarter round is curved out).  I think covering it is a better option than trying to fix the tiles.

Or, pick out some same-sized tiles in a contrasting, complimentary tile, and make a nice border around your tiled room.  Tiling is pretty easy, even for a first-timer.

Answer 2

I have to chime in. This happened to us recently. See picture:

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and in our living room

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We just chipped up the ones in the dining room to find out later these things were asbestos. We took no precautions because we didn't realize these 9 X 9 tiles were bad news. We are just hoping we are ok. I don't want you to have to worry about this. There is no danger as long as the tile is left undisturbed.

Here is it under those tiles. So be careful if whatever you do.

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We put new carpet in the living room and laminate in the dining room

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Answer 3

If you can find tiles that will match you could replace the broken ones if not you really can't fix them. You might be able to glue them but i doubt it.

Answer 4

  You don t say vinyl tile or ceramic tile..If it s vinyl tile then you can pull these up and replace w/ an accent type tile.. Being cautious of the possible asbestos in these tiles. Thats in removing them and in disposing of them.If its ceramic then you ll be better off starting over w/ a rip up of these and starting anew w/ the flooring of your choice. Going over these w/ a laminate is a deffinate solution if you choose  GL  PS  Paul had a good idea in a mosaic border but if the perimater is a diff size I ask how is this going to look like?  

Answer 5

If you can find the exact matching tile (very unlikely), you can have the broken pieces removed and replaced. Or, since it's probably around the perimeter of the room, you can use a contrasting tile or that mosaic border type of tile to replace a width all around the perimeter of the room.

When I was looking at houses to buy, I saw a place with a great room that was kind of a combination living room and dining room. When they had installed the tile, they put down some contrasting mosaic border pieces to offset the dining area from the living room area. They also continued the border all around both rooms. It was a pretty cool effect.

Answer 6

About the easiest way would be to put a border down over the outer edges, I did that in my bathroom and it looks amazingly nice.