Can I fill in holes where peel and stick tiles have crumbled away? Or do I have to replace the whole tile?

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We can't find matching pieces to replace the peel and stick tiles in our kitchen.  We are selling the house and we have to repair the floor.  The floor was like this when we moved in years ago.  The woman who wants to buy the house says it'll just be torn up anyway and she'll replace the floor how she wants so we don't want to spend a fortune fixing something that's going to be torn up.  Some of the tiles have crumbled away at the corners and have left shallow holes at the seams.  The inspectors are going to say we need to repair the floor.  Will the floor not pass inspection if the tiles don't match?  Can we fill the shallow holes with an epoxy resin or something else durable?

billy · Answer

ditto to steven f

? · Answer

Yes, I have used that method before. The hobby epoxy is what I experimented with on a scrap piece that had a small knot hole in. I didn't use any sawdust or coloring and noticed that once I sanded it lever and put a polyurethane finish over the whole piece that it looked as if the epoxy reflected the knot hole color and was almost unoticeable as to there ever being a hole. The hole was around 1/4 inch deep X 1 inch long X 1/8 inch wide.

STEVEN F · Answer

If you have peel & stick tiles, I would recommend replacing all of them, even if they are NOT damaged.  If the buyer plans to replace the floor anyway, offer to reduce the price by $100 in exchange for NOT fixing the floor.  In MOST of the US, inspectors only report want needs done, but CANT actually require repairs.  As long as the home is not 'uninhabitable' the BUYER decides what constitutes passing inspection, and you are not even close to uninhabitable.

Can I fill in holes where peel and stick tiles have crumbled away? Or do I have to replace the whole tile?

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