Resilia Floor Tiles experience...

[0deuce0]

About 2 years ago I had the perfect chance to either epoxy or tile my garage floor. After doing research and basically looking at all of the pretty pictures online I went with tile. To narrow down all of the choices of tile I got samples from some companies and when they all arrived I narrowed it down to the tile from www.floorsurfaces.com. Its a PVC flexible floor tile called Resilia, and its a little pricey!

I ordered over 200 squares ( each one is 12" x 12" ) and laid them out in my garage in the pattern I wanted, and everything was great!

About a year passed and I started to notice the center of the tiles were getting dirty. Only the center, very strange, so I started cleaning them with some cleaner. Then after a couple of weeks its back! Dirt was collecting and sticking to the center of the tiles and it wasnt easy cleaning 200 tiles! each one took a lot of elbow grease.

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So I called www.floorsurfaces.com and they reported they have never heard of that before. I had to keep calling him back to see what to do about this ( They offer a 10 year money back gaurentee ) and finally after a couple months I shipped him two of the tiles. (This was on April 2nd) so he could investigate.

Its now July 18th! and he still has no solution. He wants to figure out what the stuff is on the tile, but does it really matter what it is? The question should be, why is it only dirty in the center of the tile?

The only thing I can think of is during the mold process the center either didnt get 'cooked' enough ( center of cake theory ) or during the removal they pull them out by the corners which would stretch the center...

Anyways... Any ideas? or Help?

I DO NOT RECOMMEND using www.floorsurfaces.com by the way!

 

[sharpshooter]

That is odd... I would definately be inquiring about the money back gaurentee

 

[ron in sc]

He wants to figure out what the stuff is on the tile, but does it really matter what it is? The question should be, why is it only dirty in the center of the tile?

I would send samples to a lab to have them tested to see if an opinion can be rendered relative to what the spots are, mold or whatever. With a problem as serious as you have with this product I would not put myself in the position of having a vendor tell me what the problem is.

I would want to them what the problem is and why they need to honor whatever warranty they offered or whatever other warranty might be implied by law.

 

[dcjredline]

WOW thats terrible I am sorry to see this. If you wanted a spotted floor it would be OK. Please keep us informed.

 

[WolverineCoatings]

That is really weird... I hope you get this worked out.

 

[Passat]

have you looked under your floor? Is something trying to come out?

 

[fuzzymoto]

Is the center of the tile lower than the edges of the tile and pehaps water/dirt is laying just in the center and staining it?

 

[AlphaGarage]

have you looked under your floor? Is something trying to come out?

Ummm... Maybe...

 

[OtherPete]

Do the spots match where you put the adhesive for each tile?

 

[thegarageguy]

I'd like to see under those tiles. Can you please take pics with a few tiles off?

 

[0deuce0]

Sorry for the late response... Im getting more and more frustrated... I took off some tiles and there is really nothing underneath... no water or anything... just the slab. I did not use an adhesive either. The bottom of the tiles are clean, no marks in the center...

So i was on the phone with floorsurfaces and basically he kind of told me that I need a special de-greaser that will clean them off... I was kind of excited to hear that this was all it was, especially since this ordeal has been going on for 8 months now... He told me he would get back to me in a couple days... That was 2 weeks ago... come to think of he has never returned my calls. My next call will be asking for the money back guarantee and can i recycle these tiles ( The are just PVC ?!?) at all because i doubt i will ever hear from him about the guarantee...

 

[0deuce0]

Update...


Basically I was told... Wish I could help you but we dont know what that is on the tiles, and I am getting out of the tile business...

Tried to explain to him that it doesnt matter what it is on the tiles... Why is it only in the center? If it was all over the tile I would say... Yeah ok it is the stuff, but since its only on the center of all of the tiles...

Anyone have any thoughts to help me out with this mess?

 

[pattenp]

Is Floorsurfaces the manufacture? If not, you need to find out who made the tiles. Looks like a material compound defect that causing mildew to grow in the center. Spray a 50/50 mixture of bleach and water on a spot without scrubbing and see if the spot changes to a more clear yellowish color after sitting for 5 to 10 minutes. If it does then you have a mildew problem. Some compounds if not treated correctly during manufacture can promote mildew growth. I'm currently going through a class action suit with a manufacturer of a composite plastic decking material that was not treated correctly during manufacture and mildew grows out of control. I have to clean my deck monthly to get rid of the mildew.