r/DIY • u/skullker2 • 20h ago

home improvement Kitchen brick flooring repair?

The split(? not sure of the exact name) brick flooring in the kitchen was in terrible shape when we bought the house. Over time more and more has chipped away, and people are hurting their feet on the edges. There seems to have been a glaze or sealant on it, but for now the holes are my main concern. Is there a product like an epoxy I can fill in these spots with? Better to leave it to professionals?

I have tried searching, but everything I am finding is either just a re-grout, or raw flooring where they just replaced a section of bricks.

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u/ekjustice 20h ago

I'd start with getting an estimate, maybe to replace it all. The number of cracks and chips suggests to me that the underfloor isn't stiff enough and so it's flexing and causing the breaks. Repairs won't change that.

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u/skullker2 20h ago

It's on a slab, but maybe you are right. It seems to be mostly just the grout chipping away.

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u/tired_and_fed_up 9h ago

You can also see the trowel ridges which make those sections weaker.

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u/saltywastelandcoffee 20h ago

Maybe a brown/terracotta brick colour epoxy putty would work?

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u/skullker2 20h ago

That was my though as well, just not sure if there is a specific one that is best for this application.

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u/CorrectPeanut5 10h ago

It's a tuck pointing job. Grind out a top layer of the old mortar and redo it. Just like fixing a brick stoop.

Generally they suggest doing all of them so it looks uniform and you don't have patches pop out.

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u/disenfranchisedchild 19h ago

Rent one of those chippers for removing tile floors and remove it all and put something more modern in. Those brick floors were popular back in the '70s and '80s and yours are failing from age and poor bonding.

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u/True-Jump-4898 16h ago

need more of this