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Ordered the Nitro Flex Tiles with the purpose of covering my shop floor to give it it a nice professional visual appeal. That is the only good thing about these tiles. These are supposed to be an interlocking floating floor system with the ability to replace tiles as needed. Here are several problems with them. The first being, they cannot come into contact with direct sunlight for more than about 1-2 minutes otherwise they expand to the point were they pop up and deform to the point that they cause tripping hazards. So if you have a garage door that gets any sunlight whatsoever, forget about leaving the door open while you work. The only time you have is to pull a vehicle in or out and close the door immediately otherwise they start to expand and buckle and pop out of the seems. Then the best part is, when they cool back down to room temp, the affected tiles do not contract back to original size and won't lock back in to the tiles they originally popped out from so all the tiles that were affected now have lips from the interference of the locking tabs or the edge of the tile next to or adjacent to. Who knows if these tiles will contract enough to lock back in at any point without being warped. Second reason is even if the tiles don't see direct sunlight, any tiles that have an abject on them such as a workbench, mill, lathe, air compressor etc that does't allow the tile to expand and contract with surrounding tiles, the tiles around those tiles that have objects resting on them pop the seams around the base of the object causing lifted areas and I have tripped over them many times now and Im sure at some point this will cause an injury of some sort. I contacted the company and their response to the problem was to glue the affected tiles to the concrete which completely defeats the purpose of a floating floor with the ability to replace individual tiles. Unfortunately I don't have enough room to complete my review but my advice would be to STAY AWAY!!!!!

****, I am sorry that you are having such a hard time with the tiles expanding due to the heat. When these were installed may I ask if a sufficient gap was made between the wall and the tiles to allow for expansion? If a gap of at least 4.5mm was left then these tiles will buckle when the sun hits them and they heat up. : When piecing interlocking tiles together, adhesives are usually not used since the weight of the product is enough to keep the floor tiles from moving. However, if you do experience movement and would like to ensure that the tiles do not slide at all, you can use some double-sided tape or mat tape around the perimeter of the installation to prevent any movement.