In the short term a sealant applied along this gap between your basement floor and wall may prevent leakage.
Covering gap between floor and wall.
Typically this will be cracks in your foundation.
Either way it s an easy fix.
Never fill this gap with grout because tile grout is not flexible.
We had hoped to avoid using the traditional quarter round shoe molding but we may be stuck.
The water being blocked by the sealant will find another gap in your foundation to enter the home.
Covering gaps between floor and wall.
If you ve got a laminate floor and surrounding baseboard and there s a small gap where the trim meets the floor it means either the floor wasn t even and straight or the trim contracted after it was installed.
Anytime you install laminate flooring in a bath laundry room or kitchen you should use ac3 rated flooring leave 1 4 in.
How to seal laminate flooring.
Fill gaps between 1 4 and 1 2 inch in width with two beads of caulk set side by side.
Instead fill it with an elastic material capable of sustaining the movement of the floor and the movement of the wall.
The tile council of north america recommends at least a quarter inch gap between the tile floor and the walls.
If there s a gap under your door casing and also a gap between two rooms under a door where two different installations of laminate flooring join you can install t molding to hide both gaps.
Latex caulk will seal off that gap and will expand and contract with the movement of the materials.
However it will eventually fail in one of two ways.
Caulking is the best choice for this application.