With enough expansion the pressure can cause the tile to pop up resulting in a buckling floor.
Ftile floor buckling.
Repair techniques are similar and involve removing excess moisture drying the area and replacing damaged laminated tiles with new ones.
Tile is a porous substance.
Drought damage is especially apparent on tile floors installed over a concrete slab.
As the subfloor shifts grout loosens and tile may pop loose causing tenting in the tile floor.
Buckling for both laminate and solid hardwood floors can also occur if your floor has been improperly installed.
Therefore over time it can swell with high moisture.
As you may have already guessed upon hearing the term buckling of hardwood flooring is when the hardwood actually releases from the sub floor.
Moisture damage and buckling can also affect laminated floors in much the same way.
This defect is also known as pop up tiles or tile tenting.
Floor tile that buckles years after installation can be a sign of drought damage.
As the material becomes warmer it can expand slightly causing the floor to buckle.
In the colder weather the opposite is true and the floor can contract leaving gaps between two of the tiles.
This is typically due to excessive expansion of the hardwood.
Alternatively it may be the floor that has expanded and taken the tile with it.
Floor substrates are often composed of a more porous substance than tile.