A flooring component comprising: a flooring component body having a first major face and a second major face opposite said first major face, first major face comprising a first major surface, said second major face comprising a second major surface; a first recessed portion that defines a first recessed region in said first major face; a second recessed portion that defines a second recessed region in said second major face; and an inner-lying minor lateral surface interconnecting said first major surface and a minor surface of said first major face in said first recessed region, wherein said first and second recessed portions are at diagonally opposite corners of said flooring component body, said first major surface is a substantially planar surface that constitutes an entirety of a first major face of said flooring component body outside of said first recessed portion, said second major surface is a substantially planar surface that constitutes an entirety of a second major face of said flooring component body outside of said second recessed portion, said first recessed portion and said second recessed portion define counterparts of a snap lock engagement mechanism, said first and second recessed portions being structured such that engagement / disengagement of said engagement mechanism counterparts is effectible only in a direction in a range of ±45° of perpendicular to a major face of the flooring component, characterized in that an engagement structure of said engagement mechanism is distanced from said inner-lying minor lateral surface by at least 8 mm more than a counterpart engagement structure of said engagement mechanism is distanced from an opposite, outer-lying minor lateral surface of said flooring component, at least 60% of said flooring component body is of a first material, said flooring component comprises, in a region of said engagement mechanism, a resilient portion of a second material more pliable than said first material, and said engagement structure has a shape that snappingly engages said counterpart engagement structure of said engagement mechanism using a resilience of said resilient portion. a flooring component body having a first major face and a second major face opposite said first major face, first major face comprising a first major surface, said second major face comprising a second major surface; a first recessed portion that defines a first recessed region in said first major face; a second recessed portion that defines a second recessed region in said second major face; and an inner-lying minor lateral surface interconnecting said first major surface and a minor surface of said first major face in said first recessed region, wherein said first and second recessed portions are at diagonally opposite corners of said flooring component body, said first major surface is a substantially planar surface that constitutes an entirety of a first major face of said flooring component body outside of said first recessed portion, said second major surface is a substantially planar surface that constitutes an entirety of a second major face of said flooring component body outside of said second recessed portion, said first recessed portion and said second recessed portion define counterparts of a snap lock engagement mechanism, said first and second recessed portions being structured such that engagement / disengagement of said engagement mechanism counterparts is effectible only in a direction in a range of ±45° of perpendicular to a major face of the flooring component, characterized in that an engagement structure of said engagement mechanism is distanced from said inner-lying minor lateral surface by at least 8 mm more than a counterpart engagement structure of said engagement mechanism is distanced from an opposite, outer-lying minor lateral surface of said flooring component, at least 60% of said flooring component body is of a first material, said flooring component comprises, in a region of said engagement mechanism, a resilient portion of a second material more pliable than said first material, and said engagement structure has a shape that snappingly engages said counterpart engagement structure of said engagement mechanism using a resilience of said resilient portion.