On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 00:07:48 -0000, "Owain"
wrote:

"Jason Pearce" wrote
| About to assist sister-in-law refit her bathroom.
| They have purchased laminate flooring (suitable for bathrooms).
| Would people suggest :
| a. remove old toilet & pedastal sink, fit laminate flooring,
| fit new toilet & sink over new laminate floor
| or
| b. remove old toilet & pedastal sink, fit new toilet & sink,
| fit new laminate floor by cutting round sink & toilet ?

a. -- especially as you are having new sanitaryware, there is no extra work.
The only drawback is the sanitaryware has to come out when the laminate
needs replacing.


A is a *lot* less work. With B you end up scribing as best you can the
laminate to the shape of the pedistal then useing a roughly similar
coloured filler to fill the gap. It takes hours and is difficult to
keep clean and looks amateurish.

On the other hand your supposed to allow floating floors to find their
own level on the underfelt, the weight of the pedistals will push the
floor down so it wont look flat. Also you will never have access to
the floor void beneath the bathroom again without doing all that
plumbing again.