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 ?

or

c. some other (better) method ?

Cheers

"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.

You also probably want to remove the skirtings, put the floor under them
leaving the mandatory gap between the edge and the wall, then replace the
skirtings and put a bead of clear silicone between the floor and the
skirting.

Owain

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.

In article , "basil"
says...
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.

Position the pedestal on the join between two strips of laminate,
mark it and cut 5mm inside so the edge of the laminate is covered by
the pedestal. Measure the thickness of the laminate + underlay, and
cut a piece of board a fraction thicker, using the waste laminate
that you already cut out as a template. Fit the pedestal on top of
this shim and seal the join between pedestal and laminate.

"Owain" wrote in message
...

... put a bead of clear silicone between the floor and the
skirting.

Why?

Mary

Owain

"Mary Fisher" wrote
| ... put a bead of clear silicone between the floor and
| the skirting.
| Why?

The solicone will be flexible enough to accommodate the floor expanding (and
almost invisible), but will help to prevent puddles disappearing under the
skirting and getting under the floor.

Owain

"Owain" wrote in message
...
"Mary Fisher" wrote
| ... put a bead of clear silicone between the floor and
| the skirting.
| Why?

The solicone will be flexible enough to accommodate the floor expanding
(and
almost invisible), but will help to prevent puddles disappearing under the
skirting and getting under the floor.

Oh, sorry! The talk had been of WC pedestals and I imagined our set up - of
a lavatory separate from the bathroom.

Mind you, even in our bathroom water never gets as far as the walls ... I do
wonder what people get up to. When our messy and uncontrolledchildren were
at home we never had water on the floor to such a depth as to need
preventing from getting under the tiles. And we still don't!

And what do you do about the gap underthe door?

Mary

Owain

"Mary Fisher" wrote
| Mind you, even in our bathroom water never gets as far
| as the walls ... I do wonder what people get up to.

I'm not at all whale-like, but I seem to displace a small tsunami when I
lean back in the bath.

| And what do you do about the gap underthe door?

In yours of all houses, don't you have a sausage-dog across the bottom of
the door?

Owain

In article , "Mary
Fisher" says...

"Owain" wrote in message
...
"Mary Fisher" wrote
| ... put a bead of clear silicone between the floor and
| the skirting.
| Why?

The solicone will be flexible enough to accommodate the floor expanding
(and
almost invisible), but will help to prevent puddles disappearing under the
skirting and getting under the floor.

Oh, sorry! The talk had been of WC pedestals and I imagined our set up - of
a lavatory separate from the bathroom.

Mind you, even in our bathroom water never gets as far as the walls ... I do
wonder what people get up to. When our messy and uncontrolledchildren were
at home we never had water on the floor to such a depth as to need
preventing from getting under the tiles. And we still don't!

And what do you do about the gap underthe door?

Fit a raised threshold.