Either way stop when you get to the area around the toilet drain.
Laminate flooring around toilet.
Laminate flooring is essentially resin impregnated paper atop a wood chip base.
The surface of laminate plank is actually a photograph of oak cherry slate marble or any other wood or stone.
Laying a floor may seem impossible but that is far from the truth.
When you are installing laminate flooring in your bathroom remodel you probably want to make your cuts outside and not in the bathroom.
Follow our tips for a be.
You will need a jigsaw to cut the laminate flooring to fit around the flange.
Toilets seldom present a problem when installing laminate flooring because you have to remove the toilet before laying the floor.
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Lay the bathroom floor according to the type of flooring you re using.
Because laminate flooring floats above the sub floor on top of underlayment it will expand and contract slightly with the temperature and humidity of the room.
Mark the perimeter of the toilet flange with the pencil on the edges of the laminate pieces but add an extra 1 4 inch of space to allow for expansion and movement of the flooring material with the.
Surprisingly laminate flooring is a better bathroom flooring choice than solid hardwood.
For hard or vinyl tiles tile from the middle outward.
On top is a clear coat called the wear layer.
Use a template of each plank to obtain the shape that you need for each edge that will need to be cut to fit around the flange.
You typically use the same technique for laying the flooring around the toilet flange the round fitting at the floor under the toilet that you use when laying around a post.
Although it s possible to lay laminate flooring around a toilet or sink pedestal in practice it s difficult to make an accurate enough cut to make the transition between the flooring and fixture.
Start with the flooring.
The flange is a ring that holds the anchor bolts for your toilet and the wax ring.