Fitting Laminate Flooring Around Toilet Bowl

Start with the flooring if you re installing a new floor pedestal sink and toilet you should install the laminate flooring first so it s under the sink and toilet.

Fitting laminate flooring around toilet bowl. You could floor around it but i d recommend against it. Against a toilet however there is no new sheet to form a seam and nothing to cover an expansion gap leaving an obvious channel in the floor around the toilet. Laying a floor may seem impossible but that is far from the truth. 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.

Do you have a toilet pillar or another round object in the room. References this old house. Your templates need to be the exact same size as your planks. Your planks do not have to fit tightly against the flange.

Place each template on the appropriate plank and trace the pattern with a pencil. 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. Follow our tips for a be.