How To Install Laminate Flooring Around A Toilet

You will need a jigsaw to cut the laminate flooring to fit around the flange.

How to install laminate flooring around a toilet.

Installing laminate there means working around. Follow our tips for a be. Laminate flooring comes in a wide range of designs and because it has a waterproof factory finish it s a good choice for a bathroom floor covering. Do you have a toilet pillar or another round object in the room.

The flange is a ring that holds the anchor bolts for your toilet and the wax ring. Since you re raising the level of the floor you ll likely need to raise the level of the flange that skirts the drain as well. 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. Then the toilet is reset so the base covers the cuts around the drain.

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. The only tedious parts of installing this type of flooring is when you are trying to install it around obstacles in the toilet such as doorways bathtubs sinks and toilets. Laying a floor may seem impossible. The toilet has to be removed and the flooring cut to go around the floor drain.

See your hardware store for a flange extension kit.