Laminate Under Toilet

The wax ring is your seal against leakage.

Laminate under toilet. Whether you re laying ceramic vinyl wood or something else on your bathroom floor you ll deal with the toilet in the same way. The toilet has to be removed and the flooring cut to go around the floor 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. Laying laminate flooring around a toilet drain.

Use an extra thick wax ring with a horn funnel for the seal then replace the toilet. The remaining water can be drained into a bucket by disconnecting the water line on the tank or you can use a. Flush the toilet to drain the majority of water out of the tank. Then the toilet is reset so the base covers the cuts around the drain.

Installing under a toilet after you remove the toilet which is often a two person job you need to measure the position of the flange and cut a hole for it in the flooring using a jigsaw. The shutoff valve is usually located on the wall behind the toilet. Turn the valve clockwise as far as it will go. Once it is set and tightened down calk around the toilet.

Turn the water to the toilet off.