Laminate flooring - remove pedestal basin and toilet first?

Get the laminate underneath the toilet and pedastal if you can. A telescopic trap may be needed to cope with the pedastals new height and a flexible waste for the toilet but it looks so much better.

wok around, allow a 6mm gap, with neat curves, and then put in a neat bead of silicon (colored to match floor)

The 6mm gap is presumably for expansion and to allow the floor to 'float'? But won't the bead of silicone prevent any movement? In which case it's no better than laying the flooring *under* the toilet pan etc. and screwing through it into the sub-floor - which would be much neater. There will presumably still be an exansion gap round the edge of the room even if the floor can't float fully.

how big is the room? if small you won;t need much xpansion gap anyway?

When I did this years ago I installed the laminate without removing the bog, by sliding the cut sections under the edges of the pedestal , kucky for me the bog was already on a semi-flexi connector - worked out fine and much better than gaps etc around it and silicone everywhere...

Cheers Jim K

Jim K wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@i31g2000yqm.googlegroups.com:

In my case, the loo is only about 1.5m x 1.8m. It opens onto a hallway which is 2.6m x 1m

Thanks to all, for the input. I should that the toilet and baisin are not yet fixed in place, so it is no problem at all to lay the laminate over the entire floor first. I wonder if having the laminate going under the basin pedestal and the bog could present some problem in future, say, if I need to replace the laminate. I also wonder if the basin and bog might be a bit wobbly if sitting on the laminate, due to the underlay.

Al

Not if you use the right type of silicone, allows movement ... .. Low modulus (BS 5889 type A) with fungicide.

I would never lay laminate in a bathroom again, either Tile or lino, you will only have to rip it up again in a few years when the water gets to it.

Although if you do I would remove bog and basin before laying flooring.

Camdor wrote in news:%Bzbo.80921$GF5.30980@hurricane:

Thanks. No I wouldn't lay it in a bathroom, either. This is just a loo (no bath or shower)

Al

If you screw the bog and pedestal to the sub-floor, with the screws going through the laminate, nothing will wobble.

If you need to remove the laminate subsequently, simply cut round the bog and pedestal and leave the bits of laminate under them in place.

mmm "simply cut" with what?

Jim K

Jim K wrote in news:44fddcf5-018f-4604-a193- snipped-for-privacy@k10g2000yqa.googlegroups.com:

I was wondering the same. Angle grinder (with diamond blade, preferably) perhaps? I can't think of anything else that would work.

Al

Fein Multimaster or Bosch PMF180.

Precisely - you beat me to it!