Hints on laying tile effect laminate in the bathroom,
Discussion
I'm pretty confident making straight edge cuts with a saw, but i'm a little apprehensive about getting a good line round the sink pedestal and toilet. My idea is to work upto the pedestal/toilet and then create a template from cardboard around them, corresponding to how i would need to cut the laminate piece. Is it that easy?
Also around the edge of the room i plan to use those edging spacers upto the skirting board, but then instead of using a coving to cover up the join, use some similarly coloured silicone to form a neat (flat) beed. Has anyone else done this, welcome any comments/suggestions.
Also around the edge of the room i plan to use those edging spacers upto the skirting board, but then instead of using a coving to cover up the join, use some similarly coloured silicone to form a neat (flat) beed. Has anyone else done this, welcome any comments/suggestions.
Dunclane said:
It's always easier to mark the thickness of the new laminate on the bottom of the architraves and saw cut them to allow new laminate to slip underneath.
Ah yes. Is there a special saw you need to do this or just a run of the mill one? Access behind the toilet etc would be difficult to do that.I have the horrid laminate in our bathroom, and the people who installed it have put some Cork strips around the sink and base of the toilet.
There there is a clear bead of silicon on top. They have done the same around the firepalce in the living room.
I hate laminate and cannot wait to return from holiday to rip it out from the remaining rooms in the house. Kitchen, Dining room, Living room, Hallway, Bathroom, cloakroom!
There there is a clear bead of silicon on top. They have done the same around the firepalce in the living room.
I hate laminate and cannot wait to return from holiday to rip it out from the remaining rooms in the house. Kitchen, Dining room, Living room, Hallway, Bathroom, cloakroom!
jas xjr said:
Why not lay some ceramic tiles instead? Not sure if Laminate would be a good idea in a bathroom.
You can get stuff designed for bathrooms, it looks like tiles. If doing ceramic then you will deffo want to lift the bog etc. Then you have the fun of sorting the plumbing as everything sits a few mm higher. Joy.Dave_ST220 said:
You can get stuff designed for bathrooms, it looks like tiles. If doing ceramic then you will deffo want to lift the bog etc. Then you have the fun of sorting the plumbing as everything sits a few mm higher. Joy.
I have seen that Laminate / tile stuff. But I would still like to fit ceramic. I like plumbing , so not a problem on that front. I realise it doubles the job. I can get decent cuts around the loo and the sink but not everyone wants the bother.Carlton Banks said:
Dave_ST220 said:
Colder but not cold, unless on a ground floor. TBH tile effect laminate is better than carpet 
Who the fuuk puts carpet in bathrooms.My new build BTL had this - bonkers.
Carlton Banks said:
Dave_ST220 said:
Colder but not cold, unless on a ground floor. TBH tile effect laminate is better than carpet
Who the fuuk puts carpet in bathrooms.My new build BTL had this - bonkers.
Tiles on a standard bath room floor is a nightmare, the grout cracks then you get moisture under them and mould grows. Or you have to gut the bathroom put board down screw it at 150mm centers without hitting a pipe then lay tiles not easy and the grout still cracks.
Best stuff is the vynil flooring as used in hospitals etc its flexible, never leaks and has a grippy surface, wet tiles are slippy. My mates dad puts this in all the en suite jobs he does on some expensive houses too looks great as they do some really nice pattern ones.
Best stuff is the vynil flooring as used in hospitals etc its flexible, never leaks and has a grippy surface, wet tiles are slippy. My mates dad puts this in all the en suite jobs he does on some expensive houses too looks great as they do some really nice pattern ones.
boy said: Tiles on a standard bath room floor is a nightmare, the grout cracks then you get moisture under them and mould grows. Or you have to gut the bathroom put board down screw it at 150mm centers without hitting a pipe then lay tiles not easy and the grout still cracks.
Best stuff is the vynil flooring as used in hospitals etc its flexible, never leaks and has a grippy surface, wet tiles are slippy. My mates dad puts this in all the en suite jobs he does on some expensive houses too looks great as they do some really nice pattern ones.
That only happens if you skimp on the prep work. Floorboards up, fit noggins if required especially at the threshold if there isn't a joist where it finishes, lay some 19mm wpb ply and screw down every 75 to 100mm. Use good quality flexible adhesive and grout. Never had any grout cracking and that includes the bathroom floor I did at my mothers over 10 years ago. Best stuff is the vynil flooring as used in hospitals etc its flexible, never leaks and has a grippy surface, wet tiles are slippy. My mates dad puts this in all the en suite jobs he does on some expensive houses too looks great as they do some really nice pattern ones.
Laminate flooring should not be used in a wet area, bathrooms, kitchens etc., since if the laminate gets wet, then the layers of laminate will simply lift.
However to answer the OP's question, buy a profile guage, which put simply is alot of pins, that when pushed against an intricate shape, pattern, will form, mirror the shape, allowing one to draw, cut out the same shape.
However to answer the OP's question, buy a profile guage, which put simply is alot of pins, that when pushed against an intricate shape, pattern, will form, mirror the shape, allowing one to draw, cut out the same shape.
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