Installing Hardwood Around Toilet

Installing hardwood flooring around a toilet flange.

Installing hardwood around toilet.

In fact it s easier to install a toilet on a wood floor than it is to install one on ceramic tiles which is a more common bathroom floor covering. One thing is for sure though. Laying a floor may seem impossible but that is far from the truth. Do you have a toilet pillar or another round object in the room.

When you are installing laminate flooring in your bathroom remodel you probably want to make your cuts outside and not in the bathroom. For hard or vinyl tiles tile from the middle outward. You ll encounter fewer problems if the flooring is already down when you install the toilet floor plate more commonly known as the flange but it s no biggie if it isn t. The hole can be generously large to make laying the flooring easier but the flooring should extend at least 2 inches inside the perimeter of the toilet base.

Running a new toilet drain is a job for the pros. For wood flooring lay it from one side of the room to the other. Install the wooden floor first and mark the location for the toilet drain making sure to avoid any floor joists. Lay the bathroom floor according to the type of flooring you re using.

Either way stop when you get to the area around the toilet drain. Hardwood flooring doesn t create many problems when it comes to installing a toilet. Autoplay when autoplay is enabled a suggested video will automatically play next. Then the plumber will drill a large hole right through the new wooden floor and the subfloor making a neat clean hole.

If the flooring raises the toilet more.