How To Tile A Bathroom Floor Around A Toilet

Although it seems that simply cleaning the tile with bathroom cleaner should completely remove the urine the odor can linger.

How to tile a bathroom floor around a toilet. In this video i show how to cut vinyl plank flooring around a toilet vinyl plank flooring is the going thing at the moment so jump on the trend and use these. Because toilets sit on top of tile any rough cuts are hidden making it easy to achieve the appearance of tile that has been custom cut for your bathroom. When laying tile in bathroom around toilet do you need to remove the toilet.

This is because you will need to cut these tiles individually to fit. To install tile properly around the toilet you need to affix it to the floor under the fixture. As you will need to cut the tiles to shape around the toilet base.

Don t tile around the toilet flange the circular piece that connects to the drain pipe and upon which the toilet itself will rest until the end. It s entirely up to you. X research source draw out a grid pattern for the tile layout on paper and then on the subfloor itself that reduces the number of tile cuts you need to make.

Cutting flooring around these obstacles is difficult even for the most seasoned flooring installer. With the toilet removed you can carry the tile all the way up to and around the toilet flange. Do a dry run by laying your tile out on the bathroom floor.

When the toilet is reinstalled its base will rest squarely on the new floor and cover any edges around the flange leaving your project with a. But think of it this way if you leave the toilet as it is there will be more work when tiling around the toilet.