Bathroom flooring wooden click lock stuff

MORPH3US

Hi all

We have just brought some flooring that I think is the same as this one:

http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav/nav.jsp?action=detail&fh_secondid=166519&fh_eds=%c3%9f&fh_location=%2f%2fcatalog01%2fen_GB%2fcategories%3c%7b8530244%7d%2fcategories%3c%7b8750001%7d%2fspecificationsProductType%3e%7blaminate_flooring%7d&fh_refview=lister&ts=1174343132690

It is basically click lock stuff for the bathroom.

I was wondering if anyone else had laid this stuff, do you need underlay?

My parents have same stuff in their bathroom and they just put some mdf down to level the floorboards and then laid on top. Theirs looks and feels great but the pack says to use underlay.

Any advice?

M

weekendwarrior

You should follow the manufacturers instructions or else you may invalidate the guarantee.

Underlay is not expensive compared to the flooring itself.

There is a good section here on how to fit it- Laminate flooring


It's always best if you can go underneath the toilet and sink pedestal, rather than cutting around it!

MORPH3US

weekendwarrior wrote: »

It's always best if you can go underneath the toilet and sink pedestal, rather than cutting around it!

Is it easy to do that? Is it a case of unbolt the sink / toilet, lift it up and slide the floor in or do I have to turn the water off and completely dismantle it?

M

martindow

We had some flooring of this kind fitted in the house but it was not recommended for wet areas as water tends to get down the joints. It came with instructions to immediately clean up any water that got on the floor.

We had a small amount of water leaking from the back of the fridge and ended up with black (mould?) lines along the joints and spreading into the wood veneer. I would check this before spending money.

ormus

think seriously before you do this. i would never use laminate in the bathroom nor the kitchen. despite what the makers say.
use floor tiles instead.

gardnt1

Laminate in a bathroom is fine as long as you take precautions.........Buy a tube of clicseal which will waterproof all joints ~ floors2go sell, or alternatively use pva and glue joints....if you ever need to take floor up then you will have to get a new one obviously, but most bathrooms are generally small areas. I have fitted in bathrooms for many customers, and not aqualoc as thats IMO crap!...much better a good quality laminate and clicseal!

As with toilet etc, removing is best as previous poster says, but all needs to be disconnected and removed so water off etc.....not easy if you dont know how, as sometimes even the small thickness of laminate and UNDERLAY will require tap extensions and waste extensions, other times it may not. If you opt to cut around these items, use a lamiante blade to give a good clean cut with jigsaw and then silicone the expansion gap left.

MORPH3US

Thanks guys, especially gardnt1.

Like I said, my parents have the same stuff in their bathroom and they haven't hand any problems at all. The stuff also says on it:

"Ideal for Kitchen, Bathroom and Utility room areas"

"Hard wearing with a highly water resistant core"

"12 year Manufacturers Guarantee"

So I think it should be ok!