High everyone.
This is my first post so please be gentle with me. I'm fairly inexperienced when it comes to DIY. I've always just been the guy that helped my mates to fix things around my house but now times have moved on and I need to be able to do things myself.
The laminate flooring in my bathroom is cheap rubbish and is not water resistant. As a result after a few years of being fitted it is bubbling up and needs replacing. I've gone out and bought new waterproof laminate flooring that is more suitable for a bathroom application.
My problem is the old flooring is only about 8mm thick but the new flooring is considerably thicker at 14mm. This is obviously going to raise the floor about 6mm. Of course this now means that the toilet and the sink are no longer going to fit.
My question is this:
Rather than having to drill new holes in the tiles and try and get the sink and toilet waste pipe to line up again, is is possible to file 6mm off the bottom of the porcelain toilet somehow? This may sound like a ridiculous idea but I was just wondering if it's feasible?
Thanks.
Jason
This is my first post so please be gentle with me. I'm fairly inexperienced when it comes to DIY. I've always just been the guy that helped my mates to fix things around my house but now times have moved on and I need to be able to do things myself.
The laminate flooring in my bathroom is cheap rubbish and is not water resistant. As a result after a few years of being fitted it is bubbling up and needs replacing. I've gone out and bought new waterproof laminate flooring that is more suitable for a bathroom application.
My problem is the old flooring is only about 8mm thick but the new flooring is considerably thicker at 14mm. This is obviously going to raise the floor about 6mm. Of course this now means that the toilet and the sink are no longer going to fit.
My question is this:
Rather than having to drill new holes in the tiles and try and get the sink and toilet waste pipe to line up again, is is possible to file 6mm off the bottom of the porcelain toilet somehow? This may sound like a ridiculous idea but I was just wondering if it's feasible?
Thanks.
Jason