Laminate flooring question

[Cleopatra]

Hi Everyone,
i have been lucky enough to aquire some laminate flooring from freecycle which i have refitted to my small hallway but have som eleft over and am wondering of the possability of puttingit in my bath room.
Before i do this is there any particualr type that would be more suitable for bathroom use than others and how do i tell if i have the right type?
i have two different sorts, one is a sort of chipboard, and the other is a sort of compressed board. Both are laminated on both top and bottom ( i have no idea if this is standard in all laminates?) and both are click lock type.
I also have some felt/thick card type underlay that came with it.

Is it worth trying to fit it to my bathroom? Obvioulsy it was free, so wont cost me anythign except time and trouble, but i dont want my hard work peeling or comming up in a few weeks.

any advice gratefully recived.

Thanks,
Cleo

 

[mac391]

Hi cleo

Laminate flooring isn't realy suitable for bathrooms, even the "bathroom" laminates in my experience.

Most planks have a code/name or number on the back that might help to find out the make or manufacturer to see if it is suitable.

The woodchip one certainly won't work, the other one is HDF (high density fibre) board.

The underlay is an accoustic board, generally for soundproofing and again not suitable for bathrooms... sorry.

Nothing to stop you trying it though if it was free and not going to be used elswhere !!

 

[Cleopatra]

Hi Mac,
thank you. i might still go ahaed and try, just in case.

if i do, anysuggestions on what to put on the floor as underlay if i dont use the stuff it came with? i currently have very uneven painted floor boards... could i just put the laminate straight down?

Cleo

 

[mac391]

There's different underlay from 99p for 1mm foam up to about £5 for cushoined thicker underlay (price per square metre)

Your floor should be level to do it right but i think you're going to do it anyway lol.

It's not correct advice but why not use what you have, you might get a year out of it if your careful with water spillages etc.

Good Luck..

 

[Cleopatra]

LOL, well seeing as it was free i may well just give it a go and see what happens.

the only slight reserve i have is the hassle i went to to fit it in the hallway, but i do have a slightly better understanding of fitting and cutting it now, so it shouldnt be quite so bad.
The hallway certainly had sweat blood and tears into it!

Cleo

 

[big-all]

dont suppose you left a 12mm gap all the way round

assuming you are going round the toilet and wc leave a 6mm gap and assuming you have a white bog use white sanitary silicone build up in layers and shape it like a bell so when the little and big boys miss it runs down the pan and onto the floor rather than under

 

[Cleopatra]

Actually... yes i did
It has an 8 - 10 mm gap all round 3 sides including the stairs, and a gap of anything up to a foot under the cupboards.

Would have been eaiseir if the wals were straight, but you cant have everything.

Would sillicone sealer give it the movement/space it needs if i seal round the edges? I cant just leave it bare round the loo it will get too manky

oh and what do you do in the doorways for laminate? At the moment it has duck tape over the edge to stop it getting chipped.

Cleo