Tilling my bathroom floor

[andy216]

Afternoon all,

Just got a question, I have just bought a house with carpet in all bathrooms. I want tile all the floors I know I have to ply board the upstairs floors. My question is should I tile around the sink pedestal & toilet or remove them?

Cheers in advance.

Andy

[DTWCeramics]

Personally I would tile the floor, and place sanitaryware on top of this.

Cheers to you too!

Matt

[andy216]

Thanks for your fast response, if I tile the floors and place the sanitary ware back on top surely I will have to adjust the basin height on the wall and toilet waste pipe??

[royaloakcarpentry]

Why are they carpeted................might be that there is too much flex in the floor for tiling.

make sure any flex issues are dealt with otherwise you will have a failure of grout/adhesive bond or cracked tiles.

[andy216]

I think it's been carpeted as a cost saver, all the other houses in my road are the same. I will do a flex test prior to plying the floor and after I have pled the floor. see if any movement.

[royaloakcarpentry]

15mm ply is what you need.

[andy216]

Great, thanks for the advise I will check over the weekend and make a start.