How To Install Vinyl Plank Flooring Around Bathroom Toilet Bowl Flange Perfectly! Tips And Tricks!

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How To Install Vinyl Plank Flooring Around Bathroom Toilet Bowl Flange Perfectly! Tips And Tricks!

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Hi Friends! Welcome back to my channel! On today's episode I will be showing you my easy tips and trick I use on how to install vinyl plank flooring around bathroom toilet bowl flange perfectly just using a simple cardboard trick!
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@ejuncos 2 жыл бұрын

BEST video with a great technique to work around the toilet flange!!!

@FixThisHouse 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the awesome feedback!🙏🏽😊

@michaelkeenan5513 3 ай бұрын

This is a great hack worked to perfection for me. Thanks for sharing your knowledge, brother 🤘

@user-iq8ur3rh4o Жыл бұрын

This video was well done. Thank you! You were speaking clear and the video was detailed and steady. I had a "handyman" attempt to install my vinyl plank flooring and he destroyed all the tiles by cutting OFF the tongue and groove. I had to re-order new tile and want to install it myself. I have the tools but was limited on time. I learned a valuable lesson! This video will help me immensely!

@daves2822 3 жыл бұрын

Thorough job. Well done, nice to see someone take pride in their work!

@FixThisHouse 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏽 so much!

@carolschlueter830 2 жыл бұрын

I am a 72 yo woman and I am installing pergo. I am right at the step re: installing the pergo at the toilet area. Your tips are enormous tips for me. Almost ready to reinstall the toilet. Thanks alot.

@FixThisHouse 2 жыл бұрын

Thank so much for the feedback! I’m so happy to know that my videos have helped you a lot! Thank you so much! And I wish you well on your future home projects! 🙏🏽😊

@user-ip1ms1ir7l 7 ай бұрын

GREAT Video, thanks! I just used your technique an hour ago and it worked beautifully. My wife actually said it looks good, to my amazement. This method is foolproof, just take your time and be careful with the jig saw.

@knitordi 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video. I really liked the precision measuring around the toilet flange. Thank for the tips.

@FixThisHouse 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching! 🙏🏽😊

@theshoyusauce184 11 күн бұрын

Great video! Just chaulk after getting all the measurements and making cuts. Less likely to get chaulk on the finish surface.

@58gennaro 2 жыл бұрын

Great tip on tapping the flange. Never would have thought of it. I just tapped my vinyl plank and it left indentations on the padding.

@FixThisHouse 2 жыл бұрын

Nice! Thank you for sharing your technique! 👍🏽😊🙏🏽

@DanielL-ty6pf 10 ай бұрын

Excellent video on toilet flange cutout. Detailed, short and to the point. Also good tip with snapping short cuts with the channel lock.

@Wi11duhbea5t Жыл бұрын

Lookin good and that tip with the straight blade is a big time saver I never would have thought

@hardwarehenrietta5099 10 ай бұрын

Great Job, best toilet cut out I have seen on YT. Thank You

@FixThisHouse 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! 🙏🏽😊

@michaelrayala8514 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video! Your methods and descriptions are very clear. I'm planning to install my vinyl plank flooring in our bathroom. Thank you for sharing Sir.

@jmcguire56 3 ай бұрын

I like what you did with the pliers.

@jefrainerazo7566 Ай бұрын

Excellent presentation. it is exactly that I'm doing. Thanks for the tip

@GaryGoldbergphoto 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! Great video! I've been thinking of doing this project on my own, instead of hiring someone, and the biggest thing that was hanging me up was how to cut around the toilet flange.

@buddymcclure6170 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing, very straightforward.

@michaelcosta879 Жыл бұрын

Measure the front and the two sides. Put a divider leg inside the three marks and adjust the dividers so that the other divider leg touches the three marks and spin the dividers for a. perfect circle in the field of any floor.

@martinkennard1669 10 ай бұрын

Great job. I Eeeked! when you started broom finishing the inside of your garage. It will make it harder to sweep or wheel things around. You probably had your reason. Again, great job and video. I enjoy them.

@tonyamigliore9418 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I looked at a lot of videos and this was the most straight forward and helpful!!

@robertpennington8509 26 күн бұрын

Thanks!

@FixThisHouse 26 күн бұрын

Thank you so much! 🙏🏽😊

@shellyjensen609 Ай бұрын

Well done! I’m about to put it to the test !

@DrHunter343 5 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏

@lordasshat Жыл бұрын

Thank you, flooring whole house and have 3 toilets. this will help get it right. While slower than other methods i have seen, I would rather slow and right over fast and dodgy.

@tenzinngawang2216 2 жыл бұрын

awesome tips and tricks, loved watching your video. looking forward on my project, thanks

@FixThisHouse 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Wish you well on your future projects! 👍🏽😊

@kimzurek7040 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful, thorough, and easy to follow steps! Do you have a followup on how to reinstall the toilet over the "floating" floor?

@simpleflipR6 2 жыл бұрын

The water doesn’t really flow out unless the wax is gone. Use the new ones you will be fine. I just had to replace my wax and the new rubbers are much better

@maryb6819 2 жыл бұрын

Simple but genius. Ty!!

@FixThisHouse 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏽!

@donhall8963 2 жыл бұрын

Love your videos a lot of good tricks makes it seem easy with your hints video was very helpful

@FixThisHouse 2 жыл бұрын

That is great to hear! Thank you so much! 😊🙏🏽

@Brooklynraised68 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I needed thank you

@FixThisHouse 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏽 I’m glad I could help 👍🏽😊

@kenmitchell3355 Ай бұрын

Excellent video. Can I do this with laminate? I have a lot left over laminate from doing bedrooms and hallways so I want to use it in the bathrooms. It seems vinyl would be better but I need to use up my laminate. My biggest concern is that the laminate is a lot taller than vinyl. So I’m not sure if the wax / rubber ring will fit properly.

@AlienRestoMod 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video, very helpful.

@FixThisHouse 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏽!

@billcrowther5718 Жыл бұрын

Great video! Very helpful. Exactly what I needed help with 👍🏻

@tyronelyles8264 2 жыл бұрын

quality install man, thank you for tips

@ricardomaldonado6801 2 жыл бұрын

In reality it was the slowest install I ever seen

@nathanyamaha465 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing.

@FixThisHouse 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! 🙏🏽😊

@Silvia388S 2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou, very helpful

@FixThisHouse 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏽!

@commanderstud2417 2 жыл бұрын

This was helpful yo! Thank you

@FixThisHouse 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad I could be of help! 🙏🏽😊

@ricko2766 6 ай бұрын

Nice and helpful video. Thanks!

@blonklee4529 Жыл бұрын

Very well explained, thanks.

@jeffreycollins3604 2 жыл бұрын

I loved this video. I just wish I could see how you placed the toilet back on and if you needed to do something with the flange when the new flooring is thicker than the old flooring.

@paulgrant6466 2 жыл бұрын

This is my concern as well. I’ve removed the builders 23 year old linoleum off the bathroom floor. I’m concerned about getting a good seal with wax ring between the toilet and the flange after I install the vinyl plank flooring which is much thicker than the previous linoleum. Any advice?

@chughes868 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the very clear instructions. Saved me many headaches.

@FixThisHouse 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching! 🙏🏽😊 glad I could be of help!

@mostlikelywedoitservices6926 2 жыл бұрын

For sure on the backside piece. take a scab of flooring toward the wall and interlock the flooring. That will keep you square. Don't rely on what he showed you ever when laying plank. Always use scabs to make sure you are aligned.

@redcardinalkitchen Жыл бұрын

Thank you. This was very, very helpful. We will remove the old flooring and put in the new one. Sincerely, The "Red Cardinal Kitchen" Team.

@mitchellloder1032 Жыл бұрын

Very helpful

@anferny8 Ай бұрын

Say you have a new build, would you put the toilet flange in first, then the flooring, or vice versa?

@baymaxhero4127 Жыл бұрын

Hey man. Thank you!

@sttraveler2593 3 жыл бұрын

Good information. The research I have been able to do suggests the toilet flange be placed on top of the finished floor- do not cut the floor around the flange? So this video would be inaccurate. You would need to have the flange raised and slide the vinyl floor under the flange to achieve proper height of the flange for proper seal using a wax ring.

@GreatDataVideos 2 жыл бұрын

I've used an Oatey Flange Extender to raise the base of the flange slightly above the flooring. You're right that the flange should never be below the level of the flooring.

@yru435 Жыл бұрын

@@GreatDataVideos What ST Traveler said, if I take it literally, is that the toilet flange needs to be installed directly on the finished flooring, not into a sub-flooring. I have seen that before in comments, but mostly I see what you said: the flange should stand above the finished floor, but not be installed on the finished floor.

@HiFiInsider Жыл бұрын

does Marmolium (Forbo) panels install the same way as vinyl flooring? Is it necessasry to replace the wax ring when toliet is removed? thank you for your help.

@HisWayHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

couldn't you leave the template on the bolts and just slide the plank under the template and draw the arc from the template?

@cdwalker15 2 жыл бұрын

This was gold! It worked perfectly.

@hollyrichards6714 Жыл бұрын

You could but most toilet flanges are fantastically filthy. I'm not sure about you but smearing poop all around on the back of my new floor doesn't sound appealing

@HisWayHomestead Жыл бұрын

@@hollyrichards6714 good point 🤪

@hollyrichards6714 Жыл бұрын

@@HisWayHomestead I currently in the hell of a bathroom reno that required a full demo. I spent more time than I care to admit with my face disgustingly close to my toilet flange replacing the subfloor 🤢

@HisWayHomestead Жыл бұрын

@@hollyrichards6714 gross…. We just put a new floor in a bathroom…. The flange wasn’t too bad and I cleaned it pretty well…. Bathroom never was used much…. That makes all the difference

@SwolShark Жыл бұрын

What jigsaw blade type did you use? Nice video 👍

@lucianodimarino9739 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Helpful. 👍

@upstatecre8 2 жыл бұрын

Well done!

@MrWhitelightning73 2 жыл бұрын

Outstanding

@HUFF-N-PUFF-2024 Жыл бұрын

So glad I found your video!! Awesome job! 1 question did the installed flooring effect the installation of the toilet at all?

@MikeMicTv 3 ай бұрын

What was the tool you used to tap the vinyl in.

@jeffaltavilla6261 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the informative video. After mounting the toilet do you caulk around it?

@FixThisHouse 3 жыл бұрын

That is a very controversial topic, for me personally I keep mine not caulked because I want to know if in the future there is a future leak, plus I do not want to have to scrape off the caulking when I need to replace the toilet in the future, but some caulk due to code so please check your code. Others caulk for aesthetics and to prevent gases or oder from escaping from the flange. I hope this helps. 🙏🏽

@09137327 2 жыл бұрын

I just finished installing my floor throughout the whole floor, used this video as a guide for under the toilet. Just decided to come look at the comments and now finding out that the flange needs to be raised?! 😩 Now mine is leveled with the floor!

@neilsunstrum933 2 жыл бұрын

Hopefully you picked up a riser kit. Cheap and easy to install.

@Vanowm 2 жыл бұрын

Do we need leave ¼" expansion gap around the toilet hole too?

@FixThisHouse 2 жыл бұрын

Hi! If around the toilet flange yes. I would recommend you remove the toilet when installing flooring.

@edgelynmendoza3290 3 жыл бұрын

Is it okay to use vynil tiles to bathroom with shower?

@FixThisHouse 3 жыл бұрын

Yes it is, make sure you buy the waterproof version and make sure you apply proper waterproof membrane underneath just to make sure. Also caulk the edges. I’ll be making a video of this in the future 👍🏽🙏🏽😊

@michaels656 Жыл бұрын

No underlayment or vapor barrier underneath between the concrete and flooring?

@MirceaBoise 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! thank you, but I have an issue in my closet....What do I do around the crawlspace door opening, and to the cover of it with the planks??? do I glue the planks to the crawlspace cover? How do I cut or nail down or glue around the crawlspace opening??? Nobody has videos about this which is mind baffling!!!!!!

@robertkenney6002 Жыл бұрын

I’m Sure you got this figured out but never cover crawl space. Somebody will eventually need acesss. I’d plank around it. Then cover the acual crawl space door with piece of square carpet. With handle to pull up. Would look nice, as nice as it could be. It’s a closest

@Jack-rn2im Жыл бұрын

Is there any waterproof needed under your floor?

@atillakocmar8902 3 жыл бұрын

How did you install scotia on your concrete wall?

@according_to_rizo Жыл бұрын

I have a question. Why must i measure from bottom to top on both occasions? Am i missing something?

@cwatson42785 6 ай бұрын

Did the instructions tell you to lay it in that direction? What i mean is 95% of lvt floors i do the big flat tongue is going the other way. I mean it really doesn't matter in the long run but when i do them it goes the opposite way. The big tongue facing the end way, working left to right.

@upload610 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. I'm planning to install vinyl plank over existing tile floor in my bathroom. What would I do if my baseboard (abt 5-6in height) is also tile? Thanks!

@AlessioSangalli 2 жыл бұрын

Come on do it right and remove the old tiles.

@chunckyfreshnut 2 жыл бұрын

What are the pro cons vinyl vs tile?

@juancgarcia3431 9 ай бұрын

y los moldes de las orillas?

@damlee321 2 жыл бұрын

Will the moisture destroy the plank?

@EasyCapitalArsh Жыл бұрын

My contractor cut the vinyl around the base of the toilet and has the toilet sitting on top of the plywood. So the vinyl material isn’t directly under the toilet. Is that an issue?

@epicxbeatbox4957 3 жыл бұрын

Late to this but any tips around a vanity that’s already in place... around toilets I do pretty well but vanities that’s already in place I struggle with for some reason even using a Saker tool

@StevenSmith-pt8rz 3 жыл бұрын

What’s a saker tool?😳 New one on me. Course what can I say? Lived a very shieltered life.🤪

@UFCReno 3 жыл бұрын

Can you cut it with utility knife and snap?

@FixThisHouse 3 жыл бұрын

Only for straight cuts, but for circular cuts and curves I suggest using a jigsaw or hacksaw

@seansorrin3586 2 жыл бұрын

How come you are not using an underlayment

@FixThisHouse 2 жыл бұрын

For wood subfloor, a moisture barrier is unnecessary, but underlayment can provide cushion, plus these already have built in underlayment cushion, be careful some brand will void the warranty if underlayment is installed, just make sure you follow the manufacturers manual. When installing vinyl plank flooring over existing floor materials, underlayment may not be required, but it can help with cushioning and sound reduction

@ImBrownbo 5 ай бұрын

1:44 yeeeea 😂

@MrJoeKneale Жыл бұрын

Should the floor be that snug around the drain? I thought you were supposed to leave 1/4” between the flooring planks and anything solid they could push against?

@MrTexaz101 Жыл бұрын

1/8” will be ok to allow for expansion.

@Kiwi-rf4jv 2 жыл бұрын

Do you need but glue under floor?

@maxuntonodo2685 Жыл бұрын

I hate you. Lol. Great job.

@christina8663 2 жыл бұрын

What's type of blade for the jigsaw? Thanks

@goofyfish Жыл бұрын

Black and Decker

@patrickhaney4015 2 жыл бұрын

Won’t the toilet be so heavy for the floor to be able to expand and contract?

@PokeChu0107 Жыл бұрын

You're not suppose to run vanilla flooring up that tight. You need an expansion gap. You should put expansion roll foam between the flooring and the drain and or walls. 1/4" or 5mm

@kokhwateoh9449 3 жыл бұрын

Do we need to install a plastic cover before install vinyl ?

@wing_gundamzero_5433 2 жыл бұрын

Some vinyl manufacturers have a black cover on the back of each tile. It looks like the ones used in the video are that type so no need for a cover 😉

@ginagvlogs2386 3 жыл бұрын

so which way is correct??? toilet flange needs to be above finish floor or just level??

@FixThisHouse 3 жыл бұрын

If it’s above the floor you don’t need the spacer. If it’s below the floor you need the spacer.

@ginagvlogs2386 3 жыл бұрын

@@FixThisHouse i guess what im trying to find out is do screw on top of finish floor??

@sttraveler2593 3 жыл бұрын

@@ginagvlogs2386 Yes flange needs to be on top of the finished floor and then screwed down to it using screw fasteners. , the flange should always be on top of the finished floor. I suppose one could use spacers but it would be another chance for the toilet to leak.

@aa0324 2 жыл бұрын

@@sttraveler2593 so which is it man? How come then you didn’t put the flange above the flooring? You need to get a plumber to fix your big mistake.

@fanusky783 2 жыл бұрын

Do you make room for expansion gaps?

@FixThisHouse 2 жыл бұрын

Yes make sure to leave atleast 1/4” to the end to end, this will also make room for the pull bar

@janaybetraveling4281 2 жыл бұрын

Does the toilet have to be removed?

@FixThisHouse 2 жыл бұрын

When installing flooring I would suggest you do to make it look cleaner and allow expansion and contraction But if you can’t you can cut around it , just a little difficult with all the rounded cuts around the toilet.

@michaelisrude 2 жыл бұрын

I would have had it cut and installed by the time you made the first mark on the cardboard

@FixThisHouse 2 жыл бұрын

Good 👍🏽!

@MB-tu2ns 2 жыл бұрын

Or you could have just made your template, laid the board down in place, put the template on top of it and marked it.

@FixThisHouse 2 жыл бұрын

That works too 👍🏽😊

@rogeliolopez2594 2 жыл бұрын

Lmfao I could done like 5 toilet cut in that time 😂😂😂

@leffycleanse336 3 жыл бұрын

Tedious work haha…toilet gonna cover most of that anyways. Probably don’t need to be that good

@FixThisHouse 3 жыл бұрын

I’m just a little OCD lol 😂

@thehound1359 3 жыл бұрын

Seriously. I did some pretty rough cuts when I did my floor since nobody was going to see it anyway.

@warrenranstrom4462 2 жыл бұрын

Why not just slide the plank underneath that cardboard while it’s still on the bolts and then trace around the cardboard directly onto the vinyl?

@FixThisHouse 2 жыл бұрын

That works too! Thank you for sharing your technique 👍🏽😊

@warrenranstrom4462 2 жыл бұрын

@@FixThisHouse I only realized my idea after seeing your cardboard idea. Great technique, thank you!

@fozziebear7139 2 ай бұрын

What a pain in the behind.

@Dave-tw9ib 2 жыл бұрын

u should have done your walls first

@FixThisHouse 2 жыл бұрын

I agree!

@vincentkeith1800 2 жыл бұрын

You just want to rub it in that it's harder than paying you.

@maxlove6232 2 жыл бұрын

Too bad you're installing it backwards

@donalddietrich9442 2 жыл бұрын

You got some poop stuck to the bottom of that cardboard budd!

@FixThisHouse 2 жыл бұрын

Nah, just old wax residue 🤢

@FJBsaidcornpop Жыл бұрын

I was way to complicated of an explanation on how to get that plank around that hole. He's right, but geez Louise!

@lpbskulls6968 Жыл бұрын

There's a faster way