Cut Vinyl Tile Around Toilet

The only difficult part is fitting the tiles around the toilet base or flange.

Cut vinyl tile around toilet.

Cutting vinyl tile to fit around a toilet is a bit trickier since there are curves involved. These tiles have glue applied at the factory. Vinyl tiles are adhesive backed and will stick to almost every surface so no messy glues or grouting are required. You have a choice when it comes to laying vinyl tiles around your toilet base.

Each tile bordering the flange must be cut and trimmed to fit. In this video i show how to cut vinyl plank flooring around a toilet vinyl plank flooring is the going thing at the moment so jump on the trend and use these. Vinyl tiles are a quick way to cover a bathroom floor. Visualize how each tile will fit around the toilet base and estimate which parts of each tile will need to be cut away.

The trickiest part about laying. With the toilet removed you can carry the tile all the way up to and around the toilet flange. You can cut the tiles precisely to fit right up against the edges of the base you can loosen the toilet and slip the tiles under the edge or you can remove the toilet and place tiles up to and around the outflow pipe. But the process is the same.

Installing peel stick tile under a toilet. Build out the rest with straight pieces. Each of these methods has pros and cons. Transfer these estimates to the corresponding sheets of paper and use scissors to cut parallel slits that are about 0 25 in 0 64 cm apart in the areas that will need to be removed.

Position the curved piece to fit and tape it all down as you go. When the toilet is reinstalled its base will rest squarely on the new floor and cover any edges around the flange leaving your project with a. Cutting flooring around these obstacles is difficult even for the most seasoned flooring installer.