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« on: March 19, 2006, 09:57:25 AM »

was thinking about putting this stuff down over a tile floor in a bathroom.
anyone have any thoughts on this install?
should i tear the tile up? base trim problem because the walls are also tile?
toilet install on top gonna cause problem?
i'm a carpenter of about 20yrs but have never played with this stuff so any imput would be greatly appreciated  :lol:
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« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2006, 05:37:37 PM »

Home Depot said yes for bathroom to us and 2 yrs later we have problems with the Traffic Master not only in the bathroom but the den and living room with mold (or mildew).  We followed instructions in testing the slab for moisture - taping plastic to floor for a period of time.  No moisture showed up and now the boards are turning black in various places.  The bathroom is the worst.  Cold water in tank & bowl condensate and now we have a black floor!  It is happening at a slower rate in other areas.  Perhaps we are not talking about the same product.  Ours is a snap lock laminate but with real wood laminated on top (1/32" or 1/64") rather tham a plastic picture of wood.
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« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2006, 07:42:12 PM »

thanks for the reply.
sounds like you got a moisture problem in general.
not to stereo type home depot employees but most don't know their ass from a hole in the ground so, i think you may have got some bad advice there.
back to my application..
yes i got the really fake stuff.. lol
don't thing there is one ounce of wood in it.
my biggest concerns are trimming it against the tile walls and the tightening down of the toilet.
i have read the directions and i realize it is a floating floor system. so am i gonna have a problem?
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« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2006, 08:13:13 PM »

I wouldn't put a toilet down on top of this flooring unless you cut a U shaped channel with some expansion around the bowl part of the U.  The "bowl" part of the U will be towar the sides of the stool base if you can follow my thinking?  But then the problem exists how to anchor the stool down and allow the floor to float which would even probably work but I wouldn't trust it.  Manufacturers say it is okay for bathrooms but I know just by loking at the composition of the material in general it is a sponge!  As far as the tils the only thing you could do in the bathroom is cut it short of the walls and tub and utilize some kind of trim over the top of it.  You could use a 1/4 round or something similar to trim it out and it might look okay but then again maybe not.  If it were my bathroom I wouldn't sink the money into it I would put my money into a nice ceramic tile with heat underneath or something similar instead but then again what the Client wants the Client gets so if you want it that badly go for it, I just don't think I would want the headache that it MAY produce.  Sincerely ~ James Van Raden ~ Paragon Renovations ~ Moorhead, MN
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