Luxury Vinyl Plank with Bathroom Vanity
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5 years ago
My husband and I are getting ready to redo the floors in our bathroom with luxury vinyl wood-look click together plank. We are also about to replace our vanity. Our current vanity has a toe kick and sits directly on the floor so the tile that is in place now rests up against the toe kick. However, our new vanity will sit off the ground a little bit on four feet (picture attached) so there is some space underneath. I have always read to not install floating floors under cabinets. However, what would you do in this case? I'm afraid the floor will look unfinished if we don't continue this under the vanity since you can see under it. I also don't want to put too much pressure on the floor that takes away from its ability to expand. I'm interested to hear what others suggest as this will help us piece together the order we should do our installations!
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Comments (1)I'm following because we are thinking about doing this in our kids'/guest bathroom since we have a good amount of leftover vinyl plank flooring from our downstairs area. If we can put off the bathroom project long enough, I want to see how it wears downstairs. When we purchased the house, the bathrooms had "groutable vinyl" squares which is kind of the worst of everything. New master bath remodel has tile and it's beautiful but already a month into it, I've got some grout cleaning concerns with the floor and I definitely can tell that it's colder than the vinyl squares (but so much nicer, of course). Our vinyl planks are long and much better looking and they suit the layout of the hall bath and they feel nice underfoot and clean up wonderfully and will save us a good amount of $ on install (besides already having them sitting here) BUT my worry is that we are sort of committed then once everything is installed. Maybe not so much if we decide not to do a floating vanity. I'd say we are 70% yes and 30% no on the vinyl planks at this point of our pondering. The price point on our house/neighborhood does not merit "fancy" finishings and we already have vinyl downstairs so the bathroom is not going to be a deal breaker, assuming it wears well over time. Ha ha - maybe I just convinced myself to to 80/20. Tile is surely a safer bet, though....See MoreVinyl Plank wood-look flooring in bathroom
Comments (4)Click and float. If I had to glue it down, I would just do porcelain, since I'm pretty good at tile work (I just have soooo much more tile work to do) Why can't it go under cabinets? I would figure any expansion might be hindered, but could expand the other way (not a very large room, maybe 6' wide to the shower wall. The vanity is a RH furniture vanity, so the feed are on sliders anyway. Floor will take the weight, but with minimal contact area for any relative motion. Clawfoot tub is the same. Thanks all....See MoreAmpezzo Luxury Vinyl Plank for bathroom, Marble or wood look?
Comments (6)I personally like the porcelain marble look tile floors for a bathroom. Very luxurious. And there are some very good look a likes. I have wood look tile in my whole downstairs and while I love it and it is beautiful, it is more rustic than I’d like in a bathroom....See MoreVinyl planks in bathroom?
Comments (38)I have vinyl planks in the long hallway on the other side of the house, 1 of the back bedrooms there, and thru the kitchen. the kitchen had beautiful wood flooring and I had my handyman rip it out to put down the vinyl. I had him put it in my walk in closets. I had planned on tile flooring but my sister built about 5 yrs prior to me moving in here and she has tile all thru-out her main floor. Every time I'd been over there my legs and back were sore for days. it took me a few yrs to connect it to spending a few hours there walking her hallway, kitchen, dining area, bedroom etc. when I finally figured it out I nixed putting tile in here. In past years that has come up rather often on 'kitchens'. Besides it is harder on you if you fall than vinyl would be. I had to think of those things as I aged. and I do believe that is the source of a lot of my sister's problems with her legs and back. I had Armstrong planks put in. took me a long time to decide on one and then find one that wasn't busy or ugly or cheap looking. that was about 6 yrs ago. I'm sure they have improved. I wish I could have gotten more of what I did - but I bought all they had and then it was discontinued. now I have to find something I can live with (pattern wise) for my bedroom and the other 2 bedrooms on the west end of the house - plus the bathrooms and laundry. I also decided that if there was a water leak in the kitchen, these planks would be much easier to pull up and dry out / replace than tile would be. Besides, there's no way I want to contend with grout these days. I wanted something that would be easy to clean and less dangerous to me if I fell on it. My comfort is my priority these days. CindyMac - I love the look of the wood vinyl in your laundry room! what brand is it and what is it called? I'd like to see if I can find it locally. I think it'd work in my TV room and 2 remaining bedrooms....See MoreUser
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