Toilet Upgrade on Laminated Floor
Has anyone with laminated flooring (not plywood) upgraded their toilet from plastic to porcelain/ceramic? Our floor is a laminated product made of foam sandwiched between micro-thin luan sheets. It ...
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FeatherFam wrote:
Thank you, I am aware of this. My question is about the integrity of the laminated floor which is substantially less capable of weight bearing versus a 5/8 plywood floor. I want to know if anyone has experience with adding the weight of a porcelain toilet to a laminated foam floor. Will a foam floor handle the added weight? The porcelain toilets weigh a lot more. I am concerned about how easily these floors bow, divot, and flex. The laminated floor is not a substantial design for weight bearing.
Like countless others, we have already had to take measures to mitigate the floor's deterioration caused by normal use. Actually, we baby our TT, and the floor still presents all of the tell-tale deficiencies common to laminate floors.
Do manufacturers put these nothing plastic toilets in for overall gross weight objectives, or do they use them because the floor will not handle the weight of a heavier porcelain toilet?
Maybe I don't understand your issue, exactly.
I have the type of floor in my TT that you have and I have a factory installed porcelain toilet.
So is the answer yes?
