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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Thank you, campigloo and #1nobby. I am proceeding with caution and asking because the laminated/composite floors are well-known for their bowing, excessive flexing, luan splintering, and foam crushing failures. We have had other issues with it that we have addressed. I am simply doing my homework in advance of pulling the toilet to inspect the flange and its mounting/assembly and substructure. I hope to find some plywood. I cannot imagine that the flange is set in the foam sandwich floor.
However, after years of experience with RVs, nothing will surprise me. Some campers with laminated floors may have the porcelain toilets with a reinforced substructure around the toilet. I take nothing for granted, nor do I assume that anything was done right in the RV's design and assembly.
The floor around the toilet is becoming soft and flexing as it did throughout the coach. So I will reinforce the bath area as I previously did the galley and living areas. Thanks again!
However, after years of experience with RVs, nothing will surprise me. Some campers with laminated floors may have the porcelain toilets with a reinforced substructure around the toilet. I take nothing for granted, nor do I assume that anything was done right in the RV's design and assembly.
The floor around the toilet is becoming soft and flexing as it did throughout the coach. So I will reinforce the bath area as I previously did the galley and living areas. Thanks again!
