should the vinyl flooring run under or up to the loo?

[oldashdale]

I have had a new upstairs loo fitted (as mentioned in my previous post). The flooring is yet to be done (by somebody else altogether but not yet decided upon) The bathroom fitter sealed the loo with sealant around the floor but didn't install any brackets to hold it in place. (However my downstairs loo, fitted 2005, has no obvious brackets, the mounting holes are empty and there are no problems there.) He said the vinyl floor fitter could cut the seal, lift the loo and run the flooring under it. But is that right? I'm sure that downstairs, the vinyl flooring was fitted AFTERWARDS and ran up to the loo, not under it.

The reason the fitter didn't fit any removable brackets is that the vinyl flooring might need a plywood underlay and therefore the final height of the loo bottom face is unknown as yet.

I haven't paid the balance for this installation. Should I be calling the man back and saying, fit the brackets anyway before I pay? Should the flooring run under the loo or just up to it?

(In case this is the wrong sub-forum, I'm posting this question on the flooring page as well)

Thanks, guys!

 

[Agile]

You seem to be blaming the WC installer for your mistake in getting the loo fitted before the flooring.

Where possible its neater and better to fit the WC over the flooring and thats what you should have done.

But most flooring is done just up to the WC because of the difficulty of removing it.

He has done exactly what you wanted so please pay him!

Tony

 

[leakydave]

Toilet over flooring is better if you change the pan in the future...

Flooring around pan is better if you think you will ever need to lift the floor covering to look at pipes under the floor...

 

[slapper]

Tiling under pan, vinyl up to pan. Installer should have fixed the pan to the floor with supplied fixings.

 

[Nige F]

2 things - Surrey and Bathroom fitter . I rest my case