[Help] Wooden floor in Bathroom??

dermotcoll · 13 Jul 2010, 22:17

Hi Rich

Sorry for the late reply and bumping the thread again. I have been away recovering from a wee heart attack!! I have a lot of experience in laying floors of all types and TIG has provided some sterling advice (as usual, I might add). Just one thing to be careful of with this type of flooring if you are going to varnish / lacquer the tongue and groove edges is that you dont layer it on thick as it might interfere with the jpoint (ie prevent you from being able to put the tongue into the groove after it has been glued). This has happened to me in the past due to badly machined timber and it is a feckin nightmare - you have to get the glue completely cleaned off using a wet rag and then dried down.

Also whenyou are gluing the floor make sure you get a continuous bead of glue along the joint to form perfect seal agaist water ingress. If you don not get squeeze out along the full length of the plank then there is a gap into which water will go, especially in a bathroom.

Good luck.

Rich O Brien · 13 Jul 2010, 22:24

Hi Dermot,

To be honest i kinda given up on the lovely oak floored bathroom and will go the tile route! Now to offload some flooring, or have one expensive bonfire?

watkins · 14 Jul 2010, 07:26

Dear Dermot,

I hope you are fully recovered from your 'wee heart attack'. Presumably, you have been told to change your life style, which probably means less time in front of the screen. Good luck with your long-term recovery.

Kind regards,
Bob

Mike Lucey · 14 Jul 2010, 10:17

Rich,

I laid solid oak flooring to all the floors in my house back about 17 years ago. The 1st floor bathroom and en-suite were done also laid on 19mm ply and secret nailed!

The advised you are getting is sound. I allowed a gap (about 3mm) every metre. Don't forget to install a good extractor fan over the shower,

Mike

Roger · 29 Sept 2010, 18:22

There is a local restaurant here in Phoenix with Oak flooring except that the Oak is a very convincing ceramic tile. This does not lend itself to architectural purism, but it might please the higher power and avoid a rotting mess in the long run.

Rich O Brien · 22 Mar 2011, 16:21

She won in the end....

Dave R · 22 Mar 2011, 16:37

I wondered what happened with this project. It looks pretty nice.

dermotcoll · 23 Mar 2011, 21:30

Love the finished look. Of course she was always going to get her way - she just let you think you were going to tile it!!! Make sure the word on the piece of paper in the bath doesnt happen too much on yer floor lad!!

Rich O Brien · 23 Mar 2011, 21:45

I've yet to use it....

(Don't think I'll ever be allowed)

tfdesign · 24 Mar 2011, 10:33

Nice bathroom Rich!

We're about to do the same here. But the wooden floor is completely shagged!
It's also much smaller in size, but I knocked this up in SU the other day...

Not really room to 'swing a cat'. Oh well, at least I can sit on the john and stare out of the window!