Thinking about re-doing the bathroom from the floor up.
Anyone tell me what the norm is these days when replacing wooden
floorboards?

I'm sure the last place I saw build had a chipboard
floor in the bathroom that was treated to repel water - could be going
mad....

Cheers
Dan.

In article , nightjar wrote:

If you are going to cover it with something - I used cork tiles - then
water-resistant flooring quality chipboard, held down with screws, is by far
the easiest. I used 22mm as that matched up nicely with the floorboards at
the door, but it also comes in 18mm. Make sure you identify which side is
the top and work out the best way to lay the boards, taking particular
account of how you will engage the tongue and groove of the last piece laid,
before you start cutting or laying. I also marked out on top of the boards
the positions of all the joists and of the plethora of pipes under the floor
so that I knew where it was safe to drill for the screws.

Thx colin. I was more thinking of removing the floor boards. We had
a small leak that discoloured the lath and plaster ceilig down in the
kitchen - and I'm now paranoid. The leaks are sealed (bath edge) but
the plaster (which was already blown) is now cut out and leaving it
all breath for a week or so before I patch it back up.

I'm planning a complete re-build of the bathroom with a new suite,
tiles etc in due course - but wanted to know that - if I got bored, I
could rip the old one out and replace the floor with "x".

It's got sealed cork tiles on top of the floorboards at the moment and
they seem to work quite well.

Cheers
Dan.