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Suitable Extractor fan + chipboard floors
Hi, hoping this has probably been done many times and someone will have
a quick answer I am just finishing off an extension which has left me with a bathroom in the middle of the house with no external walls, so no windows. Can anyone suggest an extractor fan that would be suitable and upto the job of keeping the bathroom relatively dry from the steam. Extractor will be vented through the roof The other qestion is, are 18mm water resisitant Tongue & Cheek chipboard panels suitable for 1st flooring (especially in a shower room) Thanks in advance for your responses Gaffar |
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"Gaffar" wrote in message ... Hi, hoping this has probably been done many times and someone will have a quick answer I am just finishing off an extension which has left me with a bathroom in the middle of the house with no external walls, so no windows. Can anyone suggest an extractor fan that would be suitable and upto the job of keeping the bathroom relatively dry from the steam. Extractor will be vented through the roof The other qestion is, are 18mm water resisitant Tongue & Cheek chipboard panels suitable for 1st flooring (especially in a shower room) Thanks in advance for your responses Gaffar Water resistant chipboard!!. Interesting. I after a leak or two and replaced with 18mm Marine ply flooring, will take a soaking apparently. |
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Gaffar wrote:
Hi, hoping this has probably been done many times and someone will have a quick answer I am just finishing off an extension which has left me with a bathroom in the middle of the house with no external walls, so no windows. Can anyone suggest an extractor fan that would be suitable and upto the job of keeping the bathroom relatively dry from the steam. Extractor will be vented through the roof any tangential fan designed to be used with ducting. See screwfix or toolstation .com 4" will give you garbage flow rate, 6" has real use. The other qestion is, are 18mm water resisitant Tongue & Cheek chipboard panels suitable for 1st flooring (especially in a shower room) no way Jose. Use WBP ply NT |
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wrote in message oups.com... Gaffar wrote: Hi, hoping this has probably been done many times and someone will have a quick answer I am just finishing off an extension which has left me with a bathroom in the middle of the house with no external walls, so no windows. Can anyone suggest an extractor fan that would be suitable and upto the job of keeping the bathroom relatively dry from the steam. Extractor will be vented through the roof any tangential fan designed to be used with ducting. See screwfix or toolstation .com 4" will give you garbage flow rate, 6" has real use. TLC also do a 5" wall mounted one - installed two of those in the past. The one in our shower room works like a dream - never a trace of any steam in the room (timer set to 10 minutes or so). |
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On Sun, 29 May 2005 13:13:48 +0000 (UTC), Gaffar
wrote: The other qestion is, are 18mm water resisitant Tongue & Cheek chipboard panels suitable for 1st flooring (especially in a shower room) According to building regs it is: http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&c2coff=1&q=water+resistant+chipboard+ odpm&spell=1 Still, I'd seal it with a couple of coats of something decent like marine varnish and tape the joins with aluminium tape. If you can seal the edges too and a border round the underside before laying even better. Whatever you use if it stays wet for a long time it will rot unless treated, so sealing is a good way to go. If tiling on it check with adhesive manufacturer for compatiblity with your sealer of choice. cheers, Pete. |
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Gaffar wrote:
wrote: Thanks for the replies Looks like my options are either 18mm wbp plywood yup or aqua panels over the top of the chipboard that has already been laid. no no no BTW, is the chipboard ok for other rooms like bedrooms, or a definite no-no and just stick to 12mm wbp plywood for these. chip is fine where theres no chance of it getting wet. Water only needs to sit on it once and its a gonner, so quite uselses for bathroom floors. NT |
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Andrew Gabriel wrote:
In article .com, writes: chip is fine where theres no chance of it getting wet. Water only needs to sit on it once and its a gonner, so quite uselses for bathroom floors. The water resistant chipboard for bathrooms survives wet for ages, much to my surprise. Things like the carpet grippers had all rotted away, but the chipboard was still rock solid, in spite of being wet possibly for a year or more, and supporting an internal thermal block wall (also wet right through). Standard chipboard flooring disintegrates as you suggests. Ooh. This sounds like what I've been looking for for ages. Well, it would if it comes in a melamine finished version, but I dont suppose flooring does. NT |
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In article ,
Pete C writes: On 30 May 2005 00:36:42 GMT, (Andrew Gabriel) wrote: The water resistant chipboard for bathrooms survives wet for ages, much to my surprise. Things like the carpet grippers had all rotted away, but the chipboard was still rock solid, in spite of being wet possibly for a year or more, and supporting an internal thermal block wall (also wet right through). Sounds good, did it warp or expand much? Not at all. I was worried about the wall built on it dropping, but it hadn't. I don't know if there are different qualities of waterproof chipboard. I think the whole upstairs floor of this house (about 15 years old) is built with it. I suppose a good test for flooring chipboard is to boil a sample or give it a cycle in an old dishwasher. That sort of heat might have other effects. Just leave a piece outdoors and see what happens. -- Andrew Gabriel |
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Andrew Gabriel wrote:
The water resistant chipboard for bathrooms survives wet for ages, much to my surprise. I agree. Just out of laziness I have had an old sheet of green 18mm chip outside for the last 3 weeks Of which one weekend was the wettest I have seen for years. It's resting between the angled drive and the flat flag stones, and gets used as a spring board on a daily basis. So far it is holding it's own. has a slight curvature, but no more than the new stuff I got off Wicks shelves last weekend! -- http://gymratz.co.uk - Best Gym Equipment & Bodybuilding Supplements UK. http://trade-price-supplements.co.uk - TRADE PRICED SUPPLEMENTS for ALL! http://fitness-equipment-uk.com - UK's No.1 Fitness Equipment Suppliers. http://gymratz.co.uk/hot-seat.htm - Live web-cam! (sometimes) |
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Andrew Gabriel wrote:
Just leave a piece outdoors and see what happens. See my previous post. 3 weeks and still going strong! :¬) -- http://gymratz.co.uk - Best Gym Equipment & Bodybuilding Supplements UK. http://trade-price-supplements.co.uk - TRADE PRICED SUPPLEMENTS for ALL! http://fitness-equipment-uk.com - UK's No.1 Fitness Equipment Suppliers. http://gymratz.co.uk/hot-seat.htm - Live web-cam! (sometimes) |
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