Does anyone have (long-term) experience of using bamboo flooring in a
bathroom, and has it proved to be satisfactory?

Daniele

D.M. Procida wrote:
Does anyone have (long-term) experience of using bamboo flooring in a
bathroom, and has it proved to be satisfactory?

Daniele
No practical experience of bamboo but IMHO the only practical floorings
for wet areas are ceramic floor tiles or vinyl sealed to the edges.
Wood and water do not mix no matter how many precautions and coats of
sealer.

Bob

In article ,
Bob Minchin wrote:
D.M. Procida wrote:
Does anyone have (long-term) experience of using bamboo flooring in a
bathroom, and has it proved to be satisfactory?

Daniele
No practical experience of bamboo but IMHO the only practical floorings
for wet areas are ceramic floor tiles or vinyl sealed to the edges.
Wood and water do not mix no matter how many precautions and coats of
sealer.

Surely it depends on usage? I'd agree if you have lots of careless kids
and you don't mop up immediately - but many can use a bathroom without
ending up with lots of water on the floor. A bath mat will be fine for
most.

Ceramic tile floors are a new thing really - most Victorian houses had
wood floors in their bathrooms and seemed to have survived.

Bob

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In article ,
Bob Minchin writes:
No practical experience of bamboo but IMHO the only practical floorings
for wet areas are ceramic floor tiles or vinyl sealed to the edges.

Would just say that ceramic can be very slippery with fet feet,
and I'd be careful of this with any elderly/infirm person.
(Possibly applies to most surfaces.)

Wood and water do not mix no matter how many precautions and coats of
sealer.

--
Andrew Gabriel
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On 8 Feb, 12:01, Bob Minchin wrote:

Wood and water do not mix no matter how many precautions and coats of
sealer.

I think that's a bit of a sweeping statement to make. Boats and ships
were made of wood for a good few millennia, and elm was used for water
pipes for a long time. A lot of older bathroom fittings (I'm thinking
Victorian) are mahogany and teak, and I've come across teak-floored
modern bathrooms.

Mark you, I wouldn't want to holystone my bathroom floor every day.

Cheers,

Sid

Bob Minchin wrote:

Does anyone have (long-term) experience of using bamboo flooring in a
bathroom, and has it proved to be satisfactory?

No practical experience of bamboo but IMHO the only practical floorings
for wet areas are ceramic floor tiles or vinyl sealed to the edges.
Wood and water do not mix no matter how many precautions and coats of
sealer.

The (painted) floorboards in the main bathoom have been happy for many
years. The new bathroom will be for adults only, and will be
considerably less splashed-in than the other.

Are floorboards especially water-tolerant?

If we did use bamboo, there'd be a step up to the bathroom, the bamboo
being thicker than the flooring on the landing. How would one normally
deal with that?

Daniele

Andrew Gabriel coughed up some electrons that declared:

In article ,
Bob Minchin writes:
No practical experience of bamboo but IMHO the only practical floorings
for wet areas are ceramic floor tiles or vinyl sealed to the edges.

Would just say that ceramic can be very slippery with fet feet,
and I'd be careful of this with any elderly/infirm person.
(Possibly applies to most surfaces.)

You can get textured ceramic - would that be better?

Andrew Gabriel wrote:
In article ,
Bob Minchin writes:
No practical experience of bamboo but IMHO the only practical floorings
for wet areas are ceramic floor tiles or vinyl sealed to the edges.

Would just say that ceramic can be very slippery with fet feet,
and I'd be careful of this with any elderly/infirm person.
(Possibly applies to most surfaces.)

Wood and water do not mix no matter how many precautions and coats of
sealer.

Andrew makes a very good point. You can get textured surface tiles for
such applications. I have these and the grip with bare wet feet on the
tiles is very good.
BTW tiles bought in France (even with a weak pound) are much cheaper and
they have a huge selection. Tiled floors are much more popular there
hence a bigger volume market.
I've added home brewed low voltage underfloor heating for a very
comfortable effect.

Bob

On 8 Feb, 12:51, (D.M.
Procida) wrote:
Bob Minchin wrote:
Does anyone have (long-term) experience of using bamboo flooring in a
bathroom, and has it proved to be satisfactory?
No practical experience of bamboo but IMHO the only practical floorings
for wet areas are ceramic floor tiles or vinyl sealed to the edges.
Wood and water do not mix no matter how many precautions and coats of
sealer.

The (painted) floorboards in the main bathoom have been happy for many
years. The new bathroom will be for adults only, and will be
considerably less splashed-in than the other.

Are floorboards especially water-tolerant?

If we did use bamboo, there'd be a step up to the bathroom, the bamboo
being thicker than the flooring on the landing. How would one normally
deal with that?

Daniele

With ceramic tiles over 9mm ply, I've just made a sloping cill at the
door.

Rob

Bob Minchin wrote:
Andrew Gabriel wrote:
In article ,
Bob Minchin writes:
No practical experience of bamboo but IMHO the only practical
floorings for wet areas are ceramic floor tiles or vinyl sealed to
the edges.

Would just say that ceramic can be very slippery with fet feet,
and I'd be careful of this with any elderly/infirm person.
(Possibly applies to most surfaces.)

Wood and water do not mix no matter how many precautions and coats of
sealer.

Andrew makes a very good point. You can get textured surface tiles for
such applications. I have these and the grip with bare wet feet on the
tiles is very good.

The downside is the dirt gets in the cracks and you need to use a
scrubbing brush to clean em.

D.M. Procida wrote:
Does anyone have (long-term) experience of using bamboo flooring in a
bathroom, and has it proved to be satisfactory?

Daniele

We considered exactly that question a few years ago.

The bamboo gives every impression of being fairly moisture tolerant (I
did things like soak samples for short periods). But I was concerned
that if a small hole developed in the finish, water could get through
and soak in. But, because it has a finish, the water might be somewhat
trapped. (With bare floorboards, they can easily get wet, but should dry
out relatively easily.)

I used some of the samples to make a few odds and ends which have been
in use in the cold, unheated garage for at least three years without any
apparent deterioration.

In the end, for various reasons, we decided against it - but I would
certainly consider it again if circumstances change.

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wrote:

On 8 Feb, 12:01, Bob Minchin wrote:

Wood and water do not mix no matter how many precautions and coats of
sealer.

I think that's a bit of a sweeping statement to make. Boats and ships
were made of wood for a good few millennia, and elm was used for water
pipes for a long time. A lot of older bathroom fittings (I'm thinking
Victorian) are mahogany and teak, and I've come across teak-floored
modern bathrooms.

Mark you, I wouldn't want to holystone my bathroom floor every day.


Boats are still often made of wood. Mine's something like 10 years old,
and the killer on the finish isn't the water, it's sunlight - which
probably isn't so much in evidence in a bathroom as in a dinghy park.

The trick is to use epoxy coatings - you really can make it completely
waterproof.

Stuff like this:

http://www.westsystem.com/ss/

"Westing" has become a verb - albeit in a rather restricted circle!

Andy

Andy Champ wrote:
wrote:

On 8 Feb, 12:01, Bob Minchin wrote:

Wood and water do not mix no matter how many precautions and coats of
sealer.

I think that's a bit of a sweeping statement to make. Boats and ships
were made of wood for a good few millennia, and elm was used for water
pipes for a long time. A lot of older bathroom fittings (I'm thinking
Victorian) are mahogany and teak, and I've come across teak-floored
modern bathrooms.

Mark you, I wouldn't want to holystone my bathroom floor every day.


Boats are still often made of wood. Mine's something like 10 years old,
and the killer on the finish isn't the water, it's sunlight - which
probably isn't so much in evidence in a bathroom as in a dinghy park.

The trick is to use epoxy coatings - you really can make it completely
waterproof.

Stuff like this:

http://www.westsystem.com/ss/

"Westing" has become a verb - albeit in a rather restricted circle!

Andy

Would epoxy be a suitable choice as an exterior 'paint' for a house
window thats hard to access? Standard oil paints dont last well. What
sort of epoxy formulatin would be best?


NT

On Feb 8, 6:19*pm, (Andrew Gabriel) wrote:

Would just say that ceramic can be very slippery with fet feet,
and I'd be careful of this with any elderly/infirm person.
(Possibly applies to most surfaces.)

Yes, it's surprising how many floors are very slippery when wet. I
frequently stay in hotels with outrageously slippery bathroom floors.

--
Nige Danton

wrote:
Andy Champ wrote:
wrote:

On 8 Feb, 12:01, Bob Minchin wrote:

Wood and water do not mix no matter how many precautions and coats of
sealer.
I think that's a bit of a sweeping statement to make. Boats and ships
were made of wood for a good few millennia, and elm was used for water
pipes for a long time. A lot of older bathroom fittings (I'm thinking
Victorian) are mahogany and teak, and I've come across teak-floored
modern bathrooms.

Mark you, I wouldn't want to holystone my bathroom floor every day.

Boats are still often made of wood. Mine's something like 10 years old,
and the killer on the finish isn't the water, it's sunlight - which
probably isn't so much in evidence in a bathroom as in a dinghy park.

The trick is to use epoxy coatings - you really can make it completely
waterproof.

Stuff like this:

http://www.westsystem.com/ss/

"Westing" has become a verb - albeit in a rather restricted circle!

Andy

Would epoxy be a suitable choice as an exterior 'paint' for a house
window thats hard to access? Standard oil paints dont last well.

I would definitely say so.


What
sort of epoxy formulatin would be best?



Pass..whatever yachts use.

NT

wrote:

Would epoxy be a suitable choice as an exterior 'paint' for a house
window thats hard to access? Standard oil paints dont last well. What
sort of epoxy formulatin would be best?

How well is not well?

The killer on these paints seems to be UV. However I repainted my boat
for the first time last year at 9 years old, and parts of it are exposed
to sunlight. The trigger was in fact that parts of the paint had
blistered where they are permanently wet (it sits on a bit of old
carpet. Or did, I've changed that)

Varnish doesn't last as well as paint. The epoxy coatings you'd use for
a floor inside are really for undercoat - you want varnish or paint on top.

I'd use International or Blakes. It ain't cheap.

Andy

Andy Champ wrote:
wrote:

Would epoxy be a suitable choice as an exterior 'paint' for a house
window thats hard to access? Standard oil paints dont last well. What
sort of epoxy formulatin would be best?

How well is not well?

The killer on these paints seems to be UV. However I repainted my boat
for the first time last year at 9 years old, and parts of it are exposed
to sunlight. The trigger was in fact that parts of the paint had
blistered where they are permanently wet (it sits on a bit of old
carpet. Or did, I've changed that)

Varnish doesn't last as well as paint. The epoxy coatings you'd use for
a floor inside are really for undercoat - you want varnish or paint on top.

I'd use International or Blakes. It ain't cheap.


Thinks about it... x-posts to uk.rec.sailing...

Andy