Exposed Pine Floorboards in Bathroom

[Possom]

I was considering the option of using exposed pine floorboards in a bathroom, and wondered if that is a reasonable option in terms of the boards not becoming rotten due to damp.

I'd use tongue & groove pine boards with the grooved out tracks under them to prevent cupping.

Joints and any gaps would be filled with silicone sealant.

The floor would then be sealed with Ronseal Diamond Hard Floor Wax (pictured), which I read about on the following ScrewFix threads:
http://community.screwfix.com/threads/floorboards-in-bathroom.4363/
http://community.screwfix.com/threads/opinions-on-dulux-diamond-matt.90033/

The bathroom will contain a bath with an overhead shower and a glass bath screen. (Obviously it's not a wet room).

 

[Nozzle]

I think the only timber you can realistically leave exposed in a wet room is bamboo - anything else warps with exposure to water

Nozzle

 

[Possom]

I think the only timber you can realistically leave exposed in a wet room is bamboo -

It's not a wetroom, just a bathroom with a bath and an overhead bath shower with glass bath screen.

 

[Deleted member 174758]

Any bathroom, wet room or not, is subject to a far hight moisture content in the air than other rooms simply because of what it is

 

[Possom]

Any bathroom, wet room or not, is subject to a far hight moisture content in the air than other rooms simply because of what it is

Perhaps exposed pine is a bad idea even if treated with the above product? (I presume pine would be adequate if covered with lino, as I'm sure many have this setup).

What instead if the exposed floorboards were instead some other type of wood and then also treated with the pictured product? Perhaps a hardwood of some type (I don't know specifically what)?

 

[chappers]

we have the original Victorian pine boards in one of our rentals stripped and sealed with bona mega and they've been fine for the last 10 years. probably douglas fir.
However I do know that new fast grown softwood will cup, I tried it in our bathroom at home and ended up putting bamboo over it, even that which was prefinished has started to peak ever so slightly at the joints, in some places, but not enough to really to notice and to be fair it's been down for about 12 years.
I did our floorboards in the lounge with Diamond hard and it lasted pretty well. Around 10 years. but everything I'm hearing about the new formulation is it's rubbish and diamond hard it isn't. I always use bona now.

 

[Possom]

we have the original Victorian pine boards in one of our rentals stripped and sealed with bona mega

Cheers, I hadn't heard of that product.

However I do know that new fast grown softwood will cup, I tried it in our bathroom at home and ended up putting bamboo over it,

The pine floorboards which I have seen at the builders merchants have grooves which underneath the full length of the board and this, apparently, is to reduce cupping.

 

[chappers]

Cheers, I hadn't heard of that product.


The pine floorboards which I have seen at the builders merchants have grooves which underneath the full length of the board and this, apparently, is to reduce cupping.

Bona is what most of the pro floor finishers round our way use.
Yep that is the idea and it will help. To be honest I could have sanded the cup out of that floor, was probably 1 to 2mm and refinished, but just didn't want to take the chance of it happening again