Bathroom Floor

[Rangoon]

Hello,

I want to put an Engineered floor into bathroom, yet being told its a bad choice.....Why??, it'll sit on top of wooden planks so what the issue

Mike

 

[crazydaze]

It's a floating floor product and will be very unstable in a high humidity area, it will likely expand beyond theexpansion gap recoomended, aso there will be likely problems with the wood itself lifting off the board, joints peaking etc.

 

[Rangoon]

Ah yes it floating, could nail it down I guess

Mike

 

[dazlight]

What do you like about the engineering wood that makes you want to have it in the bathroom mate?
Maybe go amtico or Karndean. Some woods look real in them ranges.

 

[HERTS P&D]

I've got Karndean in my bathroom, it's the Bee's Knees.

9mm ply screwed down to the floor boards every 150mm, then it was screeded over with some sort of cement base self levelling then Karndean was laid.

Andy

 

[crazydaze]

Ah yes it floating, could nail it down I guess

Mike

You'll need to check the product is suitable for secret nailing, 9mm ply the subfloor and you will still have problems with the humidity damaging the floor.

Like has been said, go with a LVT like Karndean, Amtico etc if you really want the luxury look, or sheet vinyl has drastically improved in recent years and would be the least expensive option by some way.

 

[Danny14]

Hi,

Yes I definitely agree with putting LVT like Karndean down and not wood flooring in your bathroom as its far too unstable.

Karndean can be quite expensive though, so I would go for a cheaper alternative like Polyflor Camaro? Its the same quality, just less in price.

Have a look at the link;
http://www.naken.co.uk/index.php?route=product/category&path=59_130_132

Danny