Best way to protect bottom of bathroom door from steam after trimming?

[john2k]

My bathroom door is a solid fire door with an oak-effect laminate finish. Because of bathroom steam over the past 10+ years, the laminate at the very bottom edge (inside bathroom side) has started lifting and feathering very slightly.

I’ve recently laid new flooring which has raised the finished floor height, so I need to plane quite a bit off the bottom of the door anyway, which should remove the damaged part.

Once I’ve trimmed it, I’m wondering what the best way is to stop the bottom edge from getting damaged again from steam and moisture in the future.

Any recommendations of what I can do to protect the bottom of the door after trimming it? Strangely the top of the door hasn't had this issue, wondering why it only happened to the bottom.

Thank you

 

[jj4091]

Probably happened at the bottom due to hot moist air conensing on colder surface at the bottom. Just smear some silicon over the cut edge and allow to dry before re-hanging the door

 

[JohnD]

Get a more powerful extractor fan, and use it more often.

A "silent" one, coming on with the light switch and having a timed overrun, is most effective. Electricity usage is negligible.

 

[JohnD]

Strangely the top of the door hasn't had this issue, wondering why it only happened to the bottom.

You are not "allowed" to trim the tops of fire doors, where the certification is printed, but you are "allowed" to trim the other edges a bit, so I expect yours has a raw edge.

People painting doors never paint the bottom, and seldom paint the top as it is out of sight.

These are the surfaces most prone to damp penetration on external doors, so I make a special effort on mine.

 

[^woody^]

You are not "allowed" to trim the tops of fire doors, where the certification is printed, but you are "allowed" to trim the other edges a bit, so I expect yours has a raw edge.

Bathrooms don't need fire doors to perform as fire doors.

 

[^woody^]

If its oil finish, use a quality oil and several coats to let it soak in.

If painted, use a polyurethane varnish, 2 or 3 coats. A trick which may help prevent edge splinters is to run a thin bead of superglue along the edge of the ply veneer

 

[JohnD]

Bathrooms don't need fire doors to perform as fire doors.

I didn't say they did.

 

[stevie888]

Bathrooms don't need fire doors to perform as fire doors.

Some BCs do require firedoors to bathrooms where needed elsewhere,

When I challenged it the first time round, argument was that piles of clothes in an airing cupboard with an immersion heater represent a fire risk. TBH I simply mark the doors to be firedoors on the drawings and wait on BC comments

 

[JohnD]

I like fire doors on a bathroom as they are very solid and muffle noise.

It is simple to install them the same as any other fire door,

 

[^woody^]

Some BCs do require firedoors to bathrooms where needed elsewhere,

They are wrong, and can't back up that opinion with any published guidance or standards.

That argument about the airing cupboard is tenuous at best and nonsense at worse, and would mean every such airing cupboard no matter where it is located to require a fire door. In fact every cupboard or room with a CU, boiler, and .... plug socket if that logic is extended..

 

[^woody^]

like fire doors on a bathroom as they are very solid and muffle noise.

And toilet?

 

[aveatry]

Seal it with any varnish - that will do as it wont be seen.

 

[aveatry]

I like fire doors on a bathroom as they are very solid and muffle noise.

What the feck are you doing in there that you need to muffle the noise

It is simple to install them the same as any other fire door,

Apart from they weigh a ton and you have to carry them upstairs ( mostly for a bathroom)