My bathroom has original 1930s 3.5" wide (89 mm) tongue & groove timber paneling on all the walls.
I'm to have a new bath, with a combined shower, installed and as some of the panels are damaged I had intended to replace *all* the wall panels with new 89mm wide timber T&G panels.
The builder which I have talked with said that he'd be concerned about installing timber paneling on the walls (with no tiles) as the steam from the bath and shower would quickly rot these.
He mentioned about similar width plastic paneling available from either Homebase or B&Q.
I haven't seen it but, since it's plastic, I'm guessing it may not look great.
What would you think of the option of timber panels, then perhaps sealed between them with some form of mastic and then painted in either a linseed oil paint, or a marine (boat) paint?
Or would you have any alternative suggestions with regards to sealing timber panels, or with regards to plastic panels which don't instantly look like cheap plastic.
Thanks!
I'm to have a new bath, with a combined shower, installed and as some of the panels are damaged I had intended to replace *all* the wall panels with new 89mm wide timber T&G panels.
The builder which I have talked with said that he'd be concerned about installing timber paneling on the walls (with no tiles) as the steam from the bath and shower would quickly rot these.
He mentioned about similar width plastic paneling available from either Homebase or B&Q.
I haven't seen it but, since it's plastic, I'm guessing it may not look great.
What would you think of the option of timber panels, then perhaps sealed between them with some form of mastic and then painted in either a linseed oil paint, or a marine (boat) paint?
Or would you have any alternative suggestions with regards to sealing timber panels, or with regards to plastic panels which don't instantly look like cheap plastic.
Thanks!