We are in the middle of a 2nd floor bathroom addition on an 18th Century home. The ho want to use southern yellow pine 8 – 10″ wide that have been sawn from old beams. Very tight grained stuff.
We will be beefing under the floor with a couple microlams and 2x’s. This bathroom is above the existing kitchen.
The question is:
Do we put down a subfloor of plywood?
Do we put down a subfloor at all?
Screw/glue?
Would prefer to nail for the look. There isn’y any way to get ventilation between the floor of the bathroom and the ceiling of the kitchen.
I know, some of you will say not to put a wood floor in the bathroom, but that’s the look we and the ho want. Just trying to minimize future moisture problems.
Any flooring guys out here want to give up some tricks of the trade?
Thanks in advance. Rod
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Someone on this forum posted a photo of a toilet sitting on a rectangular marble base, set into the wood floor and level with it. Condensation and other drips would hit the marble and not discolour the wood, and it looked really very good. The look didn't clash with traditional bath - there are limits to historical accuracy when you're talking about indoor plumbing anyway. You could border it with the flooring as you would a hearth.
Nice idea! I hadn't thought of that. I'll bring it up with them tomorrow. Thanks. Rod
This doesn't answer your subfloor question but may help with your potential moisture problems.
We have a toilet installed over an Oak hardwood floor. It's been down for 10 years and no staining yet. When the contractor installed the cold water supply he also installed a mixing vv. so every time the toilet is flushed and the tank fills the cold water is tempered with hot. Have never had a drop of condensation on the bowl - at least not from the cold water supply!
Good luck
We meet with the plumber soon, I'll see if he knows anything about this.Thanks. Rod
Mixing valves is how we solve that condensation problem
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I just did a 6" SYP floor in a bungalow on the beach. Same thing...ho wanted the original look. I was told by a hardwood floor sub I use that any floor over 4" should be glued, so that is what I did. If you don't have a hight issue, I would go with a subfloor over the beams, screwed, then glue and nail the SYP floor.
My opion, for what it's worth.
Brian....Bayview Renovation
The marble base is good when a humid climat makes the tank seat and drip. Other than that, the important thing is to seal the wood and make sure thatit equaklizes to conditions before laying it.
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