The floor in the bathroom
is exposed to moisture, water splashes or temperature fluctuations. Therefore, the material selected for
the floor can not be accidental. The
bathroom will only check wood species that are stable, hard and resistant to
water.
In the bathroom, it is
better to avoid a wooden floor made of domestic wood - the only exception is
thermodrewno, that is wood undergoing thermal treatment at very high
temperatures. The most popular is
thermojesion, you can also buy, for example, thermososną or thermodąb. Species thermally modified are much
darker than wood before processing, known to us from traditional floors.
Wooden floors in the
bathroom
The specific conditions
that prevail in the "wet" room, which is the bathroom meet the wooden
floors of exotic species, in particular, it is recommended to teak. Its advantage is a very low shrinkage
factor (9.1%) and high hardness. It
also owes its popularity to decorative elements, has a waxed satin gloss, a
grain in the form of brown stripes and rich noble colors resembling a
yellow-brown to dark-brown nut. The
iroko is also eagerly used in bathroom wood, it has a shrinkage factor of 9.4%
and also high hardness. Its
decorative qualities are expressive graining, forming on the larger surfaces
expressive streaks and stripes.The color of the wood varies - from honey and
olive to chocolate brown. The
cedar, mahogany, merbau and sapeli are rarely used for laying the wooden floor
in the bathroom. In the toilet,
where there are slightly milder conditions for a wooden floor, you can arrange
jatobe or doussie.
Wood in the bathroom -
selection of floor elements
The bathroom can use
various solid wood elements. Industrial
tomozaika is a very good choice. It
has high resistance to damage and warping in unfavorable operating conditions. The thick, vertically joined lamellas
are characterized by the fact that their edges do not deform. The bathroom can also be used with
floor boards or wooden three-layer panels. Glued
wood is more resistant to moisture and warping, it has perfectly smooth joint
surfaces. Remember, however, that
even the most stable wooden floors in the clash with large variations in
moisture can dry or swell.
