To install a conventional bathtub in a wooden room, for example, in a country house, it is important to take into account the peculiarities of the wooden coating itself, waterproofing the wooden floor in the bathroom and the entire room, requires special surface preparation. Before the advent of modern sealants, it was believed that there could be no bathtub in a wooden house, or the accumulated moisture would destroy the coating.
How to properly arrange waterproofing in a bathroom in a wooden house what points should be considered below.
The features of the original building material should be taken into account – wood, the material is hygroscopic, with the accumulation of moisture it expands, with a lack of shrinkage. This movement does not stop throughout the life of the home. Rotting, mold, fungus, ants and termites, and shrinkage – this is the set “problems”, which will have to cope with when building waterproofing in a bathroom in a wooden house.
A few tips from experts for waterproofing wooden bathroom floors.
- Use modern highly elastic waterproofing materials capable of repelling water (hydrophobes). they must also have high adhesive properties.
- Shouldn’t get hung up on “maybe”, it is better to entrust the work to reliable professional workers with sufficient qualifications.
- It is best to isolate all surfaces of the future bathroom from water using the coating method, it is more suitable for wooden structures, because able to show elasticity, and in conditions “breathable wood” this property is difficult to overestimate. The coating material is bituminous mastic, they are used as a screed base, a layer of polymer-cement mastic is applied on top of it. Another option for covering the base is rubber-bitumen mastic, even if the base is deformed, it will protect the surface from moisture.
- There is also a pasting method, and if the choice for objective reasons is behind it, for waterproofing the wooden floor in the bathroom and its walls, it is better to use a polymer self-adhesive membrane.
- To create the necessary strength in the process of waterproofing in a bathroom in a wooden house, a non-corrosive fiberglass reinforcing mesh is used, it is laid after the first layer.
- At the joints of walls and floors, it is recommended to use additional reinforcement of the waterproofing layer, and glue the joint with tape with a sealant.
