Browse Forums Bathrooms and Laundry Re: Installing a shower base on a timber floor 5Jun 25, 2008 8:03 pm The 'black smelly stuff' is a bitumen based sealer and not for use in bathrooms.
The problem with the way you did the reno is that a mortar bed is porous and will seep moisture into the timber subfloor. Also, fibre cement tile underlay sheets are NOT waterproof and will also seep moisture throught to the timber subfloor. Opal, houses built on piers generally had a suspended slab poured for the wet areas (bathrooms/ laundries) A house with these areas built with a timber subfloor has been built on the cheap - mine included, my bathroom has a mortar bed over the top of particle board flooring!! If you are intending on staying in the house I would do it properly and cut out the timber floor. I have seen poly marble shower bases last in excess of 30 years 1 3044 Ask yourself if the insurance company will be aware of the Reno. 4 4875 I've filled, levelled and compacted around 100mm of roadbase in preparation to lay some outdoor court tiles. Prior to doing the final compaction, I dusted the top with… 0 2606 |