Best floor for 1890s bath?
Insta-poll for all the design experts here: Our 1890s bathrooms have original beadboard wainscotting, wood floors, wall hung sinks, and incredibly heavy clawfoot tubs with fixed-length plumbing. The floors are going to be very wet all the time. Should we expose the wood floors, use 2-inch hexagonal unglazed porcelain tile a la the 1890s, or…
Insta-poll for all the design experts here: Our 1890s bathrooms have original beadboard wainscotting, wood floors, wall hung sinks, and incredibly heavy clawfoot tubs with fixed-length plumbing. The floors are going to be very wet all the time. Should we expose the wood floors, use 2-inch hexagonal unglazed porcelain tile a la the 1890s, or cover with vinyl sheet flooring? We originally had our hearts set on real linoleum, but it’s outrageously pricey at $30 a square foot installed.
End of story here: We called two more places and got quotes that were more like $10 or $11 a square foot installed. We are going with Marmoleum in the kitchen, vinyl sheet flooring in the baths.
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anytime mopar. good luck!
You’re too funny! Thanks so much, Jack.
Mopar, I’ve seen those extra platforms in areas where old lead pipes were used to make 45 or 90 degree bends. You wont have to replace the entire line, the vertical stack should be in good shape. Also if the home is a legal 2 family you can use PVC pipes which is a lot cheaper and easier to work with.
Offer the refinishing guys a few extra bucks to move it. Tell them you’re providing a work area because A) you’d like to make sure that the entire tub is sprayed evenly. And B) You don’t want the other trade men to ruin their work by accidentally dropping tools that will chip the new paint.
Also, we stripped all the wallpaper Sunday, and you wouldn’t believe what we found! Running right along the back of the tub there is what appears to be wallpaper original to the 1890s house. The pattern is fake tile. Totally impractical, considering that spot is a prime one for wetness.
I’ll post a photo as soon as I have one.
This is great info.
So, Jack, the entire waste line has to be replaced, not just the flange? That sounds really expensive! I am starting to think the board must be there because the modern toilet is too wide for the marble. There is a marble yard not too far from us. Do you think I could get them to come and measure precisely for a new marble piece? Do they understand toilet plumbing?
Re the tub refinishers, do they move tubs? I thought they just refinished them in place.
Thank you so much!!!
You can remove the stone piece under the toilet. Your plumber will adjust and install a new wasteline thats flush with new floor.
Plumbers are lazy(no offence) you’ll need a couple of labors or the guys that you hire to refinish the tub to move it.
I think Hexagonal tiles — combo, white and black — would be best. It would like nice, I think…