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.
Bob, thanks to your recommendations, we’ll be using the three-curtain method. But human nature being what it is, I bet the floor (and the wall) will get wet.
Since so many great minds are in this thread, does anyone know: There is a board around the marble under the toilet. Can we get rid of this somehow and tile over it? It looks so messy.
Also, I take it we hire a plumber and they can move the 700-pound tub in and out of the bath?
Thank you!!!!
i meant leave the sink =)
Why would the floors be “very wet all the time”? IMO not using shower curtains and bath mats is asking for trouble.
yep disconnect the tub, sink, toilet and redo with b/w hex tile. When you’re in the market for claw foot tub fixtures check out Overstock.com. They had a pretty good selection when I last checked.
Sad the real linoleum didn’t fit the budget! I love that stuff too. If our kitchen hadn’t already been newly tiled by the seller with something acceptable I’d have put real linoleum in there. I love the retro look and it’s easier on the feet for standing a long time doing dishes and cooking.
My vote: tile definitely. Unless you can find some salvage real linoleum. Yours is a smaller room so maybe you could use some leftover linoleum from a bigger project, at one of the places that sells salvage building materials.
And sorry the room is so gosh awful hideous looking. We hope to fix that.
It’s unanimous! Tile wins by a landslide. On Facebook too.
3/4 ply over the existant floor, followed by 5/8 wonderboard (glued and screwed) with tile over thinset
Mopar, I aint no design pro but even I know the tiles would look better