Phu Quoc Resort

Saturday, September 22, 2007

Wooden bathroom?

So you want a wooden bathroom? Well stop wanting!! Like most things on this project we have had to research, trial and error then error again and then trial again, then back to research oh and then try something completely different. But hopefully we have now got it sorted, the bottom line is you can not have a wooden bathroom; the water will soon destroy it. Line and water proof everything which sounds easy but when you’re on a small island finding the right material proves challenging…..and we couldn’t! We ended up importing fiber board from the mainland; we used a liner under the board and used a water proof glue to seal all the joins. Once the bathroom was sealed, we added a slim cover of cement to the walls and a slightly thinker layer to the floor. To get the desired finish the room will be tiled. The trouble with the tiles is if there is any movement at all behind them from the wooded walls the grout will crack, hence the slim layer of concrete. This solution was also hampered with the fact that the concrete is very heavy so before we could even begin we had to add another beam to the flooring of the bathrooms. I will post some pictures once the whole thing is completed, and when it all leaks ill let you know what we try next! Not Cap n Jack!!

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