Watertight "wet floor"

[Alastair]

I'm installing a bath in the aft cabin, and don't want spills to end up in the bilge (which is currently nice and dry).

 

So I was going to install a watertight floor beneath the bath. Initially, I thought of making a metal tray, and fitting a grating into it. SWMBO doesn't like gratings. Then I thought of making a raised surround on the floor, and lining the floor with copper sheet, moulded over the surround. Again SWMBO wasn't in favour.

 

My last-ditch thought is to plank the floor with good flooring timber, route/carve a groove along the joins, and put a bead of sikaflex in the grooves. This seems doable.

 

A complication is that SWMBO would like the raised lip to follow the curve of the bath ends.

 

Anyone have any suggestions?

[stuart]

Could you not use the flexible flooring (like lino!) and then fold this up at the edges of the walls to form a container?

[magnetman]

Be single?

[Chris Lingwood]

a friend of mine just fibre glassed the entire room. He's only just done it so I don't know if it worked or not. Looks OK though! I'd certainly like to see the water try and get out of it!!

[blackrose]

a friend of mine just fibre glassed the entire room. He's only just done it so I don't know if it worked or not. Looks OK though! I'd certainly like to see the water try and get out of it!!

 

Yes one of my neighbours has made a GRP covered floor tray and is putting wooden slats over the top. He's actually used a 2 part epoxy product, rather than ordinary fibreglass resin & hardener.

[Neil@CanalVoyagers]

Previous discussion, but not conclusive by any means

[Alastair]

Ta for the suggestions. Will put them to SWMBO and see what she says.

 

If you use vinyl, how do you seal it at the cuts?

[ChrisPy]

check my build blog for wetroom construction.

[DHutch]

If you use vinyl, how do you seal it at the cuts?

Bead of silicon or sikaflex sealent?

- Thats what we have anyway, seam to work ok.

 

Or otherwise...

http://www.fcimag.com/CDA/Articles/Feature...000000000018182

 

 

 

 

Daniel

[Lotte]

Ta for the suggestions. Will put them to SWMBO and see what she says.

 

If you use vinyl, how do you seal it at the cuts?

 

Which of the suggestions were you going to put?

[ChrisPy]

Which of the suggestions were you going to put?

not being single, I hope ..............

[Lotte]

I rather hope so too!

[tomsk]

Could you not use the flexible flooring (like lino!) and then fold this up at the edges of the walls to form a container?

 

 

I would just cove the floor covering (altro or similar) and seal the joints, either hot weld or there is a propriatary sealant which should be easily colour matched if bought from the same manufacturer as the floor covering