About this time, we were putting down the new floor in the Bathroom. We decided on Chestnut parquet. Research on the web suggested that it was a bad idea to use hardwood in a bathroom, but on further research, none of the people saying this had ever tried it. Also, our old house in Salisbury had pine floor boards, since the 1930's and that was still standing.
I was lucky enough to be able to borrow a nail gun from my friend Pete ( the orange thing through the door).
This made it very quick to fix the boards, and had lots of safety features, so that you couldn't go all Mel Gibson on any unexpected visitors.
The shower tray was a bit of a challenge.
I was lucky enough that the long board fitted round it with no cutting but, after that you couldn't get the clamps under it to tighten the boards.
After that there was the small matter of filling small gaps and sanding it all down. I used a 1/2 plate sander and took my time. I had tried using one of those large belt sanders that you can hire once before , and it left so many grooves at the edges that I had to hire a carpenter to come in and sand it all down ( with his 1/2 plate sander).
The shower tray was a bit of a challenge.
I was lucky enough that the long board fitted round it with no cutting but, after that you couldn't get the clamps under it to tighten the boards.
Out of necessity, I learnt a few new tricks about rasping out the grooves to make a snugger fit.
Getting the last boards down next to the wall required a bit more fiddling and ingenuity.
After that there was the small matter of filling small gaps and sanding it all down. I used a 1/2 plate sander and took my time. I had tried using one of those large belt sanders that you can hire once before , and it left so many grooves at the edges that I had to hire a carpenter to come in and sand it all down ( with his 1/2 plate sander).
To finish it off, Tina applied 4 layers of varnish.
We were finally ready to fit the bathroom.
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