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   Guest_ | Mar 09, 1999 05:15am | #1

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   Ross at the risk of repeating myself, your first chore should be to change your vent to one that is properly rated for your bathroom.

   This will greatly enhance the chances for success in using whatever products you want in your bathroom, without having to bullet proof everything.

   You can seal stuff until your blue(sorry blue)in the face, and as soon as you nail it or screw it, you've destroyed a little bit of it's integrity.

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   r.buehler | Mar 09, 1999 06:05am | #2

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   gabe
   thanks for the advice. i have installed a vent that is more than adequately rated for the space.

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   Guest_ | Mar 09, 1999 06:21am | #3

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   Ross are you thinking of a panel or boards???

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   Guest_ | Mar 10, 1999 02:48am | #4

   *Gabe has a good point about the vent. I hate them personally, but there are places where nothing but a bathroom vent will do, and with a small interior bathroom, the solution is often spelled V E N T .Unless you're planing on using Redwood or Cedar, I don't think the choice makes much of a difference. I would not recommend plywood, unless it is really nailed and glued down well, and then don't expect more than 10-15 years out of it.I don't think Poly holds up well to ambient moister, and personally I would use a catylized Tung Oil, you know, the kind with resins in them to speed drying. I would do about 4 coats.If Poly you must, I would use an old fahsioned oil based Poly, with a 3-1 base coat, and 2-3 top coats. Good Luck!

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   Guest_ | Mar 10, 1999 05:18am | #5

   *As a follow up to the venting of bathrooms, it should be noted that too often we make the mistake of sizing our requirements on the cubic footage of the room as opposed to the lifestyle of the occupants.Just did one not too long ago that had a motion detector switching the vent on because the little ones (and maybe the older ones too) didn't remember to turn it on. So it was rigged by the electrical contractor to go on with both a timer switch and the motion detector.I think we should buy these things, rated on a number of shower basis, instead of fpm. "This is our top of the line 30 shower per day model."

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   ross_buehler | Mar 10, 1999 05:20am | #6

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   i am remodeling my small bathroom. i wish to put up 4' high beaded paneling wainscoating. because the bathroom is small and even with vent there is a great deal of humidity. should i treat the paneling for moisture? what with? is there a type of wood i should use?
   thanks from a rehab green horn!