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   goldhiller | Sep 12, 2003 06:24pm | #1

   Teak. Reason should be self evident. But frankly I wouldn't advise putting a wooden floor in a shower. Soap scum, hair, you name it will build up on the thing, particularly on the bottom and edges.

   There's little or no ventalation down there to dry things out either. Molds can grow. All manner of bacterial critters.

   I tried this once in my youth. Yech.

   At the very least, I'd be prepared to take it out on a regular basis and hit it with a power washer.

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   Jamie_Buxton | Sep 12, 2003 06:33pm | #2

   Teak is the classical choice for exposure to water.   Less expensive possibilities are hardwoods sold for decks, like ipe (also sold under the trade name pau lope).   I suggest building the slatting as removeable tiles, so you can take them out to de-yuck them, and to rebuild them if they degrade from repeated exposure to water & soap.

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   Danusan11 | Sep 13, 2003 01:21am | #3

   Brother in law used oak veneer fpr walls and floor, and used Guegon brothers glue (west system) shower has been in for 15 yrs. no leaks.

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   goldhiller | Sep 13, 2003 06:03am | #6

   That's novel notion or at least to me it is.

   Does that epoxy still look good or is hard to keep clean of mineral deposits and the like?

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   Danusan11 | Sep 15, 2003 12:23am | #7

   Don't really know about your question, been years since I was in their shower, but at time It didn't appear real grungy. West system is used by a lot of boat builders for final skin. I presume their is some type of cleaner to take off scum that marine people use that would work for showers. BIL and sister are on a well with fairly hard water that is softened.

   Next time I speak with them I'll ask if they use any thing special. Sister is rather a neat freak, no kids, so I can't image if this shower was a real pain in butt to constantly keep clean she would tolerated it this long

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   andybuildz | Sep 13, 2003 02:40am | #4

   why a wood floor? I'm curious.

   The use redwood for hot tubs so.......

   I think CCA would be tacky...lol

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   HeavyDuty | Sep 13, 2003 05:31am | #5

   Teak. very popular choice for shower floor in the tropics. Be prepare to replace the whole darn thing in 8-10 years.

   Tom

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   Clay | Sep 15, 2003 07:01am | #8

   Teak is okay but I'd advise cypress instead.  I think it will outlast the teak and you can make two of them for roughly the same price as the teak one and then switch them once in a while.  That way you can have one that is in use and get  the other pressure washed and dried so that you don't get too mossy in there.