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What is the best way to waterproof chipboard flooring?

Anonymous user 03/03/2024 - 3.07 PM

My bathroom has been completely refurbished and installed, the chipboard floor extremely rotten so was replaced with chipboard. I would have ideally liked to have had proper PTG boards but as i only had 1 day i had to get the bathroom fitter to fit it with crappy chipboard flooring again. Now i need to paint over it with something to absorb into it and make it as waterproof as possible. It will then have a carpet laid over the top, it will often get wet from a toddler in bath splashing about so i need to make the floor as waterproof as i can, obviously it doesn't need to be "waterproof" but that's how i want it to be on the safe side. Any recommendations on what to paint / treat the floor with before i put a carpet down? Thanks

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Anonymous user

No matter how hard you try, chipboard will be chipboard... As you have a toddler and hygiene is no doubt a priority, have you thought of (don't laugh!) ... vinyl! Far from the ghastly shades and quality of the 50's - 60's - 70's, you can now lay vinyl which is antislip, hygienic, and comes in so many textures / patterns, some of which are truly amazing and you need to touch them to believe they are not stone / porcelain/ wood / metal etc.... You would solve the chipboard dilemma and have a clean and modern look.

Answered1 May 2014

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Milford Haven

Coat the boards with a fiberglass resin. Then u can use tiles “ vinyl ect. Hope this helps.

Answered20 November 2023