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Floorboards with gaps outside bathroom - waterproof underlay required?

oceanclub · 2016-08-25 11:08:51

Our bathroom is at the turn in the landing, fully tiled. Currently works are ongoing and the area outside the bathroom isn't carpeted. It's currently the old floorboards, which have gaps between them. If at the moment the bathroom flooded, water would come out and down straight thru those gaps into the space below, which…

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Our bathroom is at the turn in the landing, fully tiled. Currently works are ongoing and the area outside the bathroom isn't carpeted. It's currently the old floorboards, which have gaps between them.

If at the moment the bathroom flooded, water would come out and down straight thru those gaps into the space below, which is a utility closet where the immersion has been installed.

What is best practicse here? Obviously flooding happening is bad either way but I'd rather it stayed on surface of floor then go thru it. Should a waterproof underlay be used?

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