Ipe Wood Shower Floor

Every regular cleaning the wood is lifted out tile cleaned normally.

Ipe wood shower floor. The shower floor is simply a standard shower basin to match the jetted tub. The cost to manufacture a teak shower floor or bath mat is surprisingly economical. Step by step video illustrating the teak floor shower conversion i did in 2016. Planked teak shower floors are similar to inserts except that they typically are installed from scratch are not removable without using tools and typically fit flush with the floor or lip of the shower pan unlike an insert which can protrude above the shower pan.

Brazilian walnut ipe. Of course a few challenges do arise with wood shower floors. For one thing it s as hard or harder than nails it s been known to bend nails ipe is so dense that it often needs to be pre drilled before pieces are connected. When looking at your ipe floor no 2 boards are the same.

Ipe is a real wood and is the highest quality of wood available. I used ipe decking in my master bath shower raised off the tile floor with rubber feet. Since each shower floor is different in it s own way we price your floor by the square foot and use feq burmese teak wood to manufacture each one. That s why it s best to go with tropical woods like teak ipe or massaranduba which are naturally water resistant though naturally pricier too.

Apart from being slippery wood and constant water don t exactly go hand in hand. I have a hard brush to scrub off any residual soap scum on the ipe there usually isn t any. I rinse the ipe off soap scum after every shower this takes about 5 10 seconds. They built a custom ipe wood shower floor platform that sits inside of the shower basin which really gives it a designer look.

Some compare its strength to that of steel. Ipe is a great choice for this application since the wood has proven to last outside in extremely harsh climates for 75 years. The grain is absolutely gorgeous and the reason fake woods try to look like natural wood is simply that nature makes the most gorgeous flooring. If you would like a luxurious beautiful low maintenance shower floor like t.