ᐅ Parquet Flooring in the Bathroom – Any Experiences?

I have almost Doussie hardwood flooring throughout the entire house. Even after 10 years, it still looks perfect. It has a nice warm color. The wood is very hard and water-resistant. Nothing happens to it. The only issue is if water gets to the substrate wood, which is just spruce.

I would try to get solid hardwood flooring and then glue it down fully across the surface. Provided the wood is the right type, absolutely nothing will happen.

The wood known as Doussie, African cherry, or brilliant cherry from West African species is highly resistant to fungi.

Its high density results in a hardness significantly greater than that of teak or oak, along with good thermal conductivity, making it especially suitable as a covering for heated floors. Besides being used as parquet, it is also used for stairs, doors, and windows, as well as tables and boat building. Initially, the wood ranges from yellowish to light brown and later darkens to reddish-brown.

It is widely used in boat building and is practically indestructible.

What @Durran referred to as wooden flooring, I also came across in an older thread in another forum. Found it by searching the thread titled "Small bathroom with large shower and bench."

Durran schrieb:

The Doussié, known as African teak or brown iroko

Attention! A four-liner on the left... respect! Sources should be cited when quoting rather than writing yourself. Here, from Wikipedia.

I have engineered wood flooring in the bathroom. In my previous apartment, I had lacquered engineered wood flooring in the bathroom; now I have oiled parquet. I wouldn’t want anything else—I find it attractive, comfortable, and also easy to maintain. I place a shower mat just before entering the shower and another one in front of the sink. I don’t think it’s extra work. After showering, I usually check if much water splashed outside. Most of the time it hasn’t, and occasionally I quickly wipe it off with a towel. That takes just 2 seconds.

I don’t find tiles very comfortable and have never considered installing them in the bathroom, especially in areas where I’m barefoot and want to feel comfortable.

I also considered for a long time installing hardwood flooring in the bathroom like in the rest of my small apartment. In the end, I decided to go with tiles because I’m not very fond of cleaning, and I was told (and I believe) that tiles generally are more forgiving. It was also easier for me to combine underfloor heating with tile flooring (in the rest of the apartment I have wall-mounted heating).

If I were to build again, I would follow my preferences more consistently and let myself be influenced even less—in other words, I would choose hardwood flooring 😉. I have seen it in bathrooms of friends and family, where at least part of the bathroom has wooden floors, sometimes even just solid pine planks. And that works too...

When installing parquet flooring, it’s advisable to plan for an additional wall heating system in the bathroom.