Hi I love the wood in the shower and would like to know what kind of wood is this and how one needs to do to k

Juan Felipe Goldstein Design Co.

11 years ago

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Nick Dellos Creations

11 years ago

last modified: 11 years ago

Looks like teak. Its a great look, and with some diligent care will continue to be beautiful. Teak has a natural waxiness that lends itself to water areas, and combined with a surface sealer of some sort this wood shower wall can be fairly maintenance free for up to a year. Also, if it starts to discolor (greying), a sanding and re-seal will restore it.

I don't know if you are familiar with impregnation of wood but this is a process where wood is placed in a pressure chamber and infused with a liquid of the type that will set up within the pores to further enhance its resistance to elements. With this process, any wood could be used in a shower, but currently finding a company to do the impregnation is challenging. Here in the Los Angeles area there are bound to be facilities to help with this.
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Juan Felipe Goldstein Design Co.
Original Author
11 years ago
Hi Nick are you the designer of this bath room?
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Nick Dellos Creations
11 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
No Juan I am just a middle-aged (not old as I put earlier) builder/cabinet maker who can recognize Teak from 20 paces. :)
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Juan Felipe Goldstein Design Co.
Original Author
11 years ago
It looks like t&g this planks is this custom made to be like this you think? thick and thin ....
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Nick Dellos Creations
11 years ago
You could definitely put a T&G edge on it with a router or shaper to help it hold itself in place. Also due to teak not taking glue well, since it is so waxy, a groove would help. But I would guess these are just S4S teak 4/4 material from a lumber yard, milled a bit in a cabinet shop to be finished. I don't see a groove on the end so it could be a hidden spline that stops near the ends.

I think the thickness variation is due to gluing a second piece on every other plank at the ends - just on the part that forms the shelving area. That would add both stability and design, without using double thick wood on the whole wall - which may be wasteful.

It is a very nice touch, and bold to put wood in a shower!
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Juan Felipe Goldstein Design Co.
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11 years ago
Thank you I want to put teak in my bath room, Clients are usually not so happy about the idea , but I can do it in my house !
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Nick Dellos Creations
11 years ago
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Its a great idea, and you may want to visit a few woodworking sites to gain insight on types of finishes to use that will help keep your maintenance to a minimum. Any small woodworking/cabinet shop should be able to mill the planks, but they may charge a small premium for teak, since it is a waxy wood.

If you machine sanded it - it would be perfectly flush on the front after gluing. They could glue it up and run it through a 48" sander (that is the max width I know of for sanding machines), but again the costs will go up due to teak. There are glues just for teak and marine applications.

Or for a more hand-finished look, it could be pre sanded and just glued and finished, with little edge issues touched up by hand.

All our ideas we like we can always use on our own houses!
spank64
11 years ago
if you look at designers comments it is IPE wood - i have usedit in my bathroom having seen this photo