Thank you lol

Having hardwood in any bath is risky. Having hardwood in a bath with young kids is risky. That's two strikes.

Too risky. With smart wall finishes and complementary flooring - rather than continuous flooring, you can achieve a beautiful seamless feel between the rooms.

For example, if your bedroom walls are white and your floor is maple, put in the bathroom white floors and walls and maple vanity. A good mix and match can avoid the risk of wood flooring in the bath while still feeling very harmonious together.

Love HW in a kitchen and/or powder room but wouldn't do it in a full bath

Ask your designer to show you photos of all the other master bathrooms he/she has designed with wood floors. If the designer manages to produce one or two photos, then ask to speak with those clients to see how they really feel about it.

Could I keep wood floors in a master bathroom in decent condition? I probably could.

Could my DH do it? No way!

My young adult kids? Definitely no way. One of them was visiting last week and actually flooded part of the guest bathroom. No damage to the porcelain tile, but I did have a $600 emergency plumbing bill!

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So it's not just ours!

Our 24 year old son regularly floods the bathroom floor when he clogs up the linear shower drain with soap suds. (Not to mention never using the squeegee on the glass afterwards.)

Tile in a bathroom with hardwood elsewhere is done all the time. For good reason. Ceramic or porcelain tile is the best choice for any bathroom, as it's easy to clean and doesn't warp from water. Don't even think twice about it.

Do not do hardwood in a full bath. Some moron put hardwood in both full bathrooms in our last house (the powder room, go figure, was tile). They were water damaged when we moved in and looked awful. We never got around to refinishing them, and both bathrooms needed remodelling, so we left them alone when we sold. I will never understand the choice to install those.

@worthy, linear drain, high water volume through larger pipes and zero entry ... he is used to showering in a tub/shower and having standing water, so he didn't notice it was flowing out of the no threshold shower! Older guests with similar showers have had no issues.

I'm with those who say hardwood is "too risky". It doesn't take a big flood to ruin your expensive floors.

If you're hung up about the look, remember that you're going to cover most of this floor with floor mats anyway.

Don't assume that tile is "safe". We used to have small hex tiles (with mesh backing), and -- unbeknownst to us, the toilet started leaking, but the leak was right at the base /towards the wall, and it leaked "under" the tile, erroding away the grout. When we realized something was wrong, the guy said it was so bad -- he said essentially the mesh backing was holding everything up, and that couldn't have gone on for much longer. Fortunately, this was my small kids' bath -- my husband and my brothers weren't sitting on this toilet. If they had, they'd have found themselves in the crawl space in a hurry.

Honestly, don't overlook sheet vinyl. It's softer underfoot /kinder to aging joints, and if you drop something or fall, that softer flooring is nice. I like that it's warmer than tile. And it's more waterproof than tile -- well, not more waterproof than tile, but more waterproof than the grout that accompanies tile. And when you need to replace it, it's easy to remove and you don't need a second mortgage.

Another son didn't notice the overflow until his brother saw water running down the hallway below! I can only contemplate the damage we'll have if we rent this house, as planned.

Anybody have experience with stone composite LVP? The core is made with limestone mixed with plasticy stuff. Manufacturer guarantees waterproof and the 9mm thicker ones with 28 mil wear layer have residential lifetime warranty. Getting ready for a master bath remodel and can't quite bring myself not to use tile on the floor...but not having grout underfoot is a big motivator to find out more about alternatives. Also install costs would be greatly reduced.

Does anyone have experience with stone composite LVP? It's made with limestone mixed with plasticy stuff and is advertised as waterproof. Core-Tec and a company called New Age sell them. The beefier planks have lifetime residential warranty - 9mm total thickness including the top layer 28mil wear layer. We are getting ready for a master bath remodel and this flooring is on our radar but I'm not sold on it as being as good as tile. Not having grout and lower install costs are appealing though... Would really like opinions!! No kids around except for occassional grandkid visits and they don't use the master!

The major cost differences between materials is installation and tile/stone is usually the highest while LVP & carpet are the lowest.

Will see a LVP in some rental/entry level baths but my concern around water is not the material but the water that flows through to any structure or creates a concealed wet zone.