you're putting wood fdlooring in the bathroom?

We had wood flooring in the bathroom at my parents house, it lasted about a year before we ripped it out

 

just a thought: in-floor heating? you have the access already, not hard to run an electric system, I think...

 

Jake00, I need to put down a "finished" floor in the bathroom, a smooth, sturdy base that will accept tile. The builder decided to save a thousand dollars and did not do this when the house was built. I believe that the correct procedure when building is to construct the first floor frame, lay down a skin of "cheaper" rough finish plywood as a working base, construct the next level of framing on that base, and then cut and install a quality plywood that has at least one good smooth side( no knots, smooth grain) to fit inside the walls that were framed on the second and higher levels. The second layer of plywood should be nailed and glued down to the subfloor, and the good side of the plywood should be "face-up" , especially where the finish contractors are likely to lay down a tile floor, i.e. kitchen, bathroom, mudroom.

A 1/2 inch plywood base on joists, is too flexible to install ceramic tile. Especially, if the wood is knotted, and held edge to edge with plywood clips. I can't believe these morons left metal clips in the bathroom floor.

I have three rooms and a bathroom that only have a 1/2 inch thick rough plywood floor.