Wood suitable for shower head mounting

[Serge]

I am redoing the bathroom at the moment, and i am using a plastic waterproof cladding on the walls, anyway i need to mount a standard shower rose to the wall but don`t really want to drill through the plastic, so thought, lets stick some wood to the plastic and then you can happily screw the shower atchement to that, but whats a good suitable wood for damp conditions? something naturally rot resistant to a degree

 

[tim]

I wouldn't be too keen on relying on a glue fixing of wood to plastic to hold up something heavy in a damp environment - the most suitable timbers eg teak tend to be naturally a bit oily and consequently don't glue well.

I would use rubber washers between the fixing and the plastic and not be too lighthanded with silicon sealant.

Cheers

Tim

 

[Pecker]

I'm sure it used to be Beech that was used in wet situations.

Whilst I also agree with Tim about using washers, "Sticks Like S*hit" would probably hold it up - and is designed to be used in wet places.

woody

 

[jasonB]

Don't use beech its a perishable hardwood (unless you want the spalted look :lol: ), If you must use wood then an oily one like teak or Iroko will be best.

Personally whenever I'm fitting things to the walls of showers which I always apply tanking to before tiling I just squirt some silicon into and around the screw hole before fixing the item. A shower head and hose can weigh quite a bit when foll of water and as the holders usually have a friction ball joint get pulled on when people adjust the shower.

Jason