Laundry Area Floor

RightConnection

Have a job coming up that I haven't encountered yet ... Customer wants hardwood floor (3/4" oak) all through the first floor of the house ... There's a laundry closet (3' x 6' w/ bifolds) off the hallway ... Washer does not have a spill pan now, but will be installing one ...
My question, do I floor the closet and set the spill pan on top or threshold at the door and use another type of material (linoleum or tile) in the laundry are? I guess I'm a little concerned as to how well the hardwood would hold up in such a hot, damp area ...

Any suggestions? (be gentle now )

TIA

Bud Cline

What do you have in mind for a "spill pan"?

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Bud Cline

If a leak should spring up somewhere low inside the cabinet that pan may work. Most water damage comes from broken supply lines when water uncontrollably sprays everywhere.

If I was going to be that paranoid about the potential of future leaks I would waterproof and tile the entire room with a drain to egress the water.

I have installed many such rooms over the years, never once did a pan like that enter my mind.

LaurieC

I had a client who insisted on hardwood floors in his laundry closet. My flooring guy installed a threashold, then ran the planks in the opposite direction. He said it would make it eaiser to replace JUST the closet should something go wrong. Not sure how great of an idea it was, but the homeowner loved it, made him feel better, and you couldn't tell when looking into the closet.

RightConnection

Thanks for the replies ...
The spill pan is similar to the one pictured, plus it will have an active drain connection .... Thanks for the pic ...
In my appliance repair days, we had seals and drain lines fail as well ... Worse one was when a drain line came loose from the pump and ................

Laura, I'm trying to picture what you are saying ... Did he flip the boards 180 so that the opposite edge of the floor was against the inside of the threshold or did he lay the pieces perpendicular to the the threshold?

My current thought is to use an ice and watershield direct on the subfloor, set the spill pan on top of that and suround the pan with either the oak material or tile ... Doesn't add too much extra time / material and grants a lot of protection ...

p1grinder

you can get a water senser that sits in the pan and hooks up to the water supply line. in the event a leak happens it turns off the water. just another line of defense that alot of clients don't mind paying extra for.

genecarp

hardwood floor throughout, dont sweat it, if floor runs paralel to closet, easy to change, if it runs perpen, saw cut , put saddle, recomend a unit that the washer plugs into that only pressurizes the water lines when machine is running, i forgot the name but i use them often.

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