Christopher: excellent question: what material for a shower "floor?"  
that holds up in wet, is comfortable and non-slip... In my work what  
species? comes up a lot: don't want to use plastic fake wood nor  
tropical wood (for all the social and environmental reasons). Cedar,  
redwood, or fir as you mentioned? Is there a source for reclaiming  
teak and etc. from ships/ boats, etc. You know, those items cast off   
by those who buy the after-the-polo- match goodies? It seems like out  
here in the NW, someone has such a recycling enterprise going.

Who knows where to find salvaged Ph mahogany, teak, and the like?

--Mary
TRNB
hands-on impresario
Tegel  Design +  Planning

On Jun 28, 2009, at 7:58 AM, [log in to unmask] wrote:

> You know those catalogues, with all the cool stuff, like the After- 
> Match Polo Pony Massager, and the Automatic BMW Ragtop Shampooer,  
> and the Solid Teak Urinal With Sensor-Flush, and the Perfect Blond  
> Child (sorry - ages 3, 6 and 8 sold out).  I don't really >>want<<  
> those things - I just want to be one of the perfect people with the  
> perfect smiles with the perfect lives in the perfect houses that  
> those things represent.
>
> Like those teak stools you can put in your bathtub.  Now, is there  
> anyone on this list, from the Yukon to the Delta who does not want a  
> gleaming teak seat on which you can relax during your shower, while  
> your Bedouin manservant in a caftan massages your back with a  
> Dolphin-Safe Egyptian Bullrush Mitt?
>
> So, I want to make a little wooden-slat platform on top of the  
> cement pad with a drain in the center which has been under my  
> outdoor shower for 55 years.  I've already got 50+ year old bronze  
> screws, which have oxidized to a perfect golden-lime hue.  But I am  
> stuck on the wood.
>
> I could use the usual fir - looks boring after a season.  Pressure  
> treated has that unhealthy green glow, like Chernobyl.   So what  
> would look good after, say, five years, even if I don't do a thing  
> to it every year?   Teak?  Cypress?  Old-Growth Kansas Mahogany?  
> Burnt Umber? Stainless steel?  Narwhale Tusk?
>
> Christopher on dfi
> (i dried my basement out completely by simply putting foam  
> insulation around the pipes, which were sweating like crazy June- 
> September)
>
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