Re: basement bathroom- safe walls and flooring

[Guest guest]

--- In , " cahydesmond " <cahydesmond@...>

wrote:

>CERAMIC TILE! That's it-if you use natural cement (it's made from

sand basically) and that waterproof " wonderboard " behind the tile

(it's a waterproof kind of sheetrock). The grout gives me a little

trouble but you can coat it with AFM safecoat.

> I was wondering if anyone knows what would be the safest and

> healthiest material to use for the walls of a bathroom and the floors

> of a bathroom in the basement. Four years ago we moved into a 50 year

> old house. We remodeled the upstairs and I got quite sick even though

> we used low voc paint etc. We tool all the rugs out and put laminate

> floors and painted and put new windows. Some of the stuff was ok the

> other things like caulking and low and latter zero VOC paint began to

> bother me so much I ended up living in a camper for a few years and

> wearing a mask for quite a while till I could handle it. We were

> changing careers and were still students so money limited us from

> going further as well. Now we are trying to finish the basement

> because we are having people moving in to live there and help me with

> all my sicknesses. We originally tore the sheet rock off, the vinyl

> floors, the bathtub, toilet and sink. Now we are trying to figure out

> what type of material we could put on the walls that would be

> effective towards the effects of water and steam and what could we

> put up around the tub. We do not know whether to do a shower stall or

> a claw tub. I cannot handle mold or chemicals which makes it quite

> hard. Anyone know where I could look on the net for info? We know

> sheet rock if full of formaldehyde. Not sure where to start. Any

> ideas?

> cathy

>

[Guest guest]

THanks. I thought of that too but then I thought the grout would collect mold.

Also I was reading that sheet rock has formaldehyde in it. Is this a different

kind of sheet rock? I appreciate your ideas. cathy