Yew basin

[muttley9050]

Hey all.

I am in need of a very small basin for a van I'm Converting.

I'm considering turning a live edged one out of a very old yew log.

See teak one alot quite Cheap but they are always too big.

Any body have an opinion on this?

Also anybody have any crazy ideas for plastic free shower walls?

 

[andrew]

3 hours ago, muttley9050 said:

Also anybody have any crazy ideas for plastic free shower walls?

 

I have seen a shower done with old school corrugated / wrinkly galvanised roof sheets. Seemed to work quite well.

[muttley9050]

I have seen a shower done with old school corrugated / wrinkly galvanised roof sheets. Seemed to work quite well.

Yeah I am considering that. Space being a premium though I would prefer something thinner. I did wonder about putting some on some concrete and running a roller over it.
Might try that with a old bit I have and see what happens

[Macpherson]

5 hours ago, muttley9050 said:

 

Hey all.

I am in need of a very small basin for a van I'm Converting.

I'm considering turning a live edged one out of a very old yew log.

See teak one alot quite Cheap but they are always too big.

Any body have an opinion on this?

Also anybody have any crazy ideas for plastic free shower walls?

 

 

 

I suppose if you wanted to try to continue a Yew theme you could try lining the shower with waterproof bathroom Yew laminate. 

It might need extra sealing once set in place buy could look very nice,

 

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[muttley9050]

 
I suppose if you wanted to try to continue a Yew theme you could try lining the shower with waterproof bathroom Yew laminate. 
It might need extra sealing once set in place buy could look very nice,
 

Yew+waterproof+laminate+flooring - Recherche Google

WWW.GOOGLE.COM  

The average laminate isn't plastic free though

[dumper]

Concrete shower board ?

[trigger_andy]

The average laminate isn't plastic free though

What’s the deal with being plastic free?

[Macpherson]

40 minutes ago, muttley9050 said:

1 hour ago, Macpherson said:

 
I suppose if you wanted to try to continue a Yew theme you could try lining the shower with waterproof bathroom Yew laminate. 
It might need extra sealing once set in place buy could look very nice,
 

Yew+waterproof+laminate+flooring - Recherche Google

WWW.GOOGLE.COM  

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The average laminate isn't plastic free though

 

OK, so what's you're aim then, there must be plenty of man made materials in the van already ?

 

I suppose potentially you could mill thin Yew boards, T&G them and saturate them with setting oil which would waterproof them, but they'd have to be very good boards not to need defects filled with resin.

 

I've done the above process with platters and at least 8 years down the line and with normal dishwashing they are now needing recoated.. just for surface finish .

 

My pet hate is grout so I have for a long time clad any shower I'm working on with 1 piece of vinyl flooring made to measure and glued in place with the only joint being the silicone bead where it meets the shower base and sides.

Did it once with 2 one piece Formica sheets which also worked well.

[muttley9050]

What’s the deal with being plastic free?

Don't want to buy a load of unnecessary plastic, don't like the average plastic shower room in a camper. Feels nasty. Easily damaged

[trigger_andy]

1 minute ago, muttley9050 said:

26 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

What’s the deal with being plastic free?

Don't want to buy a load of unnecessary plastic, don't like the average plastic shower room in a camper. Feels nasty. Easily damaged

Oh right. OK.