what is waincotting?

Question

installing ashower stall

Answer 1

I think you mean "wainscoting." Wainscot or wainscoting is wooden or other paneling applied to the lower 1.2 to 1.5 m of an interior wall, below the dado rail or chair rail and above the skirting board or baseboard. It is traditionally constructed from tongue-and-groove boards, though beadboard or decorative panels (such as a wooden door might have) are also common. Wainscoting may also refer to other materials used in a similar fashion.

Its original purpose was to cover the lower part of walls which, in houses constructed with poor or nonexistent damp-proof courses, are often affected by rising dampness. Though some countries may impose building regulations for adequate damp-proofing, its purpose is now generally decorative.

I am not sure how this would relate to the installation of a shower stall, however.

Answer 2

Wainscoting is a commonly used term for any wall treatment where the lower part is different from the upper part. if you're installing a shower stall, the fiberglass sides probably go all the way up, so I'm not sure how a wainscot applies. If it's a bathtub you're putting in, then you might tile a 'wainscot' up to 7 feet above the floor, to protect the sheetrock walls from shower spray. If this is the case, be sure to use a ceramic tile specific cement board or other backer.

Answer 3

I just installed wainscotting in my bathroom, not in the shower stall, but around the perimeter of the room. Instead of having it
3 ft high I went the other way and left only 3 ft. above the paneling. It looks great.

Answer 4

Never seen it in a shower. Is wooden panels that start at about chair height and go to the floor is a very nice look. Comes in all different styles and finishes. Is topped off with a molding strip at the top of the panel and bottom of the panel

Answer 5

I imagine you intend to do wainscoting in your shower using tile as opposed to wood. Originally the term applied to trim on walls within the home. Could be wood or wall-paper on the lower half. But you could certainly put it in your shower, using some sort of water-proof material. Alot of bath designs that incorprate Greek and Roman style have wainscoting. It simulates stone on the bottom.

Good luck

Answer 6

Wainsoating is a seperation of wall space with either a border, chair rail, dividing the lower part of the wall (Usually 4'ft from the floor) from the upper portion of the wall.

Some types include:

Paneling from floor to 4'ft up
Drywall / Sheetrock from 4'ft to ceiling or visa-versa!

Answer 7

It is a skin of paneling usually from the floor to a specified height not to the ceiling. It can be any material. It is pronounced wains-coat.

Answer 8

wainscotting i think is how you spell it.
it's like a half-wall ... like when there is quarter-round
halfway up the wall and the bottom half of the wall is
different (maybe paneling or something) than the top half.

Answer 9

waiscotting is the pannelled wood that goes around the bottom 3ft of a wall