Make a Duckboard for your Bathroom

A duckboard in the bathroom is ideal for drying off after a hot shower or relaxing bath, and it's easy to make a duckboard using PAR pine.

17/03/2019

 

Making a duckboard for the bathroom is ideal for drying off after a hot shower or relaxing bath, and it's easy to make a duckboard using PAR pine that you can buy at any Builders Warehouse. The duckboard shown here measures 400 x 800mm but you can make a custom size to fit into your own bathroom. You can also make one for the shower and one for the bathtub.

 

 

YOU WILL NEED:

22 x 44 PAR pine cut to the required lengths

Scrap wood for spacers

Waterproof wood glue

Brads or panel pins

Supplies to finish 

TOOLS:

Pneumatic brad nailer or hammer

Tape measure and pencil

Sander or Router with round-over bit

 

 

 

 

 

HERE'S HOW:

 

 

1. Use a router and round-over bit to round off the edges on all the slats. If you don't own a router, you can easily do this just as well with a sander and 120-grit sanding pads. After rounding off the edges, sand smooth with 240-grit sandpaper.

2. Lay out and arrange the planks on your workbench. You will also need an additional 3 pieces of PAR pine for the supports for your duckboard.

3. Apply a bead of wood glue at each join before securing the supports onto the back of the slats with brad nails or panel pins.

 

 

 

Finishing

Protect your finished duckboard with oil, sealer, paint or varnish to your own preference.

 

 

 

 

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