Day 4 Dri-core Installation Master Bedroom and Master Bath

Total time 4 1/2 Hours
Total Dri-core installed 400 s.f.
312 s.f installed in 2 Hours
Template fabrication and design 3 hours
Dri-core custom 88 +- s.f. fabrication and installation 1 1/2 Hours


I wanted to do something different in the Master bedroom/Bath . This is an open area and we needed to define the Bedroom from the bathroom without the obvious every day traditional door. The problem! How to end the hardwood floor and begin the stone floor. How to deal with the wet areas that will get a lot of pool traffic and yet still maintain the luxury look of the hardwood floor and softness of the Master bedroom. Without a defining doorway nothing seemed to look right where the hardwood would end and the tile would begin. This is also a room that can be used as an access to the Guest house, Library and laundry room so a walkway was important and it had to be hardwood . I did not want an abrupt straight line end between the hardwood floor and the tile. It just did not look right.

I decided to make the Stone tile "FLOW" into the hardwood just like water would flow into a the room. The ocean is 2 blocks to the East and the Indian River is 4 houses to the West. So why not bring the feeling of the Ocean and River into the house and make the bathroom floor wave into the room just like the waves wash up on the sand and pound against the rivers edge.?

Now I have a defined bathroom area and if you just want to get to the laundry room you never leave the hardwood floor. This door way to the laundry area is also an access to the master bedroom from the garage. The hardwood area allows you to open the door and walk directly to the bedroom without transferring between tile and wood.

The Dri-core cuts either with a jig saw and band saw perfectly. Since we did not have any instructions on how to attach this area we decided on screwing each edge panel along the perimeter. Since it will be against the tile and the tile may often be wet we will use "Sikaflex" silicon polyurethane sealant on the edge seam. It allows movement and is an excellent water repellent.

"Sikaflex" is the only sealant that passes the Miami Dade 140 MPH wind load regulations and is used on the latest and only Miami Dade certified standing seam roof that can be used in the Hurricane Zones in Florida, roofing made by UNION CORRUGATING. Of course this is the roof used on this House. In fact it was the FIRST one to be installed in Florida just a few days after it passed the Miami Dade Specifications. More on that later. Just remember

Union Corrugating "Advantage Lok 11 " Metal Standing Seam Snap lock Roofing

"Sikaflex" if it is good enough to stop leaks in Hurricanes then I think it will be good enough to stop water from leaking under our hardwood floor . Time will be the best test.