I'm asking this under plumbing for you whole bath installing plumbers, thanks.
I'm planning to put in an engineered wood floor in a bathroom for my father who doesn't want tile (I ripped out his wall to wall after the toilet overflowed). What should I do to the critical edge right in front of the shower base? The plywood subfloor is in good shape.
Also, unlike the rest of the house flooring which will run across the joists, should I run the floor in the bath parallel to the shower?

By engineered, if you mean the click flooring, I wouldn't advise using it in a wet location. Water tends to get in between and the material swells. I used this material in my dining room and found this out whilst keeping it clean. Too much water does a lot of damage, so a damp mop works better but if you are putting this in a bathroom, your money may be wasted.

Hi tickle! Thanks.
I see 3 types of wood floors: solid, engineered (real wood top; composites below), and laminate (totally fake). The last 2 are both click types but are either glued on the tongue and groove, put down with a mastic, or nailed on the tongue. I want 1/2" engineered for the rest of the 1200 sq' house. Is that what you put in?

I bought laminate 'click together', take-it-up-when you go type. No glue, no nails, no mastic. I still know for sure that you can never soak whatever that type of flooring is, joy.

I wasn't happy so purchased a new type of flooring that looks like bambo and lays down like the old fashioned vinyl flooring. Don't remember the name.

In my experience: wood looks good in bathroom but is not really suitable for bathroom installations. These engineered wood floors will also warp when exposed to moisture. Let us know what you decided to do. Good luck. Milo

Hey JP. Just installed a gluedown Bamboo floor in a bath where carpet was removed. Worked out great. Do not use Laminate, too thin, paper based and will expand too much. Run the wood across the narrow width, makes the room look bigger. Use a good grade of silicone along the shower pan/floor seam. HOWEVER, for a full bath with floors that get wet, tile is the best material. Get dried in the tub and use a polypropylene area rug.