Should I put Wood Floor in Bathroom?

[Jack The Lad]

I am about to finish a ground-level conversion of our garage into two bedrooms and a bathroom. I have a concrete sub-floor (about 4 inches below floor level of the rest of the house) to work on, and have installed fantastic antique pine floors in both new bedrooms. The plan was to put a cement floor and tiles in the bathroom, but having seen the bedrooms I'm thinking a wood floor would look amazing.

Question is... i imagine wood doesn't like water splashes/leaks/steam, and would warp after a while. However, plenty of people have wood floors in their upstairs bathrooms and that seems fine.

So would it be madness to install a wood floor downstairs, is their any way of doing it and avoiding water problems? (I'm open to using any kind of wood)

Thanks!

 

[BillK]

We used 130mm oak boards in our bathroom. These were then given two coats of sealer by the guy who installed the floor and we have had no problems of any sort.