In the process of installing flooring in your bathroom, you will be faced with a lineup of choices. One of the choices will be what kind of adhesive you choose to use beneath the flooring. A lot of homeowners will go with a standard adhesive without giving this option a second thought. However, water-resistant flooring glue is the best option in the bathroom. Here is a look at some of the ways water-resistant flooring glue protects your bathroom for the long-term. 

Protect your subfloor from inevitable spills. 

There is no room in the house where water spills happen more than in the bathroom. Whether it is an accidental overflow of the tub or sink, a toilet issue, or wet feet stepping out of the shower, water on your floor is bound to happen. The flooring may be designed to stand up to the moisture, but the subfloor beneath it is not. Water can deteriorate the subfloor rather quickly, and the problem can even make its way down into the rest of the materials that support the floor like the joists. Using a waterproof flooring adhesive will help deter these issues. 

Protect your bathroom from mildew and mold. 

Mold and mildew in a bathroom are some of the most common problems, and the issues usually stem from improper waterproofing methods when the bathroom is put together. The flooring should have a waterproof barrier between it and the subfloor specifically because of this reason. The longer moisture is allowed to hang out in the dark under the protection and concealment of whatever flooring type you have, the longer mold and mildew can grow undetected. It doesn't take all that long for such an issue to spread to everything else in the bathroom, including the walls.

Protect your newly installed flooring from too much water. 

If you are not using a waterproof adhesive to install your new bathroom flooring, you are leaving the new flooring itself wide-open for potential water damage. If water is allowed to make its way through the flooring and into the subfloor, it just hangs out there, consistently soaking the underside of the new flooring. Even the most resilient flooring materials will not stand up well to ongoing water exposure. For example, something normally resilient like ceramic tile can start to deteriorate over time from underneath if it is constantly sitting in water. The water-resistant adhesive will protect your investment in a new floor. 

For more information about water-resistant flooring adhesives, contact a supplier near you.