DIY again, fitting curved acrylic bath panel

[fossyant]

I even repaint the garage floor every few months and the wall once a year.

Faints

 

[MrGrumpy]

Our advice after having fitted a P shaped bath? Don't - go conventional. P shaped uses too much water on the rare occasions when you do want a bath.

Roflol you know after the bother I had with our bath it's too bloody narrow to lay comfortable in it lol

 

[fossyant]

I can't be ar$ed with a bath, so I got myself a blinging shower !

 

[Andywinds]

The tiling for the bath is now complete. The tiler is coming back just to grout around the sink, but I have noticed that he has not yet put silicon around the bath where the tiles meet the bath. I believe this should be done and should be done by the tiler, what does everyone else think?

 

[Levo-Lon]

Well tilers are used to masking and applying mastic..so id get him to do it..or pay him to..

 

[raleighnut]

The tiling for the bath is now complete. The tiler is coming back just to grout around the sink, but I have noticed that he has not yet put silicon around the bath where the tiles meet the bath. I believe this should be done and should be done by the tiler, what does everyone else think?

There should have been an L shaped rubber/plastic seal fitted underneath the tiles. You can silicon seal there but it is nowhere near as good as water can get behind it.

similar to this
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rc...x.com/&usg=AFQjCNGX6T6jiyXkWUyd7UIgXpyDuSmWEw
in fact that is what I'd use in a professional installation.

 

[drummerbod]

Silicone is fine as long as it's done right.
1. Ensure gap is no bigger that 4mm.
2. Fill bath full with water
3. Apply silicone and let it cure.
4. Release water.

 

[Levo-Lon]

^^^ thats how i did mine..adding the water is before sealant is the key to a good seal..

 

[raleighnut]

Silicone is fine as long as it's done right.
1. Ensure gap is no bigger that 4mm.
2. Fill bath full with water
3. Apply silicone and let it cure.
4. Release water.

As long as the rim of the bath is Dry or the silicone will not stick. DAMHIKT

 

[wire1]

Here are a few pics.[/QUOTE

Does anyone know where I can purchase the acrylic floor clips for the the panels on a P shaped bath
Thanks in advance
wire1

 

[drummerbod]

http://www.bathroomspareparts.co.uk...el-fixing-pack-2-clips-ee75301196-23471-p.asp

Can't find acrylic but these do the same job but in metal.

OR

http://www.bathstore.com/products/s...c_EpmiMPnSwkOysz95KkyhoC1krw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

[rich p]

@rich p is our resident expert on all this DIY stuff. He'll even be able to advise you on the right sort of extractor fan to install as well as which craft beer to drink after all that thirsty work.

I'm a butcher's delivery boy now. I can advise on pork chops and lamb's liver only

 

[MrGrumpy]

Still maintain that in no way will i fit another curved bath or P shaped for that matter. Normal bath from now on, one I don`t have to dig the wall out to fit ! Anyway i`ve moved onto kitchen installs , that is a ball ache as well.

 

[subaqua]

Proper
Planning and preparation
Prevents
Pi55
Poor
Projects


Simples

Nothing difficult about most work on homes. It's just too many people go into it without a plan and that's how things go badly wrong.

 

[Valleyjp]

Here are a few pics.

Does anyone know where I can get these clips from? I have been hunting around all day after establishing that my bath is missing 6 of the 8 installed.