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Title: Bath seal
Post by blackcountry on Jun 11^th, 2005, 5:55pm

hi all. I really hope you guys can help. I have recently renovated my bathroom. this involved ripping everything back to the bare bricks and starting again. Although i am very happy about the general finish i have come across a problem. when tiling the walls i decided to tile all the walls from floor to ceiling and then fit the bathroom suite. however because the property is an old one the walls are all over the place. so much so that when i position my bath against the newly tiled walls, an unsightly gap along the 2 edges forms. now this would be fine and i could easily run a bead of silicon were it not for the fact that no matter how much i adjust the bath the gap varies from about 10mm to about 30mm. does anyone know of a way around this?? any help woould be greatly appreciated, i have seen the bath seals that tyhey sell in the sheds. However i think that they look tacky and flimsy and are not really an ideal option.

Thanks in advance and I eagerly await your replies.

M.A

Title: Re: Bath seal
Post by thescruff on Jun 11^th, 2005, 6:03pm

Choices are;

1. Chop the bath in to the wall.

2. Build a frame around the bath and tile the top.

3. Stand the bath of the wall a few hundred mm.

Title: Re: Bath seal
Post by CWatters on Jun 11^th, 2005, 6:32pm

4. Buy a free standing roll top bath.

Title: Re: Bath seal
Post by JerryD on Jun 11^th, 2005, 8:33pm

A upvc shelf is the best bet. Scribe this into the wall and you've got a useful, waterproof shelf next to the bath.

Keep the top of the shelf as flush with the top of the bath as possible and it all looks 'designed' :)

Title: Re: Bath seal
Post by blackcountry on Jun 12^th, 2005, 12:35am

thanks for the replies so far. at the moment seems llike chopping the wall to get a snug fit is my best option. thats unless someone thinks of something else?????

Title: Re: Bath seal
Post by supersparky on Jun 12^th, 2005, 12:45am

install a shower ;D

Title: Re: Bath seal
Post by thescruff on Jun 12^th, 2005, 12:51am

wrote on Jun 12^th, 2005, 12:45am:

install a shower ;D

Bath won't fit in a shower ;D ;D

Unless you know different :-X :-X

Title: Re: Bath seal
Post by supersparky on Jun 12^th, 2005, 12:54am

yeh, fit bath vertical in shower cubical

or fit shower cubical horizontal :P