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Bath seal
Jun 11th, 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
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Re: Bath seal
Reply #1 - Jun 11th, 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.
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Reply #2 - Jun 11th, 2005, 6:32pm
 
4. Buy a free standing roll top bath.
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Reply #3 - Jun 11th, 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'  Smiley
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Re: Bath seal
Reply #4 - Jun 12th, 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?????
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Re: Bath seal
Reply #5 - Jun 12th, 2005, 12:45am
 
install a shower  Grin
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Reply #6 - Jun 12th, 2005, 12:51am
 
[quote author=supersparky  link=1118508946/0#5 date=1118533559]install a shower  Grin [/quote]

Bath won't fit in a shower  Grin Grin

Unless you know different  Lips Sealed Lips Sealed
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Re: Bath seal
Reply #7 - Jun 12th, 2005, 12:54am
 
yeh, fit bath vertical in shower cubical

or fit shower cubical horizontal  Tongue
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