how to deal with gap at end of bath

[Freyanne]

I got home from work very late tonight and found my plumber had been and moved the bath into the space, fastened to wall and connected the taps. Although he told me the bath fitted perfectly a few weeks ago [at which stage I could easily have boarded one of the end walls] now there is a 1.5 cm gap at one end. How do I deal with this as I've already tiled the walls on all 3 sides - just expected to be tiling the bottom row this weekend. Hopefully the picture will explain.

 

[Freyanne]

 

[Daz]

Hmmm, I can visualise your issue but cannot see the pic - doh!

Can you fabricate a small amount of boxing at the end of the bath and tile that too?

 

[Daz]

Aargh, I can see the pic now.

I should have read 15mm gap and not 150mm gap, too - I'll get me coat!

 

[Prem Tiler]

What dimentions are the tiles you are fixing? You'll be suprised how big a gap can be hidden just by tile and adhesive

 

[Daz]

It's not ideal, but could you wedge a load of Silicon into the gap and line the wall with a cement board?

 

[White Room]

Is there any chance to get him back to move the bath but break out the wall so the bath can be pushed back to hide the edges, if you see what I mean.

 

[jay]

you may need to overboard that wall to make it up

 

[Onlinetiler]

i guess you cant board the wall out now as its already tiled except the bottom course. The ideal scenario has to be to move the bath - are the ends of the bath wall to wall? If so could you budge it 7.5mm along to split the 15mm gap at each end in which case a decent quality Silicon or tube of polyurethane adhesive (the type you use on tile backer boards) will fill and waterproof the gap and the thickness of the tile and adhesive should cover it. If you're stuck with the gap at one end and it isn't covered by the tiles then maybe a bath trim - I'm not a big fan of them but they do serve a purpose - Sealux do a range of profiles that will bridge gaps up to 25mm. You could also fit a good old fashioned HR Johnsons ceramic bath trim which comes in 15cm lengths and is fixed on with Silicon after the tiles are installed.

 

[doug boardley]

I'd be tempted to overboard the wall if there's internal corners both ends of it.