how to deal with gap at end of bath

[tfs]

hi mate, if your tiles are large format (probs 8mm thick) and your adhesive bed will be atleast a few mm you wont have much of a gap left to seal.

I think you might get away with it mate.

what size depth of tile are you using?

 

[Alan.P]

As has been said, move the bath to equalise the gap, then a good Silicon bead will take up the gap, which won't be much once tile plus adhesive have gone onto the wall.

 

[Bathfix Bob]

The gap doesn't look all that big but he should have equalised the gap.


Has the bath edge been siliconed and then squashed against the wall?

Has he used supporting timber underneath?

Does the bath feel solid?

If no to any of the above he has not fitted it right, there must a Silicon seal from bath to wall before tiling, the secondry tile/bath seal needs something to fall back on when it fails.

 

[Freyanne]

Thanks guys! Overboarding is not an option at this stage - the walls on all 3 sides of the bath have already been tiled to the ceiling.

Tiles are 400 x 250 mm and about 9mm thick so equalising the gap might just work. I'll move the bath along a few mm before I tile the last row. Have just realised it's in place but not yet fixed to the wall. It was my job to Silicon around the bath before tiling to be fair. There are no supporting battens but the supports that come with the bath are very solid - it's a very good quality bath.

 

[Bathfix Bob]

Is there a shower going over this bath? If so I would glue the bath to the wall with Silicon (tiler primer on first) to give a water tight seal.

There must be ZERO movment on all four corners.

 

[Freyanne]

Yes Bob, there is a shower going over the bath - I suppose that was my plumber's rationale for leaving the gap at the end opposite to the shower end.

If I equalise and Silicon the gaps, fix the wall plates then tile and Silicon again do you think I'll be ok?

 

[YourTiler]

If the tiles are not touching the bath, you could tile from under the bath to meet the tiles above and see what gap you then have. As said above you'll be surprised what gap is left to Silicon

 

[easyt]

If the bath is centralised you will have 8mm gaps? Tiles would then overhang by a few mm. Problem is though does the bath have much of a radius round on the ends?

 

[Freyanne]

Sorry - what is a radius round? The end corners are curved if that's what it means - see the photo on page 1.

I've moved and siliconed all round the bath and will leave it to go off overnight before starting to tile tomorrow. Fingers crossed.

Thanks again everyone. 🙂

 

[easyt]

No F. What I meant is that there is a vertical curve from the top edge of the bath over the end towards the floor. Depending how big the radious is it is likely that even though the tile is over the edge of the bath the top surface of the bath will backfall towards the tiles and hold water.