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I've recently tiled my bathroom and left a 1/2 inch gap between the
tiles and the bath. This seems a bit wide to seal with a bead of
silicon. The install notes that came with the bath recommend a 1/4
inch gap max.. And filling the bath with water will increase the gap
even more.
What are the best options for sealing tround the bath?

* Cut a big bead width on the tube and go for it.
* Apply the silicone in several layers, over a few days.
* Use some sort of sealing strip.
* Pack or fill the cavity (what with?) to reduce the gap.

1. Retile starting from bath up (use wood shims or match sticks to space
tiles off bath) like most people do.
2. Put shims under bath legs to raise a bit so reduce gap.

Any gap bigger than 1/4 will work its way open pretty quickly as well as
looking crap.