sm_jamieson
wibbled on Monday 26 October 2009 10:08

On 26 Oct, 09:45, Andy Cap wrote:
On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:01:41 +0000 (UTC),
(Andrew

Gabriel) wrote:
Having found dry rot when pulling out the old bath due to leakage
at this join (fortunately not serious in this case), I was rather
concerned to make sure that couldn't happen again. I put a wide
strip of silicone along the two bath edges which butt against the
wall and slid the bath into place. 7 years later, nothing has
leaked through the join. On the visible surface, the join is
simply grouted, along with all the tiles.

Mind you, I dread the day I have to remove the bath...

I did similar. Waterproofed the wall. Put a bead of silicone on that
before putting the bath in place. Then a bead of sealant into the gap.
Then tiled. Then applied the final bead of sealant. I have just redone
that after about 10 years.

Andy C

I did that. BAL WP1 on wall,

I used SBR diliuted 4:1 - which was on the BAL Greenstar data sheet as an
alternative to WP1.

and the 3 stage silicone approach. I
thought "no chance any water will get past all that"!

2 stage for me: sealed the bath to the timber, tiled and sealed the tiles to
the bath.

Also, loads of timber under the bath to support it.
Simon.


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Tim Watts

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