"N. Thornton" wrote in message
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"David W.E. Roberts" wrote in message
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Hi again,

the recommended way to apply silicone sealant around the bath is to fill
the
bath with water first so it sinks a little - that way you don't stress
the
sealant when the bath is filled.

However maximum stress is when the bath is filled to the overflow with
one
(or if you are lucky) two people in it.


It is, but minimum stress occurs to the seals when they are moved the
minimum through out the min to max bath stressing. Thus the seals
should be applied at _half_ the maximum bath stress.

So the average British bath requires 3 seals to be applied while the
bath is full of water and containing 2 people, but those people must
also be hanging from the light fitting so as to halve the amount of
stress they put on the bath.

We must also have the plumber in the room of course to apply the
seals.

Due to the obvious risk of electrocution the electricity must be
turned off and the light bulb socket pins earth bonded in the usual
way.


So correct procedure would involve the following in the room, all at
once:
bath filled with water
2 people in bath hanging off light fitting
3 seals
1 plumber
and all in total darkness.

All this is to apply what? Sillycone sealant of course.

Regards, NT

All very easy for you to say, but what am I going to do with the baby Hippo
I ordered from Screwfix?