BillR wrote:

IMHO these bath sealing strips are waste of time unless you seal them to the
bath also with silicone rubber.

Is there any reason, if the gap is quite small, that I actually *need*
to have any plastic strip at all? The gap between bath and tiles is max
5mm (although there is the rounded edge of the bath to add on to this) -
could I just fill this gap with silicone and leave it at that?

Even if they don't leak horrid mould will grow underneath.

Hmm, never thought of that. Would that be *orange* mould by any chance?
We're already starting to collect that!

I've learned that to get a good seal
a) the gap should be as small as possible to start with.
b) tile after fitting bath, not before

Unfortunately not really an option at this stage.

c) If necessary jack up bath slightly after tiling & grouting to meet point
a)

Are you implying that the bath should butt up to the tiles from below,
or from the side? e.g. (excuse ASCII art)...

T| T|
i| i|
l| ...or... l| ____
e| e||bath
____
|bath

Ours is arranged like the latter - it looks like a new bath was put in
after the tiling had been done.

d) surfaces to be sealed must be spotless. Clean with meths to make sure.

Plastic baths are the worst. You can brace them underneath to lessen
movement.

Aye, did both of those when we fitted this strip, but I'll keep it in
mind. Thanks for the advice!

Later,

Russ

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