Fibreglass repairs
 

Is it worth trying to repair a crack roughly 15 mm from the plug hole in
a fibreglass bath?

I've seen various kits of the web which claim to be miraculous! Or
could use car bodywork resin - as in one of the Isopon kits - to fill
the crack?

It only has to last less than a year as the bathroom is due to be
gutted. Thus, waterproofing is the only aim not aesthetic perfection.


TIA

Richard

Fibreglass repairs
 

On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 18:54:37 +0100, Richard wrote:

|Is it worth trying to repair a crack roughly 15 mm from the plug hole in
|a fibreglass bath?
|
|I've seen various kits of the web which claim to be miraculous! Or
|could use car bodywork resin - as in one of the Isopon kits - to fill
|the crack?
|
|It only has to last less than a year as the bathroom is due to be
|gutted. Thus, waterproofing is the only aim not aesthetic perfection.

As you are not interested in "aesthetic perfection" drill a tiny hole in
both ends of the crack to stop it growing, open the crack to a slight V at
the top, fill with slow setting araldite, move both sides to get the epoxy
well into crack and the holes, clean off excess epoxy with meths before it
sets. That will last for several years
--
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Fibreglass repairs
 

In article ,
Richard writes:
Is it worth trying to repair a crack roughly 15 mm from the plug hole in
a fibreglass bath?

I've seen various kits of the web which claim to be miraculous! Or
could use car bodywork resin - as in one of the Isopon kits - to fill
the crack?

It only has to last less than a year as the bathroom is due to be
gutted. Thus, waterproofing is the only aim not aesthetic perfection.

I had the same problem due to dropping something in the bath.
I stuck a piece of insulating tape over it. It actually stayed
there quite a bit longer than a year in the end, but never
leaked or came off.

--
Andrew Gabriel

Fibreglass repairs
 

Andrew Gabriel wrote:

In article ,
Richard writes:

Is it worth trying to repair a crack roughly 15 mm from the plug hole in
a fibreglass bath?

I've seen various kits of the web which claim to be miraculous! Or
could use car bodywork resin - as in one of the Isopon kits - to fill
the crack?

It only has to last less than a year as the bathroom is due to be
gutted. Thus, waterproofing is the only aim not aesthetic perfection.


I had the same problem due to dropping something in the bath.
I stuck a piece of insulating tape over it. It actually stayed
there quite a bit longer than a year in the end, but never
leaked or came off.

Thanks both

I'll do the 'stress relieving holes and Araldite-thing' but I do like
the idea of repairing it with insulting tape.

Cheers

Richard

Fibreglass repairs
 

On 2006-10-01 22:34:09 +0100, Richard said:


Thanks both

I'll do the 'stress relieving holes and Araldite-thing' but I do like
the idea of repairing it with insulting tape.


What's the bath done to you? ;-)

Fibreglass repairs
 

On 2006-10-01 22:21:00 +0100, (Andrew
Gabriel) said:

In article ,
Richard writes:
Is it worth trying to repair a crack roughly 15 mm from the plug hole
in a fibreglass bath?

I've seen various kits of the web which claim to be miraculous! Or
could use car bodywork resin - as in one of the Isopon kits - to fill
the crack?

It only has to last less than a year as the bathroom is due to be
gutted. Thus, waterproofing is the only aim not aesthetic perfection.

I had the same problem due to dropping something in the bath.
I stuck a piece of insulating tape over it. It actually stayed
there quite a bit longer than a year in the end, but never
leaked or came off.

Was it the multipoint that fell in?

Fibreglass repairs
 

In article ,
Andy Hall writes:
Was it the multipoint that fell in?

No (it's in a different room).
It was, believe it or not, a tape measure...

--
Andrew Gabriel

Fibreglass repairs
 

On 2006-10-01 23:21:30 +0100, (Andrew
Gabriel) said:

In article ,
Andy Hall writes:
Was it the multipoint that fell in?

No (it's in a different room).
It was, believe it or not, a tape measure...

Oh wow. Shows how easily damaged they are....

Fibreglass repairs
 

On 01 Oct 2006 22:21:30 GMT, (Andrew Gabriel) wrote:

In article ,
Andy Hall writes:
Was it the multipoint that fell in?

No (it's in a different room).
It was, believe it or not, a tape measure...

Don't you have AD cover on your buildings ins ??



Stuart

Fibreglass repairs
 

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Richard saying
something like:

Is it worth trying to repair a crack roughly 15 mm from the plug hole in
a fibreglass bath?

I've seen various kits of the web which claim to be miraculous! Or
could use car bodywork resin - as in one of the Isopon kits - to fill
the crack?

If cosmetics don't matter, just roughly sand the crack and apply a
couple of pieces of mat/resin. Two layers if you feel industrious.
--

Dave