OK - Based on lots of helpful advice, I have the bath in now.

As it's plastic, I took the advice here and screwed 3x3" and 2x4" battens
(depending on whether there was a gap between bath and wall or not) all the
way around bar the open side edge.

Even with the feet loosely down and the bath is not siliconed in yet, it is
*incredibly* firm - I was standing in it painting the ceiling (again for
the 4th time - bloody Dulux Bathroom "no coverage" paint).

It is still to get a 2x2" frame to support the front edge and be a fixing
for the bath panel, so it should firm up a bit more still.

Think I'll run some silicon between it and the back wall as suggested (the
only zero gap side) and perhaps put a few dobs under the front and back end
edges to assist with lateral stability (the bath is not actually *fixed* to
anything), but fortuneatly the battens went in true and level so it's
seated very nicely on the rim.

I don't regret getting plastic now - in fact given the contortions required
to drop it in the awkward space, I'm bloody glad it wasn't steel - I'd be
in hospital with a hernia and several broken fingers and booked for a spine
replacement if it was.

Ta!

Tim

On 18 Sep, 00:15, Tim S wrote:


I don't regret getting plastic now - in fact given the contortions required
to drop it in the awkward space, I'm bloody glad it wasn't steel - I'd be
in hospital with a hernia and several broken fingers and booked for a spine
replacement if it was.

Gimme cast iron every time.

On 18/09/2009 in message Tim S
wrote:

I was standing in it painting the ceiling (again for
the 4th time - bloody Dulux Bathroom "no coverage" paint).

I stopped using Dulux years ago because if its lack of covering power.
Does anybody locally sell anything else (pretty well anything is better)?
If not any of the DIY store own trade brands will be better.

--
Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his friends for his
life.
(Jeremy Thorpe, 1962)

In article
,
1501 wrote:
On 18 Sep, 00:15, Tim S wrote:


I don't regret getting plastic now - in fact given the contortions
required to drop it in the awkward space, I'm bloody glad it wasn't
steel - I'd be in hospital with a hernia and several broken fingers
and booked for a spine replacement if it was.

Gimme cast iron every time.

I'd agree if you want a long life. But many these days change bathroom
suites as a sort of re-decorating item, so cast iron would be an
unnecessary expense - even assuming you can get one in the resign you want.

--
*You can't teach an old mouse new clicks *

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

"Jeff Gaines" wrote in message
...
On 18/09/2009 in message Tim S
wrote:

I was standing in it painting the ceiling (again for
the 4th time - bloody Dulux Bathroom "no coverage" paint).

I stopped using Dulux years ago because if its lack of covering power.
Does anybody locally sell anything else (pretty well anything is better)?
If not any of the DIY store own trade brands will be better.

--
Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his friends for his
life.
(Jeremy Thorpe, 1962)

Were you using Dulux Trade 15 years ago which has superior coverage?

Jeff Gaines coughed up some electrons that declared:

On 18/09/2009 in message Tim S
wrote:

I was standing in it painting the ceiling (again for
the 4th time - bloody Dulux Bathroom "no coverage" paint).

I stopped using Dulux years ago because if its lack of covering power.
Does anybody locally sell anything else (pretty well anything is better)?
If not any of the DIY store own trade brands will be better.


Dulux Endurance (or Durable Matt) seems to cover really well. And "Once"
nearly does what it says, if you put it on generously enough.

That's why I felt caught out - this stuff was crap.

OTOH now the 4th coat has dried, it looks good. Glad it wasn't a big
ceiling!

"Tim S" wrote

OK - Based on lots of helpful advice, I have the bath in now.

As it's plastic, I took the advice here and screwed 3x3" and 2x4" battens
(depending on whether there was a gap between bath and wall or not) all
the
way around bar the open side edge.

Even with the feet loosely down and the bath is not siliconed in yet, it
is
*incredibly* firm - I was standing in it painting the ceiling (again for
the 4th time - bloody Dulux Bathroom "no coverage" paint).

It is still to get a 2x2" frame to support the front edge and be a fixing
for the bath panel, so it should firm up a bit more still.

Think I'll run some silicon between it and the back wall as suggested (the
only zero gap side) and perhaps put a few dobs under the front and back
end
edges to assist with lateral stability (the bath is not actually *fixed*
to
anything), but fortuneatly the battens went in true and level so it's
seated very nicely on the rim.

I don't regret getting plastic now - in fact given the contortions
required
to drop it in the awkward space, I'm bloody glad it wasn't steel - I'd be
in hospital with a hernia and several broken fingers and booked for a
spine
replacement if it was.

Ta!

Tim

Be aware that baths do expand a bit with hot water in!
I mention this from a tiling/decorating POV.
I made a tiled shelf-type-thing to fill a gap between wall and bath at tap
end, the edge of this "sitting" on top of the bath edge IYSWIM.
The movement of the bath between hot and cold is just enough to disturb
grout .

Phil

On 18 Sep, 08:14, 1501 wrote:

Gimme cast iron every time.

Gf wants shiny polished copper now, since we went to the Steampunk
weekender in Lincoln. That's going to cost...

TheScullster coughed up some electrons that declared:



Be aware that baths do expand a bit with hot water in!
I mention this from a tiling/decorating POV.
I made a tiled shelf-type-thing to fill a gap between wall and bath at tap
end, the edge of this "sitting" on top of the bath edge IYSWIM.
The movement of the bath between hot and cold is just enough to disturb
grout .

Phil

Thanks for that Phil.

I hadn't considered expansion, but I was worried about flexing. So I'm of a
mind to "grout" the edging strip tiles with silicone which should handle
it.

Andy Dingley coughed up some electrons that declared:

On 18 Sep, 08:14, 1501 wrote:

Gimme cast iron every time.

Gf wants shiny polished copper now, since we went to the Steampunk
weekender in Lincoln. That's going to cost...

When retro 2009 acrylic becomes fasionable, I'm in. See, I'm merely ahead of
the times...

BTW - who's going to polish the copper beast? Or do you lacquer them...