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So I'm ripping out my bathroom soon (oh joy). I need to sort out the leaking shower/bath. It's a bath with a shower over one end so nothing fancy.
Am I right in thinking I need to
Build a frame for the bath
Use a sealant tape to seal up from the bath before tiling
Tile over the sealant tape
Then silicone the bath to tile area while the bath is half full of water?
Any other tips? I don't want to mess this up with a pregnant wife to contend with
Frame for bath just to ensure it takes side loads. Should have legs, I always out some timber under the legs at 90 degrees to the floorboards to spread the load a little.
Tile over the edge of bath.
Silicone seal bath/tile edge and also the corner tiles i.e where two walls meet at 90 degrees.
Use a decent silicone like Dow Corning.
No need for sealing behind tiles and bath.
Fill the bath with water and leave it that way for a good 24hrs
tank the room as well. proper frame under the bath all round made of studwork
No need for sealing behind tiles and bath.
I disagree. I see no end of failed bath and shower installs, normally due to poor sealing, why not have as much seal as possible? I always silicone seal between bath or shower and wall, then tile and seal again, double defence that way.
Depends on the type of bath.. drop in vs alcove.
Assuming alcove (3 sides to the walls) then use a bath with an integrated tiling upstand.
Solves most of your issues.
Combine this with tanking or schluter Kerdi install and you will never have leaks from the bath.
Relying on silicone between the bath and the wall and the tile and the bath top is prone to failure with minimal deflection.
If you cant get a bath with an upstand, but a length of self adhesive tiling upstand and use that in addition to silicone/good water resistant and sticky caulk.
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Not had any leaks in the 8 years since I installed my bath, without anything more than tiles and silicone. But each to their own. I think the key thing is to build a good frame for the bath to ensure it doesn't move at all when it's full of water and a person.
Yes remember to fill the bath first
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I was going to use this. Put this on the bath. Then silicone bath to the wall. Then tile over the seal strip and silicone the joint
Do it like this. Very little extra effort and gives extra peace of mind.I always silicone seal between bath or shower and wall, then tile and seal again, double defence that way.
Just use these plastic sheets and stick them to the wall.
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^ that looks awful.
boring 😉full of water and a person.
Surely any bath has to be designed for at least 2 people plus water
Better? Its only a rental property that's taking to long to do
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Builders did my bathroom last year, mounted bath on bed of sand, then filled gaps in the sides with expanding foam. I just tapped the bath and it feels really solid, q impressed.
When I done mine (Needed to as bath was leaking at shower end after poor install when new) I ripped out bathroom including plasterboard as it was quicker and cheap as opposed to stripping old tiles off. New plasterboard in place (green bog stuff) then installed bath filled with water and fixed to wall, then siliconed to plasterboard.Bath was emptied the following day then tiled to bath top. grouted and half filled and siliconed again giving a double seal. This has been good for over 10 year now with no issues (although original issues were down to poor initial install)
The sealant needs to be min 6mm wide and 6mm deep. Use a backing rod to ensure correct depth. If sealant is too thin or too shallow or too deep it will fail. Don’t have a fillet joint - this will always fail.