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    Sealant around bath against travertine

    Hi I've looked and looked and I couldn't find an answer. But I'm happy to just be referred to an existing thread if I've missed it. I need to replace the sealant around the bath. But the fact it's against travertine seems to make it tricky. I thought I could just buy any sealant until I...
  2. M

    Whats the best make/system to tank around a shower bath

    Hi All I want to tank around a shower bath to ensure its a water tight job. Its around 5M sq and is going onto plasterbord that has had the old tiles removed? What would you recommend, something thats easy to apply would be good. Many thanks...
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    SBR Removal on bath taps???

    Any ideas how to remove SBR primer from chrome taps and acrylic bath ? Tried everything :mad2: ....Help ...:oops:
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    Curved bath panel base board

    Hi all, Hope you can help me on this one! I have installed a bath with a curved end and want to use slim vertiacal sections of porcelain tiles to create a faeture rather than use a plastic matched board. So I need to create a curve with a flexable material with as small a depth as possible so...
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    how to fill this gap at the end of the bath

    if the gap were bigger I would usually build a wooden stud and tile onto it but this gap is less than 1" any help much appreciated. cheers.
  6. G

    Should I tank a bath refit and with what?

    New to tanking and have to refit a bathroom. Strip out with tiles off. Plasterboarded so not sure how it'll go, they either fall off or take the wall with them. If it goes okay I could prime and just retile or I can tank. If walls fall apart I can plasterboard and tank or re-board with tile...
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    Bath in or out before tiling?

    After some thoughts on whether I should put the bath in, fix, seal and tile down to it or leave it out and tile just under? With 9mm ply, adhesive and 9mm tile going down on the floor, the fixing of the bath has to be bang on as the bath panel could cause problems. Pros and cons for...
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    Tiles for Around Bath and Basin, Adivie on my order?

    Hi all, We had our bathroom skimmed over 7 weeks ago. I have not yet applied a miss coat of paint to the walls and celling as I was planning on doing that once the tiles are fitted around the bath and basin as people on here suggested that's the best way to fix the tiles direct to the...
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    Bath panel repair

    When 'popping off' the (very well fitting) bath side, it flexed a little too much and I managed to get a tiny tear (5/6cm). It will be out of sight when done and it's really not worth a new panel, so... Has anyone ever patched up such a tear successfully? & if so, what with plse? (Type of...
  10. R

    Silicon bath seal

    I am re-sealing a (builder installed) bath. It has some whacking gaps to the bottom of the tiles and so it will take far more Silicon than is ideal (& using my referred BAL microban it will be £20 seal) so... Is there a way to pack it out (a little) first with ano cheaper sealant - acrylic...
  11. R

    How to do a bath access panel

    How would i go about this? I will be tiling the side of my bath in a brickwork layout. It has a wooden frame already around the bath.
  12. M

    bath problem....

    my mom is going to be having her bathroom tiled soon. been down for bbq today and noticed the bath doesn't fully meet the one side of the wall... how do I get over this so that the tiles will come from above the bath? does the wall need studding out? cheers
  13. C

    When to tile around bath and basin?

    Hi We have just had all our walls and celling skimmed in our bathroom and I wanted to know when the best time is to tile around bath and basin. We are looking at only applying tiles around 2 to 3 tiles high with a line of mosaic tiles in between. Do I miss coat the walls first then...
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    Bath step

    Got a bathroom coming up and the customer has built a step to get into the bath. Its built very good and no movement currently boarded with ply but going to over board with hbb. As its my first step I am a litte concerned that the tiles may come away in a few years. Would it be better to use the...
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    Best solution to sealing bath to wall junction

    Hi All, I'm just in the process of refitting my bathroom and am getting close to the point of having to make a decision as to which solution to use for sealing the bath joint where it joins the wall. At the moment the bath is temporarily fitted and can be removed quite easily if required to...
  16. M

    do b&q do a decent sized bath trim?..

    Just about to go sort that bath out and need to get a 20mm quad trim
  17. C

    Tiling onto slate bath panel.

    Morning all! I've been asked to tile a slate bath panel using 600x300 ceramics. The panel has probably been on there for about 50 yrs and when I prime it it just runs off. Does anyone have any experience of tiling onto slate and if so what procedure would advise I followed in order to carry out...
  18. M

    water running down the side of the bath

    Just wonderd what the best way to seal a bath when theres 20mm gap between the bath and the wall.. I dont fancy bringing the wall down just to bring it forward so was thinking of getting some quadrant trim and sealing it in?... Not my tiling btw lmao
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    Bath and sink Silicon

    Hi can anybody tell me whats the best Silicon is for sealing the bath and sink waste, and who sells it. Thanks
  20. U

    Advice on removing bath trim under tiles

    Hi! I'd really like some professional advice on whether it's possible or not to remove bath trim that has been set in under the lower tile edge without having to remove the tiles. The trim really needs replacing as its had years of mold, paint and silicon added to it (not by me!) but I really...

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