Bath Seal Problem

[mcmaddy]

The seal around my bath has started leaking onto my kitchen ceiling. Ive tried Silicon where tiles meet trim and also forced Silicon under trim to try and seal. Nothing has worked. The gap from the bottom of my tiles to the top edge of bath is the size of the large quadrant trim (the one that sits behind the tiles etc) Ive seen a few people recommend tele seal on here but i dont know if i have a small enough gap for it to work. I just want to cut the rubbish bath seal out but am afraid the gap will be to huge to fill. I was thinking of putting the Aqua boards straight over the top of the tiles but that would cause my wife much anxiety as she loves the tiles! Any ideas and advice would be greatly appreciated. Thankyou

 

[doug boardley]

is there any way you can wind the legs up on your bath, and do away with the bath seal? I know this would mean taking the first row of tiles off, (maybe ease the bath into the wall more too). It may seem a drastic course of action but it's unacceptable as it is.

 

[Olz]

Can you post up any photographs, the concern with resealing it and leaving it, is that if its already leaking through the ceiling below, then there is already going to be alot of damage underneath, and in the walls.

It may be best to take the oppertunity to have the room retiled completly, and the damage to the walls, floorboards and ceiling below repaired, before it gets any worse.

 

[david campbell]

i would agree with the above and remove the bath and repair the floor and downstairs ceiling,if you have some spare tiles you may not need to re-tile the entire bathroom just around the bath

 

[mcmaddy]

Thanks for the quick responses. The bath cant be moved up. The wall below the bath doesnt look bad/wet. The tiling and bathromm was only done about 3 years ago so am reluctant to start ripping tiles off. Would the Tele seal stuff be any good? Do I have an option without ripping tiles off etc

 

[mcmaddy]

Anyone got any more ideas withput ripping the bathroom to bits??

 

[gm140]

it sounds like its either rip it out:mad2: or put a bucket in the kitchen:lol:

Graeme
ETL Pro Tiling

 

[Colour Republic]

Anyone got any more ideas withput ripping the bathroom to bits??

It's much easier to advise if you could post some pictures

 

[paulyoung666]

if there is water dripping through the ceiling then i would be very surprised if the bathroom floor / joists are not soaked , you need to get back to the structure of the house to make sure all is ok

 

[macten]

Seen this loads of times. Using teleseal is like putting a sticky plaster on a broken arm. For the sake of a few tiles get bath out and then sort - leave it too long like that and it gets very expensive.

That was the kitchen ceiling of my last job - bathroom walls were fine but floorboards were mush as was the kitchen ceiling.

 

[paulyoung666]

Seen this loads of times. Using teleseal is like putting a sticky plaster on a broken arm. For the sake of a few tiles get bath out and then sort - leave it too long like that and it gets very expensive.

That was the kitchen ceiling of my last job - bathroom walls were fine but floorboards were mush as was the kitchen ceiling.

and its always around the light fitting as well :yikes:

 

[bluebob]

came across similar problem few years ago .not caused too much damage and customer wanted it rectifying cheap as poss.cut old trim off,scraped off any old Silicon/grout.filled the gap between bath and tiles and levelled off with a straight edge.left it 24 hrs.bought 2 lengths plastic quadrant section beading about 35mm,it was roughly double the gap it had to cover.mitred corners and siliconed both edges and pressed into place.siliconed faces of mitred joints aswell.left another 24hrs and tested.never leaked since.

 

[DHTiling]

I don't think we need to go drastic here and start recommending a rip out...


If you can post a pic please so we can see what seal you have around the bath and then we can advise what will work without ripping the room apart,,

 

[paulyoung666]

what about the water under the bath though :yikes:

 

[DHTiling]

what about the water under the bath though :yikes:

THat is ceiling damage and not a reason to rip tiles off etc...:mad2:

 

[paulyoung666]

THat is ceiling damage and not a reason to rip tiles off etc...:mad2:

would that moisture not potentially walk up the walls though ? 🙂

 

[DHTiling]

Not once the source is sorted.. it will dry out.. but he has already stated the walls are dry..??

 

[White Room]

Naaa, gravity always pull it downwards:lol:

 

[faithhealer]

tried teleseal a few times but come to the conclusion that you can't beat a good silicon seal. you will have to take the first row of tiles off, they are too short if the bath cannot be raised. check the bath is secure, if it moves you will never seal it. Silicon between bath and wall, replace tiles leaving a 2mm gap then silicon again with the bath full of water! if you can't match the tiles can you make it a contrast like a border? Sorry but it has to be done right.

 

[Polishtradesman]

I cant find it on british websites but there is a thing, like a Silicon string (diameter 6mm, 8mm, 10mm, 12mm) which you put in gaps and then sealant on this. We use it to make dilatations between big tile surfaces. You may use this if you want to remowe old seal and do the new one. Obviously you need to make dry all wet things below the bath otherwise it will get worse. (i think i made some grammar mistakes :| )

 

[Polishtradesman]

tried teleseal a few times but come to the conclusion that you can't beat a good silicon seal. you will have to take the first row of tiles off, they are too short if the bath cannot be raised. check the bath is secure, if it moves you will never seal it. Silicon between bath and wall, replace tiles leaving a 2mm gap then silicon again with the bath full of water! if you can't match the tiles can you make it a contrast like a border? Sorry but it has to be done right.

True! Better to do all things again and have not any probles for years.

 

[mcmaddy]

Thanks for the response. I'll put a couple of pics on and see if that helps. Once again thanks for the great response.