Bath Sealing Strip

[Minnie]

I seem to have screwed up a bit with my sealant in that it's not flush with the bath. Can I put more on top of current sealant or do I need to get rid of it?

Oh, and despite using the fairy liquid trick, I still seem to have got covered in the stuff. Not easy to get off is it. :mad2:

 

[Colour Republic]

it doesn't have to be dead flush with the top, if you want to add more you can. As mentioned before this is a back up seal not the primary one

 

[Minnie]

it doesn't have to be dead flush with the top, if you want to add more you can. As mentioned before this is a back up seal not the primary one

Yeah, but it's somehow playing havoc with my measurements. I think rather than measuring flush with the bath, I've been erm, I dunno, I just seem to keep getting this particular wall wrong, so I figured if the sealant was flush with the bath, I'd at least have a proper surface to rest tape on. As it is, I seem to keep cutting the tiles too short which means they'd end up with a sealant space of about 1/2 - 1cm which seems a bit on the large side.

 

[Minnie]

I think my brain's frozen. The central heating and hot water has broken down. I can't concentrate.

Anyway, another little question regarding the sink area.

Do I overlap the horizontal tiles with the vertical ones on the splashback (so I end up with a grout line on the splashback itself) or do I bring the vertical ones up to cover the edges of the horizontal. I'm guessing the former so the water can run off?

 

[diamondtiling]

Minnie those walls look a little, er rough shall we say, would you be able to skim up them with a little bit of adhesive? from the right of the crack in the wall to the left it looks like about 3mm difference, doing it now will save you time later. The crack itself? is it stable? is the plaster loose because it usually is around a crack like that. You could buy a couple of sheets of mosaics and use them on the shelf ledge, that might help you instead of trying to match up grout lines. Don't forget to prime the walls first with an acrylic bond. However you do that area over the sink you might have to split the tiles and that will not look good if you cant get the Silicon to cover the joint. I would try for a mosaic band over the sink as well.

 

[Gazzer]

Minnie those walls look a little, er rough shall we say, would you be able to skim up them with a little bit of adhesive? from the right of the crack in the wall to the left it looks like about 3mm difference, doing it now will save you time later. The crack itself? is it stable? is the plaster loose because it usually is around a crack like that. You could buy a couple of sheets of mosaics and use them on the shelf ledge, that might help you instead of trying to match up grout lines. Don't forget to prime the walls first with an acrylic bond. However you do that area over the sink you might have to split the tiles and that will not look good if you cant get the Silicon to cover the joint. I would try for a mosaic band over the sink as well.

Or maybe a large tile in a contrasting colour to form a solid one piece cill ?

 

[Minnie]

Minnie those walls look a little, er rough shall we say, would you be able to skim up them with a little bit of adhesive? from the right of the crack in the wall to the left it looks like about 3mm difference, doing it now will save you time later. The crack itself? is it stable? is the plaster loose because it usually is around a crack like that. You could buy a couple of sheets of mosaics and use them on the shelf ledge, that might help you instead of trying to match up grout lines. Don't forget to prime the walls first with an acrylic bond. However you do that area over the sink you might have to split the tiles and that will not look good if you cant get the Silicon to cover the joint. I would try for a mosaic band over the sink as well.

Oh, I already did something with that. Probably not the ideal solution, but I made the shelf smaller

If I didn't, then I would have been left with the funny angles that were there before, right down to the bottom past the sink, as they are here. I didn't want the little cut-offs as seen below, so I got rid of the angled bit of wall instead.

and it's now looking like this. Whilst obviously not an expert job, I think it's better than little cut-offs or having to fill at a strange angle.

 

[Minnie]

The crack itself? is it stable? is the plaster loose because it usually is around a crack like that. You could buy a couple of sheets of mosaics and use them on the shelf ledge, that might help you instead of trying to match up grout lines. Don't forget to prime the walls first with an acrylic bond. However you do that area over the sink you might have to split the tiles and that will not look good if you cant get the Silicon to cover the joint. I would try for a mosaic band over the sink as well.

The crack's been there for years and doesn't seem to have got worse. I just stuck polyfilla in. If it holds for another 2 years, all well and good, as that's when Council is supposed to replace bathrooms and kitchens. If it doesn't.... ho hum :lol:

As for the mosaics, I'd ordered just enough to do a border with some extra that might do the vertical splashback in front of the sink. Considering they were meant to arrive on Friday, and are now not scheduled to arrive 'til Tuesday, it's already put the job on hold as I have another row of tiles to do above the mosaics. There won't be enough for the horizontal bit of the shelf as well and I'd have to pay about £13 delivery if I ordered another sheet.

 

[Minnie]

Or maybe a large tile in a contrasting colour to form a solid one piece cill ?

Good idea - black?

 

[Gazzer]

Good idea - black?

Depends on your taste but its food for thought. A nice marble tile maybe or even travertine.

 

[Minnie]

Depends on your taste but its food for thought. A nice marble tile maybe or even travertine.

I was originaly going to go for Travertine but went off the whole idea. Can't remember why though.

Wonders about black marble, or a beigey marble.

Are you talking just the horizontal and vertical bit of the shelf or the whole area?

Anyway, with broken down heating and no hot water, my fingers are now too cold to type so I'm going to pub.

 

[Gazzer]

just the flat cill and end of the bath areas.

 

[diamondtiling]

Good idea Minnie :lol::lol:

 

[Minnie]

just the flat cill and end of the bath areas.

Can't. I already put tiles there

 

[Gazzer]

Can't. I already put tiles there

Then dont :mad2: :smilewinkgrin: