Broken Wall....Hmmmmmmmm

[Paul Sh]

Before i describe the problem i would just like to make you all aware i knew the following problem was going to happen, so its not as if i went into it blind. Anyway, just tiled my bathroom floor so then found myself in a postion where the sink would need raising up the wall round about an inch.
I have just drilled the new holes for the sink, the problem is, with the old holes being so close to the new ones they have caved into each other thus leaving big oval holes, I had thought about using polyfiller to patch up the holes and then redrill them but for some reason this seems a bit of a cowboy patch up method. Has anyone got any ideas of how to fix this problem. Cheers

 

[Alan.P]

Hi there Paul, the only way around it that I can think of is to use a long rawl bolt, this should work as your going a lot deeper into the actual brickwork, you would need the type that leaves the threaded bar in the wall leaving you to thread the nut onto it through the fixing holes on the sink.

HTH

 

[tony TLC]

or fill holes with gripfill and let it go off then screw into it

 

[GazTech]

Don't Mess About, Fire Silicon Behind Basin And Prop In Place,hopefully You Will Have Either Moved Or Died Before You Need To Remove It!!!

 

[tony TLC]

gaz knows best he did it in the war still there

 

[Concept PHT]

Liquid nails behind the sink and press it to the wall. Job done.

 

[GazTech]

Lets hope all the Silicon wev'e used dont just break down all of a sudden.Chaos will ensue,sinks off the wall,goldfish all over the living room carpet,and Pammy looking as flat a freshly tiled bath wall !!

 

[Varley]

Lets hope all the Silicon wev'e used dont just break down all of a sudden.Chaos will ensue,sinks off the wall,goldfish all over the living room carpet,and Pammy looking as flat a freshly tiled bath wall !!

Lol

 

[tjsmiler]

Plenty of Pink Gripfill and give it a push......... or just use a bucket.

 

[GazTech]

gaz knows best he did it in the war still there

quite right Tony. I do remember one job had same problem,siliconed a big heavy heavy basin to the tiling I'd put on behind,walls were like a dogs d*ck had to do in rapid.Lookin back never primed wall or checked state of plaster.Punter phoned me after finishing to say there was a problem.There flippin' well was ,sink hanging off the wall with all my tiles stuck to it.

If memory serves me I cleaned plaster of back of tiles,siliconed it all back and re-grouted.Never heard a thing after that. NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF Silicon!!

 

[CON5933]

I know you're probably thinking "will the Silicon or no nails be enough?" and I know you want to do it the best way possible.... look on it as an exercise in research.... use the Silicon or no nails and see how it go's if it stays up brilliant...(it will) and then you know for future reference that you're ok to do the same in customers houses....winner all round:wink_smile:

 

[tjsmiler]

Absolutley, i have stuck bricks down with Silicon before...

Whatever you do don't get it on your fingers and then go for a wee, can you imagine the pain if you accidently siliconed your Japs eye?:whatchutalkingabout imagine that happening and you were absolutley busting for a wee!!:confused_smile: what would happen, i reckon your **** would just explode.

Just a warning mate, Silicon is seriously sticky stuff :wink_smile:

 

[GazTech]

OH GOD TJ,laughed so loud then a little squirt of we came out!!! :embaressed_smile:OK now though

 

[tjsmiler]

FPMSL....Nice one Gaz, gotta laugh mate.

 

[wivers]

Quite frankly i'm disgusted TJ.