filling bath to Silicon

[kilty55]

hi peeps,,should i do as above and fill the bath to put it under normal pressure when im silicoming it or does this not really matter? cheers:hurray:

 

[pjtiler]

some say yes some say its a waste of time

i,m in the waste of time camp myself

 

[kilty55]

okay dokey,,cheers pj a prefference thing then

 

[charlie1]

Why dont you half fill the bath, then you cant go wrong

 

[pjtiler]

Why dont you half fill the bath, then you cant go wrong

brilliant
now why didnt i think of that

 

[frogeye]

Should I fill the sink and the bidet? :yes:

frogeye

 

[faithhealer]

Fitted a really expensive bath once where the customer was bragging how rigid it was and would take an earthquake to move it. Tanked it without filling the bath (had it masked up to save splashing primer all over it) Didn't take into account movement in the floorboards which moved the bath when full.
I always fill the bath now, silicon the gap before tiling as well as on top of your tiles.

 

[FreeD]

Why wouldn't you bother? its just laziness, u'll end up with alot more work when the customer calls you back to fix the damage.

 

[enduro]

Most of my jobs the plumber has put bath in but no taps, so cant fill the bath, and i never had a problem

 

[andy-p]

work for a few bathroom fitters and they all fill new baths before siliconing baths prior to tiling but the finishing bead is done with bath empty..

 

[sWe]

I always remove the tub before tiling myself. Same goes for sink and loo and pipes and whatever.

 

[grumpygrouter]

I was taught that Silicon is not good under compression, it was designed to stretch. As such I never fill baths prior to Silicon, the stretching abilities of Silicon should be sufficient to accomodate movement of a millimetre or two easily. If a bath moves more than that I think there are other issues to address and whether the bath was full or not I don't think it would make a lot of difference.

 

[sWe]

I was taught that Silicon is not good under compression, it was designed to stretch. As such I never fill baths prior to Silicon, the stretching abilities of Silicon should be sufficient to accomodate movement of a millimetre or two easily. If a bath moves more than that I think there are other issues to address and whether the bath was full or not I don't think it would make a lot of difference.

Quite true.

 

[andy-p]

I always remove the tub before tiling myself. Same goes for sink and loo and pipes and whatever.

swe !! most baths require the tile to finish on top of the bath , so it is required to be in situ , unless it is a stand alone.

 

[sWe]

Things are done a bit differently over here, and the regs are quite different as well.

Most tubs are stand alone, and bath panels have to be removeable, and the spaces under and behind the tub have to be tiled as well (ergo, removing everything is necessary), etc etc. Built in bathrubs used to be common, but they really rare now.

Waterproofing reqs are more stringent over here as well. In an average bathroom, more than half of the materials cost goes to waterproofing.