filling bath to Silicon

[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.

 

[andy-p]

it makes sense swe to make bath panels removable, its very popular here to frame baths and tile over leaving no access..

 

[sWe]

it makes sense swe to make bath panels removable, its very popular here to frame baths and tile over leaving no access..

Aye. That used to be common over here as well, but if you do that now, and there is some sort of water damage, mold, or whatever, the insurance co is going to laugh you in the face. Most tilers I know won't touch bath panels, even removable ones, due to insurance liability.

 

[Mike Strutter]

I don't fill it, if you stand in the bath to apply the Silicon it'll move then if it's going to.
However if the customer is a 20 stone lump, get them to sit in it whilst you Silicon:lol: .

 

[kilty55]

i thought id kill 2 birds with one stone,,decided to fill the bath ...with nice hot water,,proceeded to take my clothes off and got in it Silicon gun in hand,,was gonna phone the owner of the house who was down the stair and ask her to bring me up a cup of tea but i felt this was maybe taking things too far..any thoughts peeps?

 

[d noulton]

agree with grumpy if bath was fitted correctly should not be a problem