Help Pls: Another Bathroom Question for Old Hands!

[Stealth]

I am not a tiler by trade just an enthusiastic diy'er.......anyway, I'm about to do some tiling (very slow and steady) in my bathroom and I could do with some ideas from the pro tilers on here with a problem I've got.

This is the situation. The bath (which was already in place) is boxed in at both ends. I''ve ripped all the tiles off aound the bath and what I am left with is a nice fit at the tap end but about an inch+ gap at the other end. This gap had previously been bridged with huge quantities of silicon and looked hideous. Now obviously I don't want to fit lovely new tiles and have acres of silicon on show - so the question is: How would you pro tilers tackle something like this? - bridging this sort of gap where the bath is not a good fit to the wall?

My initial thoughts were to dot and dab some plasterboard on that entire end wall to help fill the 1inch gap but the door is on the same side and in close proximity to the bath end. This would mean that by the time I had put the plasterboard up and tiled it, the finished tiles would be flush /overlapping the outer edge of the door frame and would look a bit odd!

The other option I thought about would be to fit some trim / edging tiles along the bath but I would prefer a nice clean look without any of this stuff.

Any ideas /tricks of the trade would be appreciated. cheers

 

[DHTiling]

Will the bath not move over and board the opposite wall..?

 

[CJ CERAMICS]

i know that this may make more work for you but if you plasterboard the end with the gap and tile as you say the edge will overlap the door arcitrave? is it possible to replace the arcitrave with new wider arcitrave.
chris

 

[Stealth]

Will the bath not move over and board the opposite wall..?

Hadn't considered that! Might investigate that one. Thanks

 

[Stealth]

i know that this may make more work for you but if you plasterboard the end with the gap and tile as you say the edge will overlap the door arcitrave? is it possible to replace the arcitrave with new wider arcitrave.
chris

I don't know in all honesty but worth looking into the possibility. Thanks

 

[macten]

Yeah, move bath over a bit to have a smaller gap either side. Tiles may the fill the gaps or Silicon if not - had to do that loads of times

 

[faithhealer]

Will the bath not move over and board the opposite wall..?

Did that a couple of weeks ago, even turned the bath round at the same time. more work but proper job done

 

[Stealth]

i know that this may make more work for you but if you plasterboard the end with the gap and tile as you say the edge will overlap the door arcitrave? is it possible to replace the arcitrave with new wider arcitrave.
chris

Your suggestion sparked an idea. Cheers.

My door architrave lines are quite linear. So I bought some planed wooden strips , chamferred one side and fixed them to the existing architrave, filled as neccessary and painted - looks good!

The architrave now has the necessary extra depth, ready to plough on.

Thanks to all those who made suggestions.

Incidentally, can't believe the amount of prep I'm having to do on this bathroom before I start tiling.

 

[CJ CERAMICS]

glad we could be of help. the more prep work that you do now the better the results you will achieve when you come to tile....and the happier you will be with the result.
what tiles are planning on fitting?
chris