I have recently fitted a new riser rail in the shower, and this has left me with a couple of gaps in the tiles where the brackets for the old riser rail were, and I’d be very grateful if you could tell me what I need to do to fill them. Is grouting sufficient? Will I need to tank the plasterboard behind them, or would grout be enough on its own (and is epoxy grout a better choice than ordinary bathroom tiling grout)? How would you go about it? The gaps are 2.5” x 1”.
These gaps aren’t in a place where they are hit directly by water, but they might get the occasional splash, and they will get plenty of steam on them from hot showers.
I don’t need them to look pretty (I don’t want to retile the wall for the sake of a couple of little gaps in a space where they won’t be noticed), but I do want the wall to be watertight, and I’d rather spend a bit more time and money doing the job properly now, rather than have the ceiling of the room below cave in in a few years’ time!
I also replaced the soap dish, which has left a couple of screw holes in the grouting where the old soap dish was. Will a dab of grouting be enough to take care of these, or do I need to do something else to seal them up properly? Again, they are not directly hit by water, but I don’t want to take any chances with them.
For the time being, I have left the old riser rail brackets and the soap dish screws in the wall, to protect the wall behind.
Could you please tell me what you would recommend? Many thanks!
These gaps aren’t in a place where they are hit directly by water, but they might get the occasional splash, and they will get plenty of steam on them from hot showers.
I don’t need them to look pretty (I don’t want to retile the wall for the sake of a couple of little gaps in a space where they won’t be noticed), but I do want the wall to be watertight, and I’d rather spend a bit more time and money doing the job properly now, rather than have the ceiling of the room below cave in in a few years’ time!
I also replaced the soap dish, which has left a couple of screw holes in the grouting where the old soap dish was. Will a dab of grouting be enough to take care of these, or do I need to do something else to seal them up properly? Again, they are not directly hit by water, but I don’t want to take any chances with them.
For the time being, I have left the old riser rail brackets and the soap dish screws in the wall, to protect the wall behind.
Could you please tell me what you would recommend? Many thanks!
