filling bath to silicone

[sWe]

Originally Posted by grumpygrouter

I was taught that silicone is not good under compression, it was designed to stretch. As such I never fill baths prior to silicone, the stretching abilities of silicone 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]

Originally Posted by sWe

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]

Originally Posted by andy-p

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 silicone 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 silicone .

[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 silicone 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

[Mike Strutter]

Originally Posted by 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 silicone 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?

If the owner was fit you could've got her to strip off and jump in for you, explaining of course that it's necessary for you to check that the bath wasn't going to move as she would be the main user

[Turkish]

Originally Posted by Mike Strutter

If the owner was fit you could've got her to strip off and jump in for you, explaining of course that it's necessary for you to check that the bath wasn't going to move as she would be the main user

Nothing changes!!!

Turkish

[bigandy]

I Did My Sisters Bathroom(who Was Annoying Me) So I Filled It With Cold And Told Her She Had To Stand In It For An Hour, She Lasted Five Mins.is That Justice Fir Her Putting Me In The Window And Pulling My Pants Down When I Was A Kid?i Think Not But Was Funny!! Sometimes I Fill Sometimes Not!!! But Always Advise Customer To Put Extra Bracing Under Bath As These Cheap Ones Tend To Move.

[andy-p]

Originally Posted by 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 silicone 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?