filling bath to silicone

[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

[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]

Originally Posted by charlie1

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?

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 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.