Thickness of Sealent Around Bath? - Tile Advice

[AOIS]

Hello,

I wonder if anyone would mind advising if the thickness of sealent applied around my bath is normal? My concern is that it's been applied so thick to fill in a gap between the tiles and the bath.

Many thanks in advance for the help and advice.

 

[Qwerty]

It is a tad thick, but I bet it is filling a big gap!

 

[Qwerty]

I've seen much worse

 

[AOIS]

Excuse my ignorance but what what could of been done to minimise the gap?

Is this likely to cause any issues going forwards?

 

[Flintstone]

That is massive! Usually 5mm bead of silicone for me.

 

[AOIS]

Looking at this picture the gap between the bath and the tiles looks to be about 1cm. Therefore the shower screwn obviously overhangs the bath by the same distance.

Surly this is not right?

 

[Qwerty]

Looks like bath fitted after tiling.

 

[AOIS]

Thank you for your thoughts.

It's a new build property therefore I had no visibility of how the bathroom was installed. Do you think I should raise with the builder? I certainly don't feel it's been done correctly apart from the gap the thickness of sealant looks terrible.

 

[GAZ5518]

Looks to me that the bath is away from the wall at that point .. could have been bath wall outta square... Or bath rounded at that point..Thicker silicon to compensate gap.. You'll only find out by raking it all out and checking..

 

[Dumbo]

Is it possible that even after tiling that space that you bath fits into is say 10mm longer than the bath . It just that both pictures seem to show the end of the bath rounding off as if coming to the end of it .

 

[AOIS]

Thank you for your thoughts. I agree with what you say about the bath rounding off.

I guess what I need to understand is if there is a gap of that size then is that acceptable and could it lead to a water getting behind should the sealent shrink?

Is it also acceptable to have the shower screen mounted over a gap filled with sealent?

 

[Italy]

when you have bath resting on the tiles.
As it would seem.
usually they are using these edges in pvc.

 

[AOIS]

If the bath panel was removed would looking from underneath not give a better indication of the bath's position?

 

[Dan]

Ideally you're meant to fit the bath first, and even scribe it into the wall, then tile down to it. You'd only have a thin bead of silicone then, a few mm.

If it's tiled first then bath added, you're dealing with gaps all over the place.

It's not neat.

Bring it up with the builder if it's a new build. A few quid on trim will get over it.