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Phillay
Hey guys,
Recently managed to get shot of an awful bath I purchased stupidly from one of the DIY chains... now looking at some Carron ones.
There's so many baths with a curved end at the taps these days and the one thing that's bugging me crazy is how do people out there fit the overflow face/grill when the bath's curved and get a good seal?
I've only ever fitted overflow grills to baths with a nice straight end, so can use flat rubber washers ...I can image cranking up a plastic silver grill to get it to bend is either going to cause it to snap of scratch the bath a treat.
Also, would be interested on your thoughts concerning bath weight. Our old bath that I removed was a pressed steel, weighing in at 38kg and took 180 litres of water to the overflow.
Seen a new Carronite bath, weighing 31kg, ...but takes quite a large 228 litres. Both baths are around 1700 x 700. Does that sound like too much of a weight difference? (obviously my weight would feature in both baths, so left it unmentioned!!!). It's a 1970's house, 6x2 joists at 400mm a part, 22mm wooden floorboards on top.
Cheers
Recently managed to get shot of an awful bath I purchased stupidly from one of the DIY chains... now looking at some Carron ones.
There's so many baths with a curved end at the taps these days and the one thing that's bugging me crazy is how do people out there fit the overflow face/grill when the bath's curved and get a good seal?
I've only ever fitted overflow grills to baths with a nice straight end, so can use flat rubber washers ...I can image cranking up a plastic silver grill to get it to bend is either going to cause it to snap of scratch the bath a treat.
Also, would be interested on your thoughts concerning bath weight. Our old bath that I removed was a pressed steel, weighing in at 38kg and took 180 litres of water to the overflow.
Seen a new Carronite bath, weighing 31kg, ...but takes quite a large 228 litres. Both baths are around 1700 x 700. Does that sound like too much of a weight difference? (obviously my weight would feature in both baths, so left it unmentioned!!!). It's a 1970's house, 6x2 joists at 400mm a part, 22mm wooden floorboards on top.
Cheers