Fixing bath to wall

[PowerFlusher2]

Does anybody know why this country does not use baths with an uplip on the top three edges. Anybody who watches US DIY programmes like 'Holmes on Homes' will always see, when they fit a new bath, that the upright lip is used to screw the bath to the wall and then they run the tiles down over the lip. Always struck me as a good idea because not only are you able to firmly fix the bath to the wall but any water running down is directed back into the bath and not down the wall behind the bath?

There MUST be a reason we don't use these this side of the pond?

 

[Kyle87]

Does anybody know why this country does not use baths with an uplip on the top three edges. Anybody who watches US DIY programmes like 'Holmes on Homes' will always see, when they fit a new bath, that the upright lip is used to screw the bath to the wall and then they run the tiles down over the lip. Always struck me as a good idea because not only are you able to firmly fix the bath to the wall but any water running down is directed back into the bath and not down the wall behind the bath?

There MUST be a reason we don't use these this side of the pond?

The bottom part of the tile is better if its stuck to the wall as it won't adhere to the bath.

 

[PowerFlusher2]

The bottom part of the tile is better if its stuck to the wall as it won't adhere to the bath.

I acknowledge there will always be people who would not use that kind of bath for one reason or another - some people swear by plastic pipes, some people wouldn't use them even if there was nothing else available - but 'the bottom edge of the tile not sticking to the uplip' can't be the ONLY reason this type of bath is not available in the UK, surely?

PS - I use the word 'uplip' in the absence of another suitable term in my HUGE personal vocabulary!

 

[TBServices]

The bottom part of the tile is better if its stuck to the wall as it won't adhere to the bath.

On most tiles that won't matter as the area of the time is so large in comparison, it will still stick fine. Showers have upstands.

I normally stick tanking tape over the lip and paint it anyway, gives adhesion at the bottom.

 

[Kyle87]

Possibly due to the fact that a standard 1700x 700 is no longer standard as you'd need a right or a left lip

All of a sudden a rectangular bath can't just be fitted anywhere

 

[PowerFlusher2]

On most tiles that won't matter as the area of the time is so large in comparison, it will still stick fine. Showers have upstands.

I normally stick tanking tape over the lip and paint it anyway, gives adhesion at the bottom.

UPSTAND - like wot kitchen worktops have - right on TBServices. thanks.

 

[TBServices]

That makes sense, there would be endless configurations of baths and they would become ridiculously expensive as a result.

Fitted correctly a bath shouldn't really need upstands

 

[helpsy]

put bath partly on battens and silicone to wall. push bath onto silicone and leave to set. tile then silicone again.

That's the best way

 

[Ray Stafford]

That makes sense, there would be endless configurations of baths and they would become ridiculously expensive as a result.

Fitted correctly a bath shouldn't really need upstands

Which is effectively what happened with Mira Flight trays. The combination of upstands and sizes made it impossible to stock, but all too easy to damage...

 

[CXR100]

my old boss use to make me chase about half an inch into the wall (if solid) where the bath would go , put a tube of silacone around the 2 edges to be fitted to the wall, push it in to place , smooth off silacone, then following day plaster all aroud the chase bath with cement before sealing it again after the cement was dry! cant see why i needed to do the chase! bathrooms took so long to fit then!!( we used the supplied L bracket and screwed 3 of the legs in place aswell)

 

[WHPES]

Is the bath just pushed up against the tiles (as appears in the picture) rather than tiled off? If so that's bad practice and susceptible to movement.

 

[woodytheplumber]

I batten then and use a tube or 2 to seal them to the wall before tilling but I put a dust sheet in the bath and place a few bags of tile addy inside it to hold it down a touch in my mind it doesn't really do anything but its how I have always done them then after the silicone has fully cured I use a self adhesive tanking tape onto the bath edge about 40mm the I tile or get our tiler to tile the bathroom then wit sharp knife cut the tape back level with the tile then silicone up with plumbers gold

 

[TheFamousForry]

I have fitted several baths and always found the wall brackets were provided. A little awkward to drill into place but worth it for a secure bath that does not move.

 

[DaveyH]

I'm fitting our new bath at the moment. I intend to batten the wall on 2 sides.

What is the best kind of wood to use for wall battens?

I read on another forum that roofing battens are ideal because they are treated. However, every piece of roofing batten that I've looked at in wickes and B&Q is bent like a banana. So any other suggestions.

Thanks in advance

 

[erpkid]

I am currently fitting a new bath at the moment. I intend to batten the wall on 2 sides.

What is the best kind of wood to use for wall battens?

I read on another forum that roofing battens are ideal because they are treated. However every piece of roofing batten that I've looked at in wickes and B&Q is bent like a banana. So any other suggestions.

Thanks in advance

Don't buy your batten from B&Q. Much better to use PAR timber from a good supplier. The treatment bit is moot. If fitted badly you will get water ingress so need treatment to protect......treated timber is full of horrible chemicals so should really be avoided in bathrooms etc.

 

[helpsy]

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