Advise on fitting bath needed.

[stanley_cooper]

Hi I wonder whether someone can help me out.

A few months ago a had a new bath installed, now everything has been fine apart from a few weeks ago I noticed when sitting in the bath I could see a gap where the seal attaches to the wall from the bath. At first I thought it needed to be resealed again, but full of water, however I have had a joiner round last weekend do to some boxing of pipe work in and he said I need some battons under the ledge of the bath attached to the wall.

He also said this needed to be done otherwise regardless whether I re-sealed the bath it still needs stabilising. Now ive spoke with the bathstore company where ive purchased the bath from and they have recommended the I get a batton put underneath the ledge of the bath and then attach this to the wall.

So ive spoke with my plumber and he mentions making a frame around the bath panels, but would it simply be easier to take the bath out and attach battons to the wall.

Can someone tell me what they think please as i'm wanting to pursuade the plumber that he's wrong.

Thanks

Stan..

 

[Softus]

Can someone tell me what they think please as i'm wanting to pursuade the plumber that he's wrong.

Bad place to start.

 

[breadknife]

how heavy are u mate is there a weight limit on the bath??

 

[roughcaster]

Hi Stan,
there was a time when every bathroom that I worked in after a new installation,the bath tub had at least two brackets on the wall side.These were either sunk into the wall plaster, plugged and then screwed into the brickwork,or on a plasterboard wall,screwed into the wall posts.That way the bath was firmly fixed and ready for tiling and sealing.The only down side was if removal of the bath was required,a couple of tiles would have to be removed to get at the brackets,but that was rare.It would be obvious to anyone regardless of a persons weight,that with all that water and movement in the bath,if it is not fixed to the wall mechanically,silicone on its own is never going to hold it in place.I would definitely take the bath out and fix it to the wall,as should have been done in the first place. The plumber should know that.Shoddy!!!

Roughcaster.