Fitting mixer tap to acrylic bath.

[Maloney the Poney]

I have come to drill the holes on a new bath and found a wooden batten under the rim with goes all the way around the bath, presumably to strengthen it.

What I would like to know is do I need to remove this batten where the tap is going to go or just drill straight throug it?

Many thanks.

 

[terryplumb]

Are taps going on the length or width ? If tap tails are long enough to go thru the batten and backnuts can be fitted OK ,then I would leave the batten in place and drill thru it ,especially if going on the length edge.

 

[Maloney the Poney]

It's a double ended bath with the taps going in the middle of the long side.

If I drill through the batten it will only be through half of it if you see what I mean. The tails are too short when you look at fitting the flexible connectors to it.

 

[terryplumb]

Then you have no option but to cut out some of the batten.if the bath is going up to / against a wall , I would fit a supporting timber . screwed horizontally to the wall to support the length of the bath rim. And fit top hat washers to the tap tails and then the back nuts.

 

[Maloney the Poney]

Ok Cheers Terry.