Roll top bath fitting?

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I am baout to fit a roll top bath it has claw feet and is acrylic, the floor is tumbled travertine. Should I put gripfil or plumbers gold under the feet to stop them moving?


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Why do you think it will move?
I'd just leave it for now and if it proves a problem in the future then use some CT1 under the feet then.
 
essex123456 What does the installation instructions say ? If none supplied ask the supplier.

fitted a few (customer sourced lightweight acrylic fs baths) and have noticed the feet have minimal floor contact area,some had rubber padded adjusters but most were more decorative than practicable (n).

it is possible to bolt the feet to the floor,done that on a hotel job.

As mentioned ^ why do you think the bath will move :?:
 
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I've made stained wooden blocks for claw 'n' ball feet a few times in the past, best was when it was to sit on a slate strip bathroom floor. Made them about 3" square 2" thick using pine, similar shape to wooden post weathering caps but with soft pine so the foot digs in and the pad shapes to the floor. Gives it an nice finish too.

The point loading with baths with those feet is pretty big when full there's a person with water, I've seen tiled floors cracked more than once with those types of narrow feet.
 
If the taps are freestanding then I would recommend screwing the bath feet to the floor, is that an option? No way gripfill will hold.
 
Thanks for the advice, would a blob of plumbers Gold on each foot do the job? The bath is acrylic and sits on travitine.
 
Thanks for the advice, would a blob of plumbers Gold on each foot do the job? The bath is acrylic and sits on travitine.

Don't know. Don't use it. I use CT1 or Sika EBT or GB Pro. I would opt for CT1 in this instance.
 
Hope the travetine and floor substrate is absolutely rock solid or those feet could crack the tiles over time. Those feet have too small a contact patch IMO for placing onto bare tile. They have the potential to have 90+Kg loading through each foot - full bath, average guy, weight of bath.
 

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