Attach a free standing bath to the floor?

chrissp26 · 19 Jan 2008

Hello,

As seems to be the case with most things from the bath store our free standing bath came with very limited instructions.

The bath comes with 4 resin cast feet that bolt into retained threads in the mould of the bath.
These attach without incident, however, in the instructions it says to attach the bath to the floor to prevent movement which is not surpising as a slight knock pushes it out of place.

There are no predrilled screw holes in the resin feet and there are no instructions explaining how to attach the bath to the floor. There is a certain ammount of stability generated by the water and waste pipes but if you were to knock the bath by accident it might break a seal and cause a leak.

So if anyone has had any experience with fixing freestanding baths I would be grateful to hear how you achieved stability.

I'e attached a couple of images below.

Thanks in advance

Chris

Terrywookfit · 19 Jan 2008

I hope you dont need to replace the taps at some future time!

I have succesfully used Araldite rapid to fix the feet!

I don't understand why you would want a bath like this!

A standard type would look far neater when tiled!! IMOHO

Bamber gaspipe · 19 Jan 2008

chrissp26";p="803379 said:
chrissp26";p="803379 said:

Hello,

So if anyone has had any experience with fixing freestanding baths I would be grateful to hear how you achieved stability.

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with your bath in position, go underneath & scribe a line ,fix a wooden batten to this, maybe 2 x 1, fix batten and rest side of bath closest to wall on this.Before pressing bath to side of wall apply silicone all down one side of bath and also to the top of batten, push bath into place, go underneath bath & fit a couple of washers with screws overlapping the batten and side of the bath. Bingo!

Hope you got that, because I didn`t.

chrissp26 · 19 Jan 2008

Okay So I should glue the bath down and for good measure attach a battern to the wall and screw it to the bath?

Its too late to change to a standard bath now but there's always a next time

Thanks for the advice I just hope it works.

Bamber gaspipe · 19 Jan 2008

chrissp26 said:
chrissp26 said:

Okay So I should glue the bath down and for good measure attach a battern to the wall and screw it to the bath?

Its too late to change to a standard bath now but there's always a next time

Thanks for the advice I just hope it works.

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It will if you do it right, screw the batten to the wall directly beneath the bath along it`s length, then, using large washers, screw these to the battens ensuring that they overlap the underside lip of your bath, when you tighten the screws this will pull the bath in snugly to the wall, along with the silicone it won`t go anywhere. Remember to silicone seal the bath all down the wall side on the top edge of the bath.

I`m going for a lie down now, I`m not used to being helpful.

chrissp26 · 19 Jan 2008

Thanks very much for the help.

Enjoy your lie down

doitall · 19 Jan 2008

Em, there's a clue in the name

freestanding baths don't need fixing because they're Freestanding

A good guy would have tiled the wall first though.

Bamber gaspipe · 19 Jan 2008

doitall";p="803495 said:
doitall";p="803495 said:

Em, there's a clue in the name freestanding baths don't need fixing because they're Freestanding

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There`s an even bigger clue in the picture He has chosen to place his `freestanding` bath against the wall.

Hence the advice given

WDIK · 19 Jan 2008

and what are you doing about a floor covering?

Terrywookfit · 19 Jan 2008

Probably sanded and varnish .

doitall · 19 Jan 2008

Bamber gaspipe";p="803505 said:
doitall said:

Em, there's a clue in the name freestanding baths don't need fixing because they're Freestanding

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There`s an even bigger clue in the picture He has chosen to place his `freestanding` bath against the wall.

Hence the advice given

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What has that got to do with it, it's still freestanding or is it more likely to move because it's against a wall

Bamber gaspipe · 19 Jan 2008

whatdo iknow said:
and what are you doing about a floor covering?

No idea, it`s not my house, I was just asked to deal with the bath situation.

Bamber gaspipe · 19 Jan 2008

What has that got to do with it, it's still freestanding or is it more likely to move because it's against a wall

I do apologise, what would your advice be, given the photographs & his/her concerns over stability?

WDIK · 19 Jan 2008

Terrywookfit said:
Probably sanded and varnish .

chipboard looks nice sanded and varnished

if the floors flat why should it move? slicon should fix it

doitall · 19 Jan 2008

Bamber gaspipe said:
What has that got to do with it, it's still freestanding or is it more likely to move because it's against a wall

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I do apologise, what would your advice be, given the photographs & his/her concerns over stability?

Have you picked one of these things up lately, it would take a good man some effort to get it to move.

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