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I am re-doing my bathroom. The existing walls surrounding the bath are tiled. There is a half meter high band of white tiles, 3 high, above the bath and then large mirror tiles above that to the ceiling. The thing is, the white tiles are bedded onto 18mm of cement sticking out from the wall (the...

Sorry, vv2806, not having a drawing makes it a bit confusing. It is the same as your first diagram and it is joist number 2 that has rotted. The wall is masonry - probably about 4 inches thick. Thanks cmother1, I hear what you say. I don't want to pull up too many floorboards that are good...

Many thanks, again, vv2806, great diagrams! Is till don't see how, if you have a gap between the upper and lower wall, where the joist has rotted away and you remove the floorboards, you can replace the joist and still get a snug fit between the two walls so that the upper wall is supported...

Thanks, Bengasman, all that has yet to be done - see my posting in the Building forum. JohnD - I don't think the ones you are talking about would be as good as teleseal. One, inverted, "L" shaped part of the Teleseal adheres to the wall, on top of (or under) the tiles. The other "L"shaped...

If that is the case, there is a heck of a lot of wasted debate about the issue on this forum. What constitutes a "decent" bath. All the ones I've looked at are 5mm plastic, which does flex a little and when filled with hot water, I presume will expand to some extent? My floor is suspended...

I have searched through all the various questions and replies regarding the best way to seal around a bath. It would appear that conventional wisdom for the right way to do this is as follows: Step 1 - Tile wall to 1 tile depth above the bath Step 2 - Fit bath and, optional, build timber...

I have searched through all the various questions and replies regarding the best way to seal around a bath. It would appear that conventional wisdom for the right way to do this is as follows: Step 1 - Tile wall to 1 tile depth above the bath Step 2 - Fit bath and, optional, build timber...

Many thanks, vv2806 for your prompt reply. I wasn't so much worried about the wall falling down, as it is currently unsupported where the joist has rotted - although I can see a hairline crack running down the wall on the kitchen side. It's not serious, but does show there has been some...

I am about to refit my bathroom. When I took the side panel off the bath, I found that about 8 of the floorboards are rotten, through water leakage from my over-bath shower. Obviously this has been happening over a period of 10 years or more. The boards run under a wall between the bathroom and...