FITTING FRAME IN BATH

[kev999]

Hi,
I thought I was saving myself some money by buying a cheap bath from the internet.
When it arrived I have found that it has no wooden frame around the top of the bath lip. Is this usual, or just cheap?
I now need to build a frame so I can sucure it.
What is the best way of doing this? I was thinking of siliconing a wooden frame onto the underside of the top of the bath.
Also I have to drill the centre bath tap holes, I was going to use a 30mm hole saw, or should I use a tighter 1" cutter and file it out? I was going to put wood under where the taps are to make it more ridged as well.

Sometimes cheap is not always best.

 

[Softus]

What material is the bath made of, and how thick is the material?

 

[kev999]

5mm Acrilic bath

 

[Softus]

How desperate are you to fit this bath?

Can you return it? Or sell it on eBay?

I ask because I wouldn't consider fitting an acrylic bath less than 8mm thick. - they're just too flimsy. And it sounds like you've got a cheap version of a flimsy bath.

Sorry if this is a downer, but I'm assuming that you'd prefer to hear it how it is.

 

[bernardgreen]

I ask because I wouldn't consider fitting an acrylic bath less than 8mm thick. - they're just too flimsy.

It was a 5 mm that split when full of water in a house rented out to students.

And they feel "shakey" when you move in them.