Gap between bath panel and wall?

[budest]

Hi,

Hope this is in right section.

I recently bough a bath and matching panel but there is a 1.5cm gap between the end of the panel and the bath and I'm sure this can't be correct. Can anyone tell me if this is the norm as I seriously don't know?
I was advised in teh merchants that the panel is the exact one for the bath:

This is it flush with the end of the bath,

And this is it against the wall,

 

[DeltaT2]

Doesn't look like the correct panel for the bath, take the panel back to the supplier & ask them for the right panel.
Karma...........Pfffft!!..............
HTH

 

[Nige F]

I`m afraid I think the merchant is right That`s what they have been supplied with , I`ll bet . It`s probably because most bath tubs are let into the wall An old habit from when tubs had a rounded profile and had to be sunk into the wall so the tiles came down to a flat surface. So there you have the North/ South divide ( of opinion )

 

[DeltaT2]

Nope the panel is too short, fitted 100s of bath panels & you have a duff panel, if anything a front panel may need trimmed. Also that panel has two return ends, deffo the wrong panel

The front panel should be at least the same length as your bath.

 

[budest]

Nope the panel is too short, fitted 100s of bath panels & you have a duff panel, if anything a front panel may need trimmed. Also that panel has two return ends, deffo the wrong panel

The front panel should be at least the same length as your bath.

I agree with you on that mate and I'm no expert. To me if the panel is specific to a bath then it is so for a reason and that reason is that it is made to fit. No way there should be that size of a gap imho.

I'll get on to them first thing and update here.

Thanks for the input all!

 

[budest]

Just an update;

It looks like the issue is probably the wrong bath was delivered to me. Had the girl from the manufactures out today and they are going to cut me a panel to size.

Thanks to all for your input.

 

[Nige F]

good result - And probably a better one than we`d get here in SE UK - I speak from bitter experience , and thank god I`m retired

 

[HERTS P&D]

good result - And probably a better one than we`d get here in SE UK - I speak from bitter experience , and thank god I`m retired

Old plumbers never retire! They just keep banging on their lead.

Andy