If you understood the first thing about convection, then you would be spouting the balls that you are currently.
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help ive made a silicone sealant shambles
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Moz
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heat expands things ...along convection , maybe
heat expands things ...along convection , maybe
Plastics don't expand worth a damn - certainly not enough to warrant filling a bath with warm water while you seal it. Worry about the weight in the bath rather than the temperature of the water.
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Moz
OK , but big baths expand ..., in my training I was 70s , lol, warm water ...every million bathroom suites *I " done ... bang on never failed
FACT ,,,warm water in tubs
FACT ,,,warm water in tubs
Biggest load of tosh I ever heard.
M
Moz
fact ..ask any bathroom fitter lol
I fit bathrooms and I never use hot water to fill the bath before sealing - never had a complaint about a silicone seal yet.
silicone moves anyhoo therefore any slight expansion of a plastic bath should not make the silicone split.
Unless you have had the bath fitted incorrectly and it likes to move of its on accord which it shouldn't.
If you are really that worried then pull a long hair out of your head or anyone else who is in the house, place hair across gap to be silicone filled, place a dot of superglue on each end, then sit in bath and see if hair breaks. Or if your really paranoid get two people to sit in the bath.
Moogie x
Unless you have had the bath fitted incorrectly and it likes to move of its on accord which it shouldn't.
If you are really that worried then pull a long hair out of your head or anyone else who is in the house, place hair across gap to be silicone filled, place a dot of superglue on each end, then sit in bath and see if hair breaks. Or if your really paranoid get two people to sit in the bath.
Moogie x
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2scoops0406
eh?, the whole point of filling the bath is so that the silicone is not under tension when the bath is filled.
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Moz
can I nail this in the head now , I was taught City an Guilds , warm water in a bath expansion , It was the 80s ...
with all due respect since that day EVERY BATH WAS SEALED !!!!!!!
OMG !
Obviously Tin baths , cold full fill......
Eddie M
baths are a fixed point an the expansion should be less than 3 mm, good sealeant , accomodates this ....
with all due respect since that day EVERY BATH WAS SEALED !!!!!!!
OMG !
Obviously Tin baths , cold full fill......
Eddie M
baths are a fixed point an the expansion should be less than 3 mm, good sealeant , accomodates this ....
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