Sealing Around a Bath - Current Best Practice?

[NuaghtyNigel]

I am currently re-tiling our bathroom and will be fitting a new bath in the next few days.

What is the current 'best practice' for installing a reliable seal around the bath?

The old tiles had quadrant sections where they met the bath, which had worked remarkably well for around thirty years, but the quadrants are no longer available.

I don't like under-tile flexible seals, and reading other posts here it seems few other people like them either.

So, please can someone advise the best way to provide a permanent and attractive seal around the bath/shower?

Any advice welcome.

Nigel.

 

[vinn]

Silicone in the 3mm - 4mm gap between the tile and the bath rim.

 

[NuaghtyNigel]

Silicone in the 3mm - 4mm gap between the tile and the bath rim.

OK, thank you. Probably best done with the bath full of water for best effect.

Would it be worth adding an external, self adhesive sealing strip - assuming that I can keep the silicone away from the tiles and the bath surround?

 

[vinn]

No

 

[NuaghtyNigel]

OK, thank you for your help.

 

[geraldthehamster]

The key thing to remember with silicone sealant is that it goes into a gap, not onto a surface.

Cheers
Richard