Sealing between tile and bathtub: Help!

[puppetopera]

Okay. So, there is a 1-inch gap between the plastic tub and the tiled wall, with peeling silicon grout... but there is a 2-inch gap between the top of the tub and the next row of tiles behind the taps. What do I seal that with? Right now there seems to be a slab of grout there, which is now mouldy and cracked. Should I just re-apply grout, or what? What can I do about those big gaps? This is the second time I've re-sealed the tub in a year, and I'm tired of water running into my kitchen every time I have a shower. Gaah! Help!

This is another in a long line of DIY disasters thanks to the previous owners of our house. They seem to have re-done the bathroom in haste, with a plastic tub and lumpy, uneven tiled walls, and now we are living with the results. Don't have the time/money to completely redo right now.

 

[kevindgas]

with those size gaps first thing i would do is move the bath!! you will never seal it properly with such gaps as the movement of the bath will pull it away constantly.

 

[Chukka63]

or cut tiles in the gaps and then silicone the new tight fitting tile/bath joint

 

[jctilingservices]

best idea is to remove the bath then refit it correctly to close the gaps up. A 1 and 2" gap is preposterous.

The only other way i would do it, in MY HOUSE, would be remove the bath, check walls for level and flatness, if to bad i would remove the tiles and either skim the walls or re-board it, then tile it