Wooden fram required when installing bath?

[teddyk]

Hi,

I'm getting a new bath installed shortly, prior to tiling.
It is a fairly standard 1700mm Ideal-Standard, made from some sort of fibreglass. Not very heavy, as I can lift it on my own.
The bath will be surrounded on three sides by walls.
Should I build a wooden support frame for it? It seems to have two pull-out legs under it, like you would have under a camp-bed or under a deck-chair. Just a bit worried about the flex in it, though my tiler did seem to say all the right things about filling it with water etc. prior to tiling around it.

Thanks.

 

[masona]

I always pack the base with timber and difference thickness plywood for the right height in 3 section, much solid this way.

 

[teddyk]

masona,

Thanks for taking the time to reply.
I'm not sure though what you mean about packing out the base?
Could you elaborate a bit more please?

teddyk

 

[masona]

Okay, under the bath there should be all ready a timber board such as chipboard or plywood then use some timber like 4"x2" flat way from the floor level and keep building it up to underneath the bath, difference thickness of plywoods will help to get the right height or you could cut or plane a timber to the correct height. Put a support on each end or near the bath metal frame support and one in the middle.

 

[teddyk]

Thanks again.

Think I understand what your're talking about now.


teddyk