How to seal bath to tiled wall

[loaf1912]

I have installed a new bath and tiled, at one end we have a gap of approx 22mm from the tiled wall and the edge of the bath, i was going to place a cut tile over this gap but this looks rubbish as i sort of demo in the picture, i would have a smaller piece of tile than this but the visual effect still looks the same.

Can anyone suggest something i can use to cover this gap and seal between the tiled wall and bath? I have looked at the overtile bath trims but they dont seem to be wide enough to cover this gap and give enough to seal on the bath.

Thanks for any help

[royaloakcarpentry]

Shame you didn't overcome that problem before you installed the bath and did any tiling.

http://www.casupply.co.uk/acatalog/fasc ... trims.html

A few things on there that will get you out of trouble.

[loaf1912]

I wish i had thought about it abit more rather than just assuming i would do what was there before :(

Thanks for the link

:)

[dewaltdisney]

I have used UPVC trim to cover in a gap like this. Stick it on with silicone and ensure that there is a good seal down the joins. I put some in to help a mate out with a leak problem and it is still holding four years on now or might be longer.

DWD

[loaf1912]

Cheers DWD,

I think thats what i will do, a visit to my local window company tomorrow i think :)

[JK Decorator]

Putting window fitters beads over a gap like that'll look propper $h1t!!!!

No offence

I'm assuming this is either the head or foot of the bath?

Have you thought about putting a batten against the wall to cover the gap and tilling over that with a contrasting tile, mosaic ect.

What about splittin the difference between the two then that should give you 10mm +/- then using tile trims to cover the gap, personally i think its looks better than a mastic bead.

[royaloakcarpentry]

He has a batten spanning the gap which can be seen in the picture. Tiling over batten like this always leads in one direction, water seepage leading to damage. Biggest bodge going and probably the most common.

The various plastic mouldings, although still not ideal, do not have the same drawbacks as a bit of batten with a few tiles put on it.

The vast majority of baths and showers we rip out that have been gloriously finished off with tile fillets have suffered prolonged water damage over the years to localised area of said tiles.

Above all, timber batten is not a suitable substrate for tiling.

[JK Decorator]

to be honest the biggest bodge is in the lack of planning in the first place, just really
dont like the plastic trims that are quickly mastic'd on to cover up problems


IMHO

[royaloakcarpentry]

Yes but unfortunately DIYers often have to bodge there way out of a bodge because they don't know that it was bodged in the first place lol.

The plastic is a more suitable product, but still a bodge. Then again I doubt if telling him to rip the tiles off, take bath out and do XYZ would have worked.

Saying that, I hope he is a DIYer cos if it is a ''tradesman'' he needs to have a word with himself.