Tiling around the bath, not 90 degree big gap, help !?

welsh · Post by **welsh** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 7:44 pm

Hello,
Please see the attached photos i have tiled the wall in my bathroom but the wall isnt straight and theres a big gap. This is just above the shower and needs to be properly sealed.

Anyone have any ideas, when it was plastered i should have got him to pull the wall out. is the only option to pull the tiles out and then fill with loads of grout. luckily a shower screen need to be fixed there so i could get away with it but lots of work. any ideas ?

thanks in advance

sorry for delay with pics, strict rules on this site !

tim'll fix it · Post by **tim'll fix it** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 7:48 pm

I cant see a picture

Post by **ultimatehandyman** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 7:56 pm

Have you tiled all the way to the ceiling or is that your first row of tiles above the bath?

That gap is pretty big :o

welsh · Post by **welsh** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 7:58 pm

Guess?!?! all the way to the top :-(

a friend did it for me

Post by **ultimatehandyman** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 8:03 pm

I don't suppose you can remove the bath, chisel away some of the plaster and then push the bath further in to the wall, or will this create a gap at the other end of the bath?

You can squeeze some tiles behind the bath, to fill the gap slightly then use some quadrant tiles like this-

There might be some better ideas when one of the tilers logs on

welsh · Post by **welsh** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 8:05 pm

thanks for the tips, the bath cant move unfortunately.

the quadrant tiles may be an idea !!

tim'll fix it · Post by **tim'll fix it** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 8:20 pm

if it was mine I would have chiselled the wall out first, without being a know it all, didnt you see the gap when just the bath was in.

In fact I would let the bath into the wall, quadrants will look like an after thought. Get it right now.

welsh · Post by **welsh** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 8:23 pm

know it all !! Well the bath wont move back into the wall as the toilet waste is behind it adn its already a tight fit. i did notice it and told the tiler but he just tiled it. how about a slither of wood or something and then that ? but then i suppose the bath moves etc.

you know where i can get some quadrant tiles, made of travertine, possibly white?

tim'll fix it · Post by **tim'll fix it** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 11:08 pm

welsh wrote:know it all !! Well the bath wont move back into the wall as the toilet waste is behind it adn its already a tight fit. i did notice it and told the tiler but he just tiled it. how about a slither of wood or something and then that ? but then i suppose the bath moves etc.

you know where i can get some quadrant tiles, made of travertine, possibly white?

mudster from at stone is your marble man

Post by **ultimatehandyman** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 3:31 pm

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welsh · Post by **welsh** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 11:41 am

thank for that was trying to work out what @stone was !!

Mudster · Post by **Mudster** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 1:39 pm

I was once faced with a situation like this with a stone shower tray that couldn't be removed, we needed to deal with a gap in an unsightly way, qudrant tiles are the obvious solution, but they aren't reliable and have joints, so we decided to use UPVC quadrant all the way around the tray to make it loo fitted by design.

I'd suggest tha'ts your best bet, but don't just fit is on the wall with the gap, fit it all the way around the bath if there's room, it' doesn't look like it was just used a problem solver.

If this is an acrylic bath it will flex with the bath in a way that ceramic or stone quad tiles can't.

welsh · Post by **welsh** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 2:48 pm

cheers mudster sounds good, have you got a piccy of the finished article? Or even a website link to the UPVC plastic sutff you are talking about?
would be a great help

thanks

amarg · Post by **amarg** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 7:48 pm

Take a look at quadrant profile on this page-

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