Sealing in new bath

Markone · Post by **Markone** » Sat May 17, 2008 4:17 pm

I,ve just installed a new bath into an area which has been Aqua panelled ready for tiling. I intend to tile down to the bath and seal with a fine bead of silicone.
Before I fix the bath to the Aquapanel I thought I would splurge silicone around the contact area and then screw to the wall as the current gap is about 4mm. Is this a good idea, I'm thinking long term ie. will mould on this hidden silicone bead transfer to the second bead sealing the tile to the bath surround?

big-all · Post by **big-all** » Sat May 17, 2008 5:53 pm

yep go for it if its a plastic bath fill 2/3 with water and mastic the gap

if your mastic goes mouldy you have a damp problem to solve as mould needs damp to grow

and dont forget to repeat the process for sealing the tiles to the bath

Markone · Post by **Markone** » Sat May 17, 2008 7:53 pm

Thanks big-all , thought I'd check.