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Sealing in new bath

Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 4:17 pm
by Markone
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? :roll:

Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 5:53 pm
by big-all
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 :wink:

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

Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 7:53 pm
by Markone
Thanks big-all , thought I'd check. :-)