Browse Forums Bathrooms and Laundry 1 Mar 14, 2009 3:53 pm Guys,
I'd like to read your opinion. I wonder whether installing a bathtub by notching one end into the wall is a common practice . I found it very odd but my builder said it is normal,nothing wrong doing. The length of the avaiable space is 1650mm, the bathtub length is 1525mm Re: bathtub installation 2Mar 14, 2009 4:08 pm Hey there,
Yeah that would be fine! reason you notch it in, is so the end of the bath as well as one side of the bath, has timbers to help support it up. While the other side an the end (visible to you) will have a frame to hold it up (then you bed of cement underneath) Also you will find there is a lip around your bath. Once notched into the wall, your villaboard sheets should sit over this lip, onto your bath, then you tile to it, an silicon that joint, DONT GROUT IT (as there is movement, silicon will flex, while grout will crack an fall out) Also have seen it done with out notching, but didn't like it myself! Some people like to build a frame an have it tiled all around, then sit the bath on top, kind of like a hob Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: bathtub installation 3Mar 14, 2009 5:02 pm Ours is notched in all along under the window and also for one end. Re: bathtub installation 4Mar 14, 2009 5:46 pm Bath tubs and shower bases are both installed this way as per the Building Code of Australia. the main reason is for watreproofing Re: bathtub installation 6Mar 14, 2009 7:33 pm It depends on the style of bath doesn't it? Our bath doesn't have the lip around it (there is a name for it, but I can't remember), so we've had to build a frame and then the bath sits in that. The bath is supported underneath by bricking it up and having a mortar bed that you push the bath into.
Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Cheers, Pete viewtopic.php?f=38&t=8824 Re: bathtub installation 7Mar 14, 2009 8:15 pm Hi peter.
It looks like you have the same bath as us Back to the original question. Yes it is normal to have the bath installed that way, I would say 90% of times this is what happens. But such as what I picked, A bath without a tiling bead around, ( its the same as a spa but without the jets). gets sunk as an Island bath, where the tiling goes all around. It all depends on what you like the look of. It cost us an extra $200 to have our bath done the latter way plus an extra $160 for a bath without a tiling bead. Previously all my baths have been done the first way, and theres nothing wrong with that. I hope this helps. Know where your going in life............... you may already be there Re: bathtub installation 8Mar 14, 2009 9:56 pm Thanks All for your inputs.Nonetheless I prefer Pete's bath where all ends are exposed. Hello It is good to have a planned bathroom reno to suit your budget and design, living for 10 years I think you need a bathtub 4 10378 I need to replace the worn mohair seal on my sliding window, but I can't get access to the end to slide the old one out & push the new one in. I could probably rip the old… 0 5200 Thanks Simon, I guess I'm no concerned with the volume of the noise rather that dead and hollow sound and feel that is associated with floating floors. But I'm not sure… 3 6162 |