Bath renewal thoughts ?

[JTplumbingservices]

And when the result they insisted on looks rubbish, or leaks, or whatever a year later they blame you and put photographs of *your* poor workmanship on Facebook and it's your reputation down the drain.

Don't do work that you wouldn't be happy for future customers to see because, these days, they probably will.

I agree mate, I wouldn’t do the job either if I didn’t think I could make it decent.
I’m sure this could be made ok it’s just not ideal obviously.

 

[Harvest Fields]

I do not think you will get the answer you are looking for here mate. We have said our thoughts. Your mate will do what he needs to.

 

[Riley]

It’s not as if the options won’t work, the customer has been told how it should be done

its not really cutting corners if he wants to do it the correct way and is being told not to.
I know neither of the options are ideal but if he could get it battoned and a nice fit between the batton and tiles it should be fine.. that would be my choice out of the two options anyway

Fine you’ve had our opinion and ignored it good luck with it

 

[JTplumbingservices]

I do not think you will get the answer you are looking for here mate. We have said our thoughts. Your mate will do what he needs to.

Ha I know.
It was just supposed to be a what would you do if you had to choose one type of question.
Not what is the correct way to do it because we all know that.

 

[JTplumbingservices]

Fine you’ve had our opinion and ignored it good luck with it

I haven’t ignored anything
I agree with you on how it should be done.
The question was just if you had no other choice out of the 2 what would it be.
It wasn’t supposed to get all serious or argumentative mate.

 

[Harvest Fields]

I haven’t ignored anything
I agree with you on how it should be done.
The question was just if you had no other choice out of the 2 what would it be.
It wasn’t supposed to get all serious or argumentative mate.

I know mate. But we have all said the same thing. We wouldn’t do either option. Please do not get cross. It isn’t worth it.

 

[JTplumbingservices]

I know mate. But we have all said the same thing. We wouldn’t do either option. Please do not get cross. It isn’t worth it.

I’m not cross mate.
Thanks for the replies anyway.

 

[Harvest Fields]

I’m not cross mate.
Thanks for the replies anyway.

No problem mate. Sorry I couldn’t help more.

 

[king of pipes]

I have done it but had to put a imperial size bath back in and infill the head end tricky and theres always a risk of damage , bump up to original height and adjust the panel to suit . Kop

 

[Ric2013]

I have done this kind of thing. It isn't exactly fun.

In my case, I had to butt up to the sides of the existing tiles. This didn't stop me battening however. I wouldn't have done it that way out of choice, but it was how the old bath had been installed - the tiles were not cut to a level and so I had to replace like with like. This was for a friend who accepted it was a like-for-like replacement and who was due to give birth a week or so later so just needed it done quickly and isn't the type to then complain about how it looks so long as it works.

If the original bath had been tiled onto, as it should be, then I would have cut down the panel and fitted the bath to finish 2-3mm under the existing tiles. So my vote is for option 2, but bear in mind cutting a panel is not an easy job.

I have cut down plastic panels to fit under an existing bath. Then the panel had no structure and I have to build an elaborate wooden frame, curve the edges in, use velcro to make the panel removeable etc to support the panel, faff around with a block plane etc and cut carefully around surface pipework... and it took me over a day. The finished result looked excellent, but I made very little money on that at all. As I said to the customer, at least it was interesting to do, even if it did take a whole day just to do the panels, support the bath feet properly etc etc.

This was a part of the cut-down panel job in progress. Today, I would not really be happy with this, as the bath edge is still not supported by the wooden frame, but I was happy at the time.

 

[gmartine]

Fit the bath, get client to cough up for a universal bath panel that can be trimmed without looking like a dog.

 

[Best]

Really the only issue I see with this is the bath won’t suit panel height.
I would be happy to fit the bath up against the tiles - and I am fussy to do trays and baths to be well supported and sealed. Had to do this plenty of times when replacing damaged old baths.
If you could get a batten screwed to wall for support, then excellent. You could also use silicone and tighten the bath up to the tiles, leaving a 3mm joint to seal later.
The panel might be a good idea to pass the buck and tell the customer to get a joiner to trim and support it, that way saving you the wasted time.

 

[JTplumbingservices]

I have done this kind of thing. It isn't exactly fun.

In my case, I had to butt up to the sides of the existing tiles. This didn't stop me battening however. I wouldn't have done it that way out of choice, but it was how the old bath had been installed - the tiles were not cut to a level and so I had to replace like with like. This was for a friend who accepted it was a like-for-like replacement and who was due to give birth a week or so later so just needed it done quickly and isn't the type to then complain about how it looks so long as it works.

If the original bath had been tiled onto, as it should be, then I would have cut down the panel and fitted the bath to finish 2-3mm under the existing tiles. So my vote is for option 2, but bear in mind cutting a panel is not an easy job.

I have cut down plastic panels to fit under an existing bath. Then the panel had no structure and I have to build an elaborate wooden frame, curve the edges in, use velcro to make the panel removeable etc to support the panel, faff around with a block plane etc and cut carefully around surface pipework... and it took me over a day. The finished result looked excellent, but I made very little money on that at all. As I said to the customer, at least it was interesting to do, even if it did take a whole day just to do the panels, support the bath feet properly etc etc.

This was a part of the cut-down panel job in progress. Today, I would not really be happy with this, as the bath edge is still not supported by the wooden frame, but I was happy at the time.

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Great reply mate.
We can’t always do a job exactly how we’d like to do it.
On this job he has battoned it and got a nice fit between the batton and tiles and made a timber frame to secure the panel.
Bit of a pain but it will end up fine I’m sure.

 

[Best]

If it won’t let water past it and well supported, then just call it a bespoke install.

 

[JTplumbingservices]

If it won’t let water past it and well supported, then just call it a bespoke install.

Ha.. I’ll pass that on to him