floor flooded from roll top bath

[mosaics]

I have just had a roll top bath fitted. One side is fitted to the wall as it's a shower bath. There is a shower over. Everytime I use the shower the water runs along the side of the bath to the bottom and then on to the floor. I have to lie a towel on the floor for the water as there is a lot of it. Please help!:sad:

 

[nicro3]

Welcome -- have you aphoto

 

[mosaics]

no sorry

 

[nicro3]

Is the shower fixed, or can it be redirected

 

[mosaics]

the shower is fixed to the wall at top end of bath. i've directed it more towards the shower curtain on opposite side but this hasn't made any difference. i'll try and get a photo for you but this may take time as i'm not much good at uploading photos!

 

[nicro3]

No problem, have you got installer back to check and advise?

 

[mosaics]

no i haven't but i'll do that. thank you. will still send photo when i get one

 

[markfxy]

Of course its going to run onto the floor once its rolled over the curved edge of the bath where else is there for it to go! you can either fit a floor drain or rip it out and fit a standard bath. Common sense will tell you that its going to splash on the floor.

 

[dancinplumba]

you could always put a shower curtain up 🙂

 

[woodytheplumber]

he had a simular ob about 6 month back ended up scribing a 18mm piece of ply and supporting it with some 3x2 10 mm lower than bath edge but 300mm all the way around and then tiled it all with a slight angle back to the bath dont know the angle as i just got the bubble to touch the line worked a treat

 

[WHPES]

The only thing that really works is one of those oval shaped shower curtain rails and curtain like this

 

[mosaics]

no i haven't i'll do that

 

[mosaics]

i bought one of those but my ceiling wasn't strong enough to support it. i now have a curved 1 which fixes to the wall at the back of the bath and the side. the shower curtain completely covers 1 side and bottom of the bath.

 

[WHPES]

What you have will never work.

Please do get a quality, strong one as the cheap ones can easily bend, especially if kids play in the bath.

They are screwed to the ceiling. If your ceiling isn't strong enough, fit some wooden battens between the joists above to screw into.

Curtain needs to cover full 360 degrees to work, not just 1 side.

 

[tamz]

The clue to why this is happening is in the name of the bath.....roll top!

Get some plumber to make you up a bespoke curtain rail from some 3/4" chrome

something like these ones i made up (not cheap btw)

 

[mosaics]

that looks like it'll do the trick. thank you

 

[tamz]

that looks like it'll do the trick. thank you

The rails were made in 3/4" chrome pipe bent to suit (with a stand up bender). 22 x 15mm compression T's and the wall and ceiling fixes are 1/2" threaded chrome plates that are for showers (part of a kit for bar showers).
Takes about an hour to bend up and fix but the cost was around £130 (iirc) fitted as part of the project.

 

[mosaics]

thank you that was very helpful

 

[mosaics]

i have a shower curtain up and it completely covers the bath apart from the wall side

 

[mosaics]

its a shower roll top from bathstore. 1 side is fixed to the wall. the water isnt rolling over the curved edge of the bath. i have a shower curtain which covers all but the wall side of the bath.

 

[PETE 123]

Shower curtain ?

 

[stevetheplumber]

nothing wrong with the bath its a shower curtain problem