Bath panel disaster

Naf20

Hello
We've had a bathroom disaster! OH fitted new bath and we had the tiling done round it. When everything was ready and he tried to fit the bath panel, his measurements were completely wrong and there is a gap of about 1 inch between the path panel and the floor!

Does anyone have any ideas of how to fill this gap? The bath has a curve, with a curved shower screen which makes it even more complicated.

Thanks in advance.

N

Simon_M_2

Hi N, a strip of UPVC trim glued to the bottom will look just fine. It will easily bend to the shape of the panel. This can be bought from most diy stores and comes in various widths. I would use white silicone to secure it, you will need to hold it in place whilst the silicone cures particularly around the curved part. Use a quality silicone from Dow Corning.

Hope this helps.

Regards Simon

mikey72

That's what I would do as well.
Wooden battens screwed to the floor, put the bath panel in, raised the required inch, and screw it to the battens with countersunk heads.
Then silicon the upvc in the right place, (use masking tape to stop the silicone squashing out and up the bath and down the upvc).
In you have no floor down yet screw a few blocks to the floor to hold the upvc in place while it dries.
If you have either pack it off from the opposite wall with lengths of wood, or put in a couple of screws with white caps over.
You may have to cut the upvc into a couple of lengths if the curve from the shower part to the flat bath is too severe.
File it to the right angle and butt it together if you do. A bit of silicone will hide any imperfections if you need to.
Take off the tape before the silicone is dry, and smooth it with a wet finger.
You'll think it was designed that way.
(another place to get a strip of upvc from is the local double glazing company, may even have a few offcuts)

Naf20

Thank you so much for your replies. I will get my OH to do as you say.

Cheers

27col

This was not a disaster. It was just a bit of a set back, due to not having thought the job through thoroughly. It is something that all we DIYers have done at different times. There is always more than one way to skin a cat, and all problems can be solved if you give them a bit of thought. Of course, sometimes you have to throw a bit of money at them as well. Don't be put off by this set back.
I have found that sometimes, when I have thought out the way to do a particular project. I make a start and then find that another, much easier solution presents itself, and I abandon my carefully thought out plan. Then I wonder why I did not think of the new plan first.