Stand alone whirlpool bath

lagi

Was looking for a bath to fit into a gap of 1700. The plan was to get the bath fitted and connected then get a tiler in to tile the bathroom.

I have now seen a whirlpool bath but it says in the documentation,

Our baths are designed to be stand alone, therefore you simply need to adjust the feet to level the bath.
Using a spirit level across the top adjust the feet up or down until your bath is level. Check to ensure that
the floor structure can support the bath when full. These baths do not need to be tiled into the wall in case
you should have to ever pull the bath out for maintenance.

Whats the procedure here then, do you tile down to the floor? also this would make it hard to stop water getting down the back and would mean it would have to be tiled before bath was fitted? Or can you still tile it in and mastic as you would a normal bath?

Its a small bathroom, so once everything is in it would not be possible to really move anything about.

phill99

I think common sense has to prevail here.

I run a Maintenance Company and do quaite a lot of bathroom installs. I would not be happy NOT tiling down to the bath. As you suggest, this will lead to water ingress.

Not convinced the designers of these things live in the real world.

I think you have to be sensible and do what is appropriate for your situation and tile down to the bath.

1984ReturnsForReal_2

phill99 wrote: »

I would not be happy NOT tiling down to the bath. .

Can you clarify exactly what you mean by "tiling down to the bath" please?

LillythePink

Basically, probably having tiles from the ceiling down to the height of the bath and then sealing it so it creates a water tight join so that water cannot go down the side/back of the bath

keystone

Freestanding baths are not really designed to be shoved against a wall unless its one like this when you can get away with it:



and they really need a bigger than average bathroom to be effective visually.

If your bathroom is small then you may need to moderate your expectations and ambitions regarding your bath TBH.

Cheers

lagi

I am going to ring the suppliers tomorrow as it seems to come with some panels but can't make out if they are for all the way round or just front and sides. Hopefully they can give me more info on how it can be fitted.

Taken on board the fact that the bathroom is small, now more concerned about the width which is 850mm. Although it will fit not sure if it will look too big.

keystone

and will you be able to get it up the stairs?