Tiled Shelf Along Bath is Slightly Sloping Towards Wall

saintscouple

Hi,

The house we have recently moved in to has a tiled shelf running along the side and back of the bath, against the tiled wall and level with the bath.

Problem is this shelf is slightly sloping towards the wall, and captures water when showering.

It's not much of a problem as we just sponge the water up after each shower, but i was wondering if there was an easy way to fix this?

I'm thinking it's a case of ripping up the existing tiles and relay with a slight slope towards the bath.
.......Or perhaps an easier way would be to lay thin tiles on top of the existing tiles, but then how could i correct the sloping issue?

I'm not holding much hope of an easy solution, but you never know.

Thanks

ic

If you lay tiles on top, just make the adhesive thicker at the back to build up the slope. Look under the bath, you might find spare tiles left over from when the bathroom was originally done.

The_Blue_Hatter

If you lay thin tiles on top just put more adhsive on the back side of the tile should create a slope the other way ( I would have thought!)

Ebe_Scrooge

Maybe drill 2 or 3 very small holes at the back to allow the water to drain off ? If you get them right in the corner, close to the wall, you won't notice them much. Admittedly this is a bit of a botch job, I think the above solutions of relaying tiles are better, but it's a quick and easy fix.

saintscouple

Cheers people, I might give the retiling ago.
I can't imagine drilling a small hole to drain the water will help as the water would then flow to the floorboards underneath.

booty40uk

Maybe drill 2 or 3 very small holes at the back to allow the water to drain off ? If you get them right in the corner, close to the wall, you won't notice them much. Admittedly this is a bit of a botch job, I think the above solutions of relaying tiles are better, but it's a quick and easy fix.

So by doing this, where do you think the water is going to go???? Bad advice.

phill99

Ebe_Scrooge wrote: »

Maybe drill 2 or 3 very small holes at the back to allow the water to drain off ? If you get them right in the corner, close to the wall, you won't notice them much. Admittedly this is a bit of a botch job, I think the above solutions of relaying tiles are better, but it's a quick and easy fix.

Excellent advice. I'm sure the OPs insurarnce company will be very grateful when they claim for a water damaged floor and ceiling below.

The_Blue_Hatter

Ebe_Scrooge wrote: »

Maybe drill 2 or 3 very small holes at the back to allow the water to drain off ? If you get them right in the corner, close to the wall, you won't notice them much. Admittedly this is a bit of a botch job, I think the above solutions of relaying tiles are better, but it's a quick and easy fix.

Genius!! This will get you a whole new bathroom from your insurance!! :rotfl:

aliasojo

Ebe_Scrooge wrote: »

Maybe drill 2 or 3 very small holes at the back to allow the water to drain off ? If you get them right in the corner, close to the wall, you won't notice them much. Admittedly this is a bit of a botch job, I think the above solutions of relaying tiles are better, but it's a quick and easy fix.

I unmask you as one of the seriously bad tradesmen shown regularly on Watchdog et al and I claim my £5 reward. :rotfl:

[Deleted User]

Hi,

saintscouple wrote: »

Cheers people, I might give the retiling ago.
I can't imagine drilling a small hole to drain the water will help as the water would then flow to the floorboards underneath.

even though I agree with the retiling suggestion, I think what Ebe Scrooge meant was to drill a few wee holes at the back edge of the shelf tile where it abutts the tiled wall thus allowing the water to drain through and down into the bath, I'm sure he didn't mean drill through the wall tiles.

Ebe_Scrooge

[Deleted User] wrote:

Hi,



even though I agree with the retiling suggestion, I think what Ebe Scrooge meant was to drill a few wee holes at the back edge of the shelf tile where it abutts the tiled wall thus allowing the water to drain through and down into the bath, I'm sure he didn't mean drill through the wall tiles.

Sorry for the misunderstanding - yes, this is exactly what I meant, allow the water to drain off the shelf and back into the bath. It would be foolish indeed to allow the water to get behind the wall tiles :-)

As I said, this IS a quick & dirty bodge job, the retiling suggestion is the better approach.