Water is pooling in the corners of my bath. Anything that can be done?

JadeHighland

Hi all

I recently had a new bath fitted (bathroom renovation). Everything is tiled in, completed but unfortunately I noticed after that water pools in these corners and won't drain unless I do it myself. Anything that can be done? It's an L-Shaped Bath and I've heard this can be an issue so unsure if it's the bath or the fitter. 

outtatune

I presume it's level, otherwise water would pool in one corner but not the other. Maybe a moulding issue.

Eldi_Dos

Could it possibly be condensation running off the tiling rather than water pooling after you have been bathing?

Keep_pedalling

outtatune said:

I presume it's level, otherwise water would pool in one corner but not the other. Maybe a moulding issue.

It may be level front to back but it sounds like it is not level end to end. 

bjorn_toby_wilde

It’s certainly odd. The OP will need to get a spirit level on it to check.

It would be unusual for a pro to not level a bath.  Not impossible but definitely unusual 

Murmansk

Seems to me the bottom of the bath itself isn't quite convex so the plug hole is a bit higher up than the two corners where you indicate. I guess if you put a straightedge across you'd be able to tell if this is the case.

If that's correct I think it suggests the bath's moulding is slightly incorrect, not that the bath was installed incorrectly, so you'll have to live with it I guess as there's no way you could raise those corners in relation to the plughole. It's annoying but think I could learn to live with it. 

Having said all that I wonder if it's the case that the pipework under the plughole is somehow pushing the bottom of the bath upwards a tiny bit and making it higher in the centre? Maybe take a look behind the panel and see?