photo's of my bath & hob

[celeste]

Hi all

Well I chicken out of the brick hob and opted for a wooden frame. Its all made, the baths in and I finished the tiling on the hob today

- note the floor is not finished as I am waiting till I get back from holidays, so the new cement would be 3 weeks old then and ok to tile.

Celeste

[celeste]

Sorry, here's a B4 so you can see the difference so far.

Celeste

[anawanahuanana]

Hi Celeste.
Great looking bath and hob! Can I ask a couple of questions as I'll be doing this in a week or 2, and I have no idea what I'm doing!

Firstly, what is the frame actually made from? I assume there is a framework that sits under the lip of the bath, and then an outer frame for the villaboard and tiles? How is the frame attached to the floor?
Thanks for any idvice you, or anyone else for that matter, can give!
Bath frames are a new thing to me. Don't suppose you have any pictures of the frame during construction do you?! All the baths I've seen in the U.K come ready made in a frame you just put a panel over.

[OBBob]

Hi there,

I used my scrap 2 x 4 hardwood from demolishing half the rest of the house. Made the fram with an upright in each corner and one in the middle on each long side.

Nailed together. Nailed to the joists. Cement sheet in the base to take the motar base that the bath sits in. Packed insulation around the bath, then screwed cement sheet to the outside and tiled.

[celeste]

Hi all

The bath should come with instruction on constructing the bath frame in wood. Mine said 25 x 50mm battens

And I had the plumber sort out the plumbing B4 hand, so all I had to do was pop the bath in, put a pipe thru the hole in the wall to the outside and attach the other end to the bath waste pipe. The plumber will then fit off the pipe sticking outside to the waste pipe later.

I couldn't get any when I went to get it (long story) So I used 50 x 50 pine. I have brick walls.

I made it up as follows : 1 x fixed across the back wall / right wall / left wall - I used dyna bolts mainly for the length.
Then I made up a 4 sided frame with 2 extra uprights (front panel ) and attached it to the left and right wall battens with screws and 3 dyna bolts in the floor (cement) and 1 dyna bolt on the end uprights into the wall.

Then I made up a frame 25mm larger than the lip of the bath, which fitted into the frame work already there (the bath will sit on this frame) I then attached it to the wall battens and the front frame etc with screws.

So, now I have a frame for the bath to sit on and a small 75mm ledge, (more on one end) all around it (note the bath I used from bunnings actually has it own supports - the frame will not hold it full weight)

I then popped the bath in double checked it = sorted out some bricks etc. for it to sit on to the right height allowing for the 6mm cement sheeting and tiles = 15mm, took the bath out cemented in the bricks etc, left it over night to set. Attached cement sheet to the top and 1/2 of the front, tiled all but the last row on top front and the front panel.

Popped the bath back in double checked height, popped it out put some tile adhesive ( which was in the instructions for the bath) on top of the brickes - about 40mm worth popped the bath back in hitched up the plumbing, put a level on it - both ways and wiggled it level.

Then I filled it with water (with a bucket as I haven't purchased the taps yet) and left it over night. Next day I put the last cement sheet on and the tiled the rest. Next day grout and silician around the bath - finished.

hint run masking tape on the tiles and the bath leaving a gap for the silician - run the silician smooth with finger, remove tape.

Hope this makes sense

celeste

[OBBob]

Yeah ... mine was a little bit different to Celestes because she has the tile sides flush with the lip edge of the bath. I have a horizontal tile lip all teh way around, which is really just a looks thing ... but it also takes up more room. My bath did not come with instructions or a frame to support it. From Reece.

[anawanahuanana]

Thanks very much for all the info!
My bath hasn't come with any supports or instructions, so I guess I'll have to wing it a little bit, but that's all part of the fun isn't it!
I'll get a load of wood (or am I supposed to call it timber here?!) on my days off, rip out the old bath, and get busy.

I suspect I'll be back though............................!

[OBBob]

You'll be right ... just keep in mind when you are building it the potential amount of weight in a bath. 1kg / L of watre plus one (or two people if you're luck)! If you frame looks sturdey enough for that ... it'll be fine.

[celeste]

Thanks very much for all the info!
My bath hasn't come with any supports or instructions, so I guess I'll have to wing it a little bit, but that's all part of the fun isn't it!
I'll get a load of wood (or am I supposed to call it timber here?!) on my days off, rip out the old bath, and get busy.

I suspect I'll be back though............................!

Hi

Check the manufactures of your bath's web site , they usually have tech info there, I general check around different sites to get info on how to do things B4 I buy and do, so I can work out if I can do it or not etc.

Oh, and my bath, the tiles are not flush with the lip, the tiles and frame are under the lip approx. 25mm - much easier to tile. tile 1st and the put bath on top seal with plumbers silician.

Celeste

Celeste

[celeste]

Hi guys

Finished the tiling in the bathroom today - took a little while as I spent some time outside last week whilst the sun was shining as, it rained all this week.

I have also included a B4 photo.

Monday I will fit the taps and vanity, then wait on the shower screen 2-3 weeks.
Celeste