The new bath, like the previous one, is 20mm longer than the bathroom and so it's cut into the wall at each end.
Unlike the previous bath, the panel is curved and has flat 'ends' on it.
Do I cut one or both of these 'ends' off and lose some (all?) rigidity, or do I bury the ends in the wall and then tile up to them like the bath so losing any kind of easy access if there's a leak?
TIA
Throw the panel away and make your own custom one. I too have a bath cut into the walls. These look very effective when you tile the panel in the same tiles as above the bath. It looks a bit like the bath is hewn from solid tile ...well sort of.
Definitely you will want access, the other way is madness.
I entirely agree. I did this in my last house and it looked very good. The room was 100% tiled to the walls, though. If you like having tiles just above the bath (personally I think that looks mean and 1950s) then it might not be appropriate.
Christian.
Fix the tiles onto 9mm marine/far eastern ply?
Plastic tile edging around the edge?
Six screws through the ply and tiles to hold it onto a frame?
That do it?
Anyone?
A further thought: would the adhesive I've got for fixing ceramic floor tiles to wooden floors be suitable for fixing the ceramic wall tiles to the ply?
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