Unstable bath mounts

[Richard]

I am installing a bathroom suite and the bath mounts are a bit in the flimsy side, what's the best way to ensure it wont blow away on a windy day?

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make sure the cradle is fixed on properly i.e. drill pilot holes in the timber frame rather than just driving the screws in.

use 3 brackets to screw it to the wall.

affix the legs correctly to the cradle and screw the feet to the floor.

silicone the bath to the wall on 2 sides, 3 if it's in an alcove.

ought to be rock solid after that, mine is.

RT

[BigWallop]

I take it this is an Acrylic bath? The metal legs with adjustable feet that wrap around these baths need to be secured properly to the wooden base board as well as the side roll support points. You need the correct length screws, that should have been supplied with the bath, so as not to pierce right through the base board though.

I personally always build a wooden support, like a small sub floor, to hold Acrylic baths at the height I want, then fix them securely to the walls, with the brackets that should also be supplied, to make sure it they don't wobble about. I've always found that 4'' X 2'' timber with a small piece of flooring grade chip board on top is a great height to lay the base board of the bath on to. The total length of the support only needs to be from the waste outlet hole to the far end of the base board to be suitable for holding my weighty body and the hot water.

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and don't forget to check the height of the side/end panels if you do use the above method for fitting a bath. and, of course, make sure that the waste trap will fit and you can get your hand round it to tighten it up

RT

[nightjar]

Fit strong wooden battens along the walls, where the bath top edge will rest on them. Build a strong wooden frame to give continuous support to the edges of the bath that do not run along the walls. Many acyrlic baths have a piece of wood moulded under the rim, so that you can screw up into them, through these support battens. Make sure that the feet are either resting on a joist or, more probably needed, on a strong spreader board, that supports them between the joists. Screw the feet down.

Also, fill the bath with water before applying any sealing mastic around the edges and leave it full until the mastic sets. That ensures that the mastic is not put under tension when the bath is filled for use.

Colin Bignell