Derek's DIY Disaster Thread - With Pics!

Derek W · 2 Jun 2013 at 22:28

Makhaira said:
You'll be fine Derek, 4 proper plasterboard fixings will be more than enough unless you're planning on filling every inch of your cabinet with tins of beans!*

*Even then it'd probably be fine, although I'd worry a bit!

I'd be worried as well if I was keeping beans in my bathroom cabinet

Derek W · 4 Jun 2013 at 08:24

Got a wee bit of an issue. Since re sealing the bath I've noticed that part of its broken again. At the corner of the bath (see reply 37 middle photo) about a 3 inch crack has appeared again in the seal despite filling it while the bath was full of water.

My question is can I prop this corner up with say a 50x50 section of timber wedged between floor and bath rim or could this possibly damage my bath. Sort of creating a localised frame. The rest of the bath is fine in terms of the sealant.

Nightglow · 4 Jun 2013 at 08:53

Looking at your photo, I would have put two bearers going across the floorboards to put bath on, avoids any movement from floorboards, & the sealant from cracking.

If you prop up bath you might stress it & get a even bigger split, most likely in the bath, when it's full.
You might be able to slacken off bath supports, one at a time & slide in a bearer, l used some 18mm ply offcuts I had & laminated 3 pieces together, 5x2 would be wide enough, might get away with 4x2, but I always prefer it wider to spread load.

Should be able to remove the sealant carefully in affected area & reseal.

Derek W · 4 Jun 2013 at 13:32

Nightglow said:
Looking at your photo, I would have put two bearers going across the floorboards to put bath on, avoids any movement from floorboards, & the sealant from cracking.

If you prop up bath you might stress it & get a even bigger split, most likely in the bath, when it's full.
You might be able to slacken off bath supports, one at a time & slide in a bearer, l used some 18mm ply offcuts I had & laminated 3 pieces together, 5x2 would be wide enough, might get away with 4x2, but I always prefer it wider to spread load.

Should be able to remove the sealant carefully in affected area & reseal.

There is already a sheet of chipboard underneath the centre of the bath certainly. You can see on the photos the metal bath support, theres another one at the opposite end with a small one in the cetre of the bath but these areas are fine for support its just really the corner. I'll maybe manage to sketch something up later on for my ideas of support.

Derek W · 30 Jun 2013 at 10:54

After a period of overtime at work and distractions of what to do with the garden I've finally finished putting up the bath shower screen this weekend. The shelfs aren't the most secure as the holes in the wall were fractionally out so they're not fixed as tightly as they could be but happy with it on the whole. Just got to seal it at the wall and along the base of the fixed first panel and I'll be able to enjoy a shower again