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How do I properly re-caulk this tub ?
Hello there! We've bought and moved into a house a year and a half ago and I'm slowluy going through my to-do list of "small stuffs than I need to fix at some stage". Today was the caulking of the bathtub, because we don't use it these days (kids prefer to shower our bathroom) : I was anticipating some "surprises" upon removing the old silicon caulk and it's safer to get started on that when there's not daily need for a bath... Boy was I right for the surprises: the bathtub is seating on a ~1 cm (height) plaster layer that I presume was lazily added because the tiles would not be high enough. That plaster was hidden underneath what I believe would be "too much" silicon caulk. It's cracking here and there, but overall is not in too bad shape. Next surprise, on the right wall, there's a huge gap between the edge of the tile/tub and the actual solid wall behind. I would say at least 4-5 cm. I'm assuming it's gypsum blocks and the bottom ones were cut a little too large. The tiles are not moving at all and so must be glued properly onto other gypsum blocks. Here's the very large gap. 4-5 cm deep before the solid wall behind. Plaster layer onto which the tub seats. Cracking here and there (and there even were some wood parts...) The big picture. Behind the right wall, at tub height, a good 4-5 cm gap between the tile and the wall behind They stuffed it with silicon before Now for the DIY questions: how do I properly re-seal/caulk that tub? I could pour kilos of silicon but that's the dumb way and probably what the previous owners did. I am thinking some more plaster, or mortar, or both, would be needed to fill the large gap between the tiles and the tub, before silicon caulk is added. Maybe re-do some plaster to fill the cracks in that layer on which the tub is seating? Regular tile grout, then silicon? A combination of all the above? Thanks! submitted by /u/CoinCoin88 [link] [comments]
| | Hello there! We've bought and moved into a house a year and a half ago and I'm slowluy going through my to-do list of "small stuffs than I need to fix at some stage". Today was the caulking of the bathtub, because we don't use it these days (kids prefer to shower our bathroom) : I was anticipating some "surprises" upon removing the old silicon caulk and it's safer to get started on that when there's not daily need for a bath... Boy was I right for the surprises: the bathtub is seating on a ~1 cm (height) plaster layer that I presume was lazily added because the tiles would not be high enough. That plaster was hidden underneath what I believe would be "too much" silicon caulk. It's cracking here and there, but overall is not in too bad shape. Next surprise, on the right wall, there's a huge gap between the edge of the tile/tub and the actual solid wall behind. I would say at least 4-5 cm. I'm assuming it's gypsum blocks and the bottom ones were cut a little too large. The tiles are not moving at all and so must be glued properly onto other gypsum blocks. Here's the very large gap. 4-5 cm deep before the solid wall behind. They stuffed it with silicon before Now for the DIY questions: how do I properly re-seal/caulk that tub? I could pour kilos of silicon but that's the dumb way and probably what the previous owners did. I am thinking some more plaster, or mortar, or both, would be needed to fill the large gap between the tiles and the tub, before silicon caulk is added. Maybe re-do some plaster to fill the cracks in that layer on which the tub is seating? Regular tile grout, then silicon? A combination of all the above? Thanks! [link] [comments] |
