Freshly sealed lip on bath sends water onto the floor!

[robreun]

Hi,

I've recently had some tiling done in my bathroom and I took the opportunity to replace the bathroom furniture. Unfortunately a minor planning flaw has come to light since the job was finished: there is a lip at the end of the bath (under a power shower.. sigh) which gathers water from the shower and sends puddles onto the floor.

To try and stop this from happening I've tried all kinds of sealant-based ideas; I've tried some sealing strips but they haven't really achieved anything other than to send the water onto the floor even more. So much water pools that it always seems to find its way through A friend suggested some kind of custom-built platform to change the height of the area between the lip and the wall to be higher than the lip all around, and set it at an angle as well to send the water back into the bath. Not sure what I could build it out of - treated timber with some custom-cut tiles on top and then sealed? Neoprene or something else water-resistant?

I'm a bit sick and tired of this problem now, the bathroom was replaced to deal with major water damage so I am going to make damn sure the same problem doesn't come back. Replacing the bath with one with a flat or bevelled edge is certainly an option, but it's one I'd rather not do - all the tilework etc was completed specifically to fit around the bath that's in. I even built a box at the other end, custom fitted to the end of that bath, so I really don't want to have to go through all that again.

Does anybody have any ideas as to what I could do to solve the problem? Apologies if this should go in general DIY.

Links to pics below - can't figure out how to make them inline.

Bath end:

Closeup right-hand side:

Shower above:

Thanks
Rob

 

[big-all]

looking at the picture it looks like the lip is at the end only!!!

all i can suggest is you build up a5mm lip on the side formed from silicon and lead accross at an angle to shed the water into the bath
it will of course look carp but so will any thing you do

new bath!!

 

[Symptoms]

Rob - do your tiles go below the bath or are they tiled onto the lip of the bath. If tiled below - remove the orange silicone seal (nice ) then adjust the support legs below the bath to allow for a very slight slope away from the open edge down towards the window wall and a very slight slope towards the tap end (away from the shower). I reckon this may give you the required fall to drain the water around that rim to the plain section below the window then into the bath. Re-apply silicone seal - consider using white

Do you use a shower curtain?

 

[robreun]

Cheers all for replies. Thanks for editing the pics.

big-all - you're right new bath will produce the best result but I'll only do it when I know nothing else is going to work!

Symptoms - yes the tiles go below the bath line. Yes I use a shower curtain, tucked right against the wall - it doesn't help because the pooling water makes its way around under it. I The water doesn't make it through the seal, it holds fine. The water already goes around and along to the edges of the lip. On the wall side it drains into the bath fine but on the other side it drains onto the floor. So I'm looking for some way to stop the water from pooling at all, and/or a little dam to stop it at the end of the floor side. But as big-all points out, it's probably going to look a bit crap. Any better ideas?

 

[gcol]

I'm sure you could use a strip of pvc window beading siliconed in place. Far from ideal, but it'd work. You don't fancy a shower screen rather than a curtain then?

 

[Symptoms]

Rob - by tipping the bath as per my previous post the water will run away from the open side of the bath towards the wall side then away from the shower end towards the taps and into the tub. Worth trying before you don your beaver costume and build a dam.