Plastic border for a bath : installation features

Repair in the bathroom is almost complete, it remains to establish a bath close to the wall and place the necessary accessories.But do it will not work perfectly, as on-site baths edge abutting the wall is formed a small space.Earlier, in Soviet times, such cracks plastered with cement mortar and painted over the top paint.Now you can do everything a lot easier and more aesthetic.To fill the gap between the bathtub and the wall, install a plastic border for a bath.

If you leave everything unchangedform, that is - to install a bath and did not close the space between the wall and the board, even a small gap can bring a lot of problems.Starting from the fact that there will be spoiled the appearance of the bathroom, and in fact we tried to make a beautiful renovation in the room, so it was always clean and tidy.If at least a couple of times to take a shower in a bath, then through the slots in the floor will seep into the water, and this is more humidity in the room, and a direct path to the spread of mold and mildew.If humidity is high, dry the room will be a very long time, and if moisture is present continuously, the result on the walls and the corners of the bathroom appear fungus and mold.Get rid of such displays is very difficult.To prevent the ingress of moisture on the floor and walls of a bathroom, it is necessary to establish a special border for a bath.Thus it is possible to get rid of moisture, and do not have to fight the fungus.Border or plinth is specifically designed to fill in the small gaps between the tub and the wall.Laying the curb in the bathroom did not take long, if you do everything by the rules.

There are several varieties of the plinth for a bath.Selection border will depend on the finishing material of the walls in the bathroom.For example, if you are laid ceramic tile, then it is desirable to set the border also ceramic.For those who like to keep changing the interior of its housing, for the bathroom there is also a lot of finishing materials.If you choose fiberglass, washable wallpaper or sheathed wall panels, plastic PVC, blends well with these surfacing materials PVC curb bath.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of plastic panels

Most buyers have appreciated the positive aspects of such a finishing material like plastic.It is suitable for every room, and is also widely used for the bathroom.This plinth is inexpensive and compact size of the border for a bath allow you to set the finishing material on their own without the involvement of specialists.

in building supermarkets, you can buy a plastic curb any size and color, which means that the interior of the bathroom will be met.

very convenient that the installation of the border is not necessary to prepare the mortar, enough to buy a special glue, which is often called "liquid nails".

Also on sale you can find self-adhesive plastic edgings for bath in the form of a tape, which greatly facilitate the installation process.You will only need to prepare the surface, so that it was absolutely clean and dry, then remove the protective coating on the back side of finishing material and paste the curb to the bath.A feature of the installation of this type of plastic is the following: if you hang wallpaper or wall sheathing lining, you must first fill out the sealant or grout large cracks, and then stick the self-adhesive plastic panels.

Despite the ease of installation, reasonable price and a wide range of colors and sizes of plastic moldings, it has disadvantages and finishing material.The most important - fragility.After a year of operation have to re-execute the installation vannogo curb.And if in your bathroom humidity, the room is often used, it will have to perform the replacement of the curb before.In addition, during the operation of the bathroom, you need to constantly ensure that water does not seep through the floor frieze.This is especially important if you set the screen on the bath and control the level of humidity under the bathroom there is no way every day.

What are the borders of the bath, you can see in the photo:

How to curb the bathroom

The simplest and easiest way to fill in the small gaps between the bath and the wall - is glued filletsribbon.

Working with self-adhesive border:

1. 90% of success in the work - is to prepare the surface of the wall and the bath.We have to try to handle well the places where it will be laid border, clear the wall and the side of the bath oil, dirt and moisture.For this simple materials work best: any cleaner, you can take even baking soda can also be used for degreasing the surface of gasoline or alcohol.
2. If you have removed the old band and you want to paste a new one, you need to remove adhesive residue.Your actions are as follows: first, take away the old tape, rub place any detergent, you can even rub a side wall of the bath and a stiff brush and then degrease the surface.To quickly dry gluing zone, use the usual hairdryer, and then wipe the surface dry with a clean cloth.
3. scissors now cut the desired length of tape plus margin of 2 cm.
4. If you hang complex areas, the areas adjoining to the bath can be made on the tape small incisions, so she went smoother.
5. Start paste surface of the angle, and the protective film is best to clean up gradually, as the bonding tape.
6. presses the tape as tightly as possible.Glued a small area, equal to 10-15 cm, and now his hand press down tape and hold for 15 seconds.
7. When the tape is glued fully to use the bathroom only a day later, when the adhesive is tightly adhered.

How to set a border on a bath

Before you begin to work on the installation of the curb to the bath, you need to prepare the materials and tools to have everything at hand.

What we need to work:

• plastic border;
• silicone adhesive;
• aquarium sealant (liquid silicone);
• gun sealant;
• home or building a hairdryer;
• Scotch paint;
• narrow spatula;
• ruler and pencil;
• miter box;
• building knife;
• paper towels, clean cloth.

If you first work with a plastic border, do not be lazy to buy a miter box.You can buy the cheapest model is made of plastic, which is enough to trim the corners of plastic moldings.Do not ignore this advice, as well as a dock hand corners will be very difficult.For the installation of a plastic border at the bathroom, you will need 1 spray silicone sealant.

Preparatory moments.It is important to clean the surface from contamination.If before you used the bathroom with a plastic plinth and he has already deteriorated, it must be removed, clean off the glue and properly disinfect the surfaces with chlorine solution.After disinfection should wash the treatment site and dry hairdryer.Now that the preparatory work has been completed, you can start laying the plastic moldings.

mounting plinth:

1. again go over the edge of the bath and the wall paper towels, and then with a dry cloth.Carefully wipe the places where it will be adjacent plinth.Your task - to achieve perfect dry surface.
2. slot to fill with sealant, for that can of sealant (better to take the aquarium, it will last longer) in the gun.Check it out in action.
3. Further, when the gap is filled with sealant, wait 5-10 minutes, when it dries.Just at this time, you can do the fitting plinth.
4. Measure the desired length of the baseboard, trim the excess.Border better cut at an angle of 45 ° C.To do this, use the miter box.
5. Before you glue the plinth on the edge of the tub stick masking tape (2 mm above and below the point where it will be glued baseboard), it protects the enamel from damage.At the border, too, can be glued to the tape.
6. Attach the plinth in the space between the bathtub and the wall, press it.Now bend the edge of the plinth and the resulting space, insert the tip of the gun.Fill the joint.
7. sealant to distribute evenly over the entire surface, use spatula.
8. Now carefully push the border to the edge of the tub and wait a few seconds.If you have a helper, this part of the job better perform together as the pressing force affects the quality of gluing the curb.
9. A few minutes later you can remove the masking tape.
10. Speaker transparent glue should immediately wipe with a dry cloth, and joints further curbs best insulate sealant.
11. use the bathroom only a day, so do not rush to include water.It is undesirable to place on the adhesion of the plastic plinth is exposed to water.By the way, the door to the bathroom is better to keep open, and if you have a built-in fan, and turn it in the environment must not be damp.

Such plastic border serve the entire year of operation, then it will have to be replaced by a new one.

fine workmanship, to be aware of

not always work nicely glued to the plastic border.To

you have successfully coped with the task, read these recommendations:

• not always a plastic border set a new bath.Most often, it has to be mounted on an old bath.Soap residue and other contaminants will first need to wash any detergent;
• when all the dirt washed away, the surface should be thoroughly dry.To do this, use disposable paper towels.Clean up the bath until the towel is completely dry;
• not skimp on paper towels, cloth to achieve perfect dry surface is not possible;
• secure job can be with a hair dryer - direct the hot air stream to a small area, hold the hair dryer about 30 seconds, you can now move more smoothly;
• not forget degrease the adhesion site border.To do this, use petrol or white spirit, you can wipe the surface with alcohol.It is important to choose a degreaser so it does not damage the plastic panels.Do not use aggressive solvents, they may damage the coating on the walls and a bathtub made of acrylic;
• apply glue to the entire surface, to curb well fitting to the board and the wall.Try to do a continuous seam, causing a thin layer of glue.Dot adhesive for mounting the curb of plastic is not applied;
• if the wall is not perfectly smooth, and you can see that in some places the border is not adjacent, such places can be filled with additional sealant to prevent leakage.

How to fit a border for a bath, you can watch this video tutorial: