Acrylic bathtubs are popular due to their attractive appearance, variety of design and colors, affordable price and ease of installation. In addition, acrylic baths are light in weight, non-porous, most of them have antibacterial coating, and defects are cleaned with special pastes. But there are also disadvantages - the surface does not withstand mechanical damage, cleaning with abrasive means, and heat is kept to a lesser extent than cast-iron baths, and it is not recommended to sit on the sides of acrylic bathtubs.
Installation of an acrylic bath with your own hands
Preparation for the installation of an acrylic bath
The bath is installed in a premise before its facing with tiles. Before choosing a new bath, block the central tap, dismantle the old bath, cut out or break out the old drain( depending on whether it's metal or plastic), clean the sewer flare, then insert a corrugation( drainage element) into it and lubricate the joints with silicone sealant, floorsmust be carefully leveled.
Lubrication of joints with silicone sealant
After that, proceed to the measurement, carefully checking all the dimensions of the place where the new bath will be. When choosing an arrangement, consider that the bath should not block access to the pipes, but at the same time snug against the wall. The final stage of preparation of the bathroom is cleaning of construction debris.
Preparation of a place for a new bath
The shape of a bath can be not only rectangular, but also other geometric shapes - round, square, angular and other. In this case, despite the shape, the walls of the bath should not bend under the pressure of the hand, to be transparent, there should not be a corrosive chemical smell. A sign of quality is the number of supports. A sufficiently solid product has four angular supports, less strong - more. Complete the purchase, check the quality certificates, batch number of the product, availability of installation instructions, accessories, quality and number of fasteners.
Variants for installing an acrylic bath: a frame with legs, brickwork and a combination of these two methods. The most correct is the first way, installing a bath on a special frame, which should go complete with a bath.
Tools and materials for the
work One of the preparatory stages is the preparation of materials and tools for the work. It should be stocked as follows:
- Bulgarian;
- hammer;
- mounting gun for sealant;
- building level;
- adjustable wrench;
- electrical tape;
- corrugation or rigid tube.
How to install the acrylic bath yourself
Before you begin installing and installing the bathtub, you must turn it around.
- Installation of the legs( frame) of the bath:
- unpack all the details of the frame fasteners;
- put pencil guide marks, one will be located closer to the drain, the other closer to the head of the bath;
- according to these marks drill holes for screws( it is desirable to place a mark on the drill with a piece of electrical tape so that it does not pass through the bath, and the hole was not more than six millimeters deep);
- fasten the screws with self-tapping screws, and the product legs to them.
Installation of legs for the frame in the bathroom
2. Installation of the siphon:
- connect the upper drain hole, then the lower one;
- we collect the siphon;
- degrease the surfaces with a solvent and apply a layer of sanitary sealant.
Installation of a siphon for an acrylic bath
A siphon should be made of brass, chrome plated, have a semi-automatic system for closing and opening of drain taps.
- Edit bath legs according to the level:
- turn the bath over and, using the level, measure the degree of curvature of the bath along it and across and, accordingly, twist the legs in the desired direction.
The bath is adjusted according to the level of
4. Installing hooks to prevent the bath from turning over:
- mark on the wall the edge line of the bath;
- drill holes with a perforator;
- fixing hooks to the wall with dowels;
- we put a bath on these hooks.
5. We connect the siphon to the sewer system with a corrugation or rigid pipe.
Connecting the siphon to the sewer system
6. We check the bath for leaks ( fill the bath with water and look carefully if it does not show up if it has been detected, re-apply the sanitary sealant, after drying and degreasing the surface).
After checking for leaks on the bath set decorative panel, designed to hide the sewer connections and the bottom of the bath.
Also read how to close the pipes in the bathroom.
