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#289213 20-Aug-2021 10:03
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I went to a reputable shower company and asked them to fit a bath liner and bath screen last month. I bought their own products and hired their installer to give me a peace of mind. After the installation, I got busy and didn't get around to continue the renovation. When I got back and started painting two weeks ago, I noticed that the bath liner was buckling. I know for certain that this shouldn't be like this because my former bath acrylic wall liner of 15 years did not have any buckling like this. It's supposed to be smooth and no ripples. The bathroom has never been used since installation of bath liner. The product and installation is under a 5- year warranty. I emailed the company and they sent their installer back to check the bath liner. He himself was surprised. 

 

My question is, will the Gib (Aqualine) get damaged when the liner is removed? I am assuming that the adhesive will rip the lining off. If that happens, I will need a new Gib. This sucks because the Gib is new, as in new. I paid a licensed builder to do the job (including Gib stopping) two months ago. On top of that, I spent a primer and has already primed the exposed Aqualine for painting later on. 

 

Has anyone changed their shower liner or bath liner? What do you think I should do? 

 

 

 


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  #2764674 22-Aug-2021 10:10
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Bung: By buckling are you referring to the vertical line that looks like it is telegraphing the gib join? It could be that the stopping compound has shrunk and pulled the liner with it. If the builder used an air drying compound and it wasn't given enough time between coats that could happen. There are alternate stopping plasters that use a chemical reaction to harden typically in 20 or 45 minutes.

 

If that is the two chamfered joins in the gib sheets showing through (which it certainly looks like), it looks more likely that the gib wasn't stopped at all - and the shower lining has been installed over the unstopped gib. If that's the case, it's not that the "stopping compound has shrunk and pulled the liner with it" but that the liner adhesive has pulled the liner into the chamfers. However I wouldn't have thought that the liner would be thin enough or flexible enough to move in like that - you'd think it would just bridge across the chamfers. 

 

Regardless of the cause, I agree with all those who have said it's got to be rectified at the contractor's expense.





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