I'll start off with the link to the pictures of what I think is a pretty shoddy job...https://ift.tt/2AWcc0D, the story... I bought a newly built house from a large "well established" house building company. They've made a reasonable name for themselves, and they have a fairly acceptable reputation for quality. The bath installed in the house had a huge dent and was badly warped, so I spoke to them and had them order a replacement. The replacement arrived, and the plumber came by to install it. Up to this point, I don't know whether this hole in the wall existed, but this is where I am today and we're disputing the replacement bath (since it's smaller and seemingly of vastly reduced quality). Anyway, they haven't yet "sealed" the bath, since we have this dispute open. I naturally noticed the hole in the first picture.So, now the back story is out of the way. I've done some Googling and there's a lot of hobbyist style DIYers talking about installing baths and cutting into walls. I can understand that, as a man with a toolbox I often make compromises to achieve a goal. The thing that gets me here is that I don't really understand why this has been done? This is a newly built house, surely if you're building a house you make the gap too big then just install a plank of wood or a strip of tiles to "bridge" the gap? Why would you ever design it this way?Anyway, enough of my ranting. My questions, if anyone can entertain:Is this "acceptable"? This was a very expensive house, at around €500,000. I do not expect people to bodge "luxury" marketed things, so the question isn't "is it safe" but "is this really how it should, morally, be done?" I anticipate failure in some years, sooner than if the hole were not there, so this is a long term concern.Is it safe? There's no protection behind the hole, as can be seen in the second and third pictures. It goes straight out to breeze blocks and presumably the cavity runs the height of the building. Directly below it is probably part of the frame for the floor, which will be made of wood. Surely that's not going to enjoy any potential leaks which the bathroom-grade plasterboard should protect against?What would you, as a hobbyist/enthusiast/professional/person on the internet with an opinion, do to fix this? Seal over it with silicon? Take the bath out, make repairs to the plaster and do it properly? via /r/DIY https://ift.tt/2MzTpJV
