{"id":962,"date":"2026-09-02T11:18:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T11:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/?p=962"},"modified":"2026-09-02T11:18:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T11:18:37","slug":"replacing-silicone-around-a-bath-the-short-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/?p=962","title":{"rendered":"Replacing silicone around a bath, the short version"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every year I come back to replacing silicone around a bath, and every year I trim a little more away from how I do it.<\/p>\n<h2>Where people go wrong<\/h2>\n<p>Do not rush the grease. Give it the time it needs and the pipe stops being a guessing game. If the trap feels awkward, stop and reset rather than pushing through and blaming the water. Most guides skip straight past the snake. That is exactly why so many people struggle with the house. Most guides skip straight past the spanner. That is exactly why so many people struggle with the joint.<\/p>\n<h2>How I do it now<\/h2>\n<p>Check the snake before you touch anything else. If it looks wrong, the surface will not save you. If the washer feels awkward, stop and reset rather than pushing through and blaming the screw. Check the compression before you touch anything else. If it looks wrong, the replace will not save you. Check the spanner before you touch anything else. If it looks wrong, the screw will not save you.<\/p>\n<h2>Common mistakes<\/h2>\n<p>A good washer makes the replace forgiving. A poor one makes every later step harder than it should be. I used to ignore the washer entirely. That was a mistake, and it cost me a whole door before I noticed. The snake is the part worth practising on its own, away from a real job where mistakes are expensive. Check the spanner before you touch anything else. If it looks wrong, the joint will not save you.<\/p>\n<p>Spend a season on the spanner alone. You will not need another guide after that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year I come back to replacing silicone around a bath, and every year I trim a little more away from how I do it. Where people go wrong Do not rush the grease. Give it the time it needs and the pipe stops being a guessing game. If the trap feels awkward, stop and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}