Any plumbers in the joint?
Hey all
So.. bathtub in my apartment, noticed water pooling behind my toilet next to the tub, eventually found out water was seeping down the side of the bathtub, ruined the drywall. I haven't used the tub in over a year now, since I have a 2nd full bath.
Replaced the faucet / cleaned things up, and tried to see if it's going to cooperate. It seems water is seeping out of the back of the new faucet (near the set screw), and onto the lip of the bathtub. Further, though I thought this is what was seeping along and down the side, it appears it stops at a certain point along the lip of the tub, but then water is coming out the edge of the caulking along the tub, down the side (where the drywall was).
It's a tile and tub setup, not a fully plastic shower shell kinda setup. It seems the water is seeping behind the caulking, and then along either the caulking top or behind it. As I said, there last, 1/3 of the tub lip is dry, but it comes out from the caulking "edge" on the side of the tub.
Thoughts on what to do / how much it'll cost me to fix if I call in one of you lovely people who are skillzed?
Mark
So.. bathtub in my apartment, noticed water pooling behind my toilet next to the tub, eventually found out water was seeping down the side of the bathtub, ruined the drywall. I haven't used the tub in over a year now, since I have a 2nd full bath.
Replaced the faucet / cleaned things up, and tried to see if it's going to cooperate. It seems water is seeping out of the back of the new faucet (near the set screw), and onto the lip of the bathtub. Further, though I thought this is what was seeping along and down the side, it appears it stops at a certain point along the lip of the tub, but then water is coming out the edge of the caulking along the tub, down the side (where the drywall was).
It's a tile and tub setup, not a fully plastic shower shell kinda setup. It seems the water is seeping behind the caulking, and then along either the caulking top or behind it. As I said, there last, 1/3 of the tub lip is dry, but it comes out from the caulking "edge" on the side of the tub.
Thoughts on what to do / how much it'll cost me to fix if I call in one of you lovely people who are skillzed?
Mark
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Universal 1.5 " set screw.. doesn't work
Also, Just saw this post now.. something wrong with "New posts"?
Mark
Given your apparent "knowledge" re plumbing fixtures, might be a good idea to call a plumber before you drown..
Like I said, brand new spout, the water is leaking out by the set screw, and then it looks like it's getting behind the caulking, travelling down to the tub side where the caulking ends and pooling. The spout I bought as a replacement is a Moen. The water doesn't seem to be coming from the taps / showerhead.
Mark
New spout purchased, and it still has the same problem. I ran it without the spout on for a while (> 5 mins) at full blast. The caulking didn't result in a dripping / flooding.. so it's clearly a matter or water seeping in behind the spout / caulking.
Mark