Hi I am new to this forum and hoping that maybe someone had this issue and solved it before. We are in the middle of a bath remodel and we ordered an American Standard Studio tub (acrylic) because the old tub was an AS cast iron tub 60"x30" and we were trying to match the dimensions as the space is extremely tight. Unfortunately the drain hole is offset by an inch so that didn't work out either. In fact we had to notch out the studs to dry fit the new one in as they must have built the walls around the old one. While dry fitting the drain shoe I have noticed a defect in the surface area on the underside of the tub where the drain shoe gasket will seal. While the majority of the surface is smooth and flat, there are 2 indentations that I believe may cause a bad seal (see picture where you can see a small gap between seal and tub). I just have the seal loosely on there so I am not sure if I tightened it up if the rubber would seal that small dent up but I am afraid to install and find out it doesn't. So the first question is...has anyone had a similar defect and the rubber gasket conforms and sealed the small gap no problem? Or, is this an issue that needs to be fixed either by sanding or building up? I would assume it would be better to build it up so as to not weaken the thin acrylic drain lip area. I ordered an acrylic crack and chip repair kit from multitech to build it up and make if flat but wanted to see if there is any other advice out there for this situation like a thin piece of rubber in that spot? Thanks!
BTW I would just return the tub but it took weeks to get this one and no one has a replacement as they are backordered for months.
BTW I would just return the tub but it took weeks to get this one and no one has a replacement as they are backordered for months.