VelvetFoot
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Discovered by dripping through ceiling, naturally.
It is a one-piece shower/tub combo.
It leaks when the tilt lever stopper is in the closed position.
I've recaulked and tightened up the strainer; there is no leak when a old time rubber plug is put in the strainer.
Therefore, I think it is leaking at the compression joint (which I think is a really crazy arrangement, since it is under pressure from the static head of a full bathtub, and those joints aren't that great, or am I wrong?).
Anyway, what would be the best way to access that joint, ie, the joint on the tube from the drain shoe to the T (which contains the plug and also has lines from the overflow and goes to the trap)?
Should I go in from the side, cutting an access hatch through the wood wall of the interior of a vanity and thence through the drywall, or go through the ceiling?
I guess I'd prefer to go through the side. A look at new units at my local Home Depot seems to show that I might be able get at the joint that way.
Is there generally a square opening under the whole assembly?
If I can do it from the side, it might not be as tricky as repairing a ceiling, plus I could get there in the future as well.
Thanks very much.
It is a one-piece shower/tub combo.
It leaks when the tilt lever stopper is in the closed position.
I've recaulked and tightened up the strainer; there is no leak when a old time rubber plug is put in the strainer.
Therefore, I think it is leaking at the compression joint (which I think is a really crazy arrangement, since it is under pressure from the static head of a full bathtub, and those joints aren't that great, or am I wrong?).
Anyway, what would be the best way to access that joint, ie, the joint on the tube from the drain shoe to the T (which contains the plug and also has lines from the overflow and goes to the trap)?
Should I go in from the side, cutting an access hatch through the wood wall of the interior of a vanity and thence through the drywall, or go through the ceiling?
I guess I'd prefer to go through the side. A look at new units at my local Home Depot seems to show that I might be able get at the joint that way.
Is there generally a square opening under the whole assembly?
If I can do it from the side, it might not be as tricky as repairing a ceiling, plus I could get there in the future as well.
Thanks very much.
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