I recently hired a contractor under the table to do some work... For all you new home re modelers never do this as there is no contract involved so they can do shotty work.
So I bought one of those Plastic tubs Acrylic? With the wall surrounds.
How here is where the trouble begins. As there is a lip around the shower where typically you can set things or water should drip off of back into the tub it was installed poorly.
Right beneath the shower head and faucet the piece actually dips. That entire side of the tub allows water to sit in there and oh wait it gets better. As it accumulates from someone taking a shower it begins to then overflow not into the tub but yet on my tile floor. Its wonderful...
Now I only hired them because i didnt want to spend the time doing it myself as I was a little overwhelmed by the amount of work but now I need to fix this problem.
I have come up with a few things that might work but have a few issues with each of them. I am looking for suggestions and advice only please no that sucks posts....
1.) The first thing that came to mind to fix this is to take a 2x4 or 4 that are taller than the tub currently sits and tap them into place to force the plastic to rise up some. I do have access to get here as I have one of those plastic plumbing panels that allows me to get to the water shutoffs easily.
1a.) The issue I find here is as its plastic there is a high chance of breaking or cracking the plastic or something worse. The plastic is not that sturdy and had it just been installed properly I would not be in this mess.
2.) I then thought what if I found a way to make the outside tub wall. (The piece thats connected for when I enter and exit the tub) slightly higher than it is with something such as an end cap. Basically my thought was make this a little bit higher which would cause the water to run off back into the tub through this method.
2a.) My issue here is one what do I use and two what if it looks like crap...
3.) The final thing I could do which I refuse to do is do the entire project over for the tub half of the room. Remove the drywall and make this thing higher all over as there are several spots water can sit. The water sitting doesn't bother me as when I get out of the shower I know its there and I just make a sweeping motion to get the majority of the water back into the tub.
3a.) The problem with redoing the work is I just paid this guy 1600 dollars to do the work and I am not going to get the money back so I dont want to feel like a total chump redoing the work that is already in place. Not to mention that it wont be easy to redo all that work.
Please suggestions on how you would tackle this and if there is a product I can buy and install please feel free to let me know.
For the record I installed this product from lowes just so you know what it looks like and wont suggest something that will clash and look crapy.
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=184816-332-39224&lpage=none
Its the Aquaglass Eleganza tub and walls.
So I bought one of those Plastic tubs Acrylic? With the wall surrounds.
How here is where the trouble begins. As there is a lip around the shower where typically you can set things or water should drip off of back into the tub it was installed poorly.
Right beneath the shower head and faucet the piece actually dips. That entire side of the tub allows water to sit in there and oh wait it gets better. As it accumulates from someone taking a shower it begins to then overflow not into the tub but yet on my tile floor. Its wonderful...
Now I only hired them because i didnt want to spend the time doing it myself as I was a little overwhelmed by the amount of work but now I need to fix this problem.
I have come up with a few things that might work but have a few issues with each of them. I am looking for suggestions and advice only please no that sucks posts....
1.) The first thing that came to mind to fix this is to take a 2x4 or 4 that are taller than the tub currently sits and tap them into place to force the plastic to rise up some. I do have access to get here as I have one of those plastic plumbing panels that allows me to get to the water shutoffs easily.
1a.) The issue I find here is as its plastic there is a high chance of breaking or cracking the plastic or something worse. The plastic is not that sturdy and had it just been installed properly I would not be in this mess.
2.) I then thought what if I found a way to make the outside tub wall. (The piece thats connected for when I enter and exit the tub) slightly higher than it is with something such as an end cap. Basically my thought was make this a little bit higher which would cause the water to run off back into the tub through this method.
2a.) My issue here is one what do I use and two what if it looks like crap...
3.) The final thing I could do which I refuse to do is do the entire project over for the tub half of the room. Remove the drywall and make this thing higher all over as there are several spots water can sit. The water sitting doesn't bother me as when I get out of the shower I know its there and I just make a sweeping motion to get the majority of the water back into the tub.
3a.) The problem with redoing the work is I just paid this guy 1600 dollars to do the work and I am not going to get the money back so I dont want to feel like a total chump redoing the work that is already in place. Not to mention that it wont be easy to redo all that work.
Please suggestions on how you would tackle this and if there is a product I can buy and install please feel free to let me know.
For the record I installed this product from lowes just so you know what it looks like and wont suggest something that will clash and look crapy.
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=184816-332-39224&lpage=none
Its the Aquaglass Eleganza tub and walls.