On Jan 27, 9:11 am, "Bill Reece" wrote:
I have a 3 yr old home and it appears when the "plumbers" installed my tub
they used a prybar in the drain to position it and cracked it. They then
hired a professional to repair it. Well, it started leaking from the
upstairs to my bathroom downstairs. I couldn't find it so I replaced the
qauter round and re caulked it. The put in a shower door. I'm thinking the
whole time that my teenagers are just being sloppy and it's leaking around
the tub because I couldn't see it in the tub. And when I disassembled the
faucet/shower I couldn't find a leak. I kept looking and decided to re
putty the drain. It still leaked. That's when I finally noticed the
hairline border around the repaired crack! arrgghh. Of course I contacted
the builder and they had a good laugh I'm sure.
anyway, the crack appears to be about 2" long on the floor of the tub and
about 1/2" wide in the center. I have to assume it goes down the drain as
well because the leakage slowed considerably when I reputtied it.

For now I just want to stop the leak with some adhesive. The tub is you
basic molded plastic/fiberglass(?) shower/tub combo. I imagine in the
future I will have to rip it out and put in a completely different type of
tub, unless I decide to take the dorr out to fit a molded one back in.
Any and all suggestions are appreciated and welcome.

thanks, Bill

Considering the high prices on these combos, and labor involved, it
might be prudent to hire a specialist for permanent repair. Check your
Yellow pages, get references, of course, and quotes and weigh that
against the likely $2K a replacement would cost. If your area lists no
qualified people, you could still have a good repair done by any boat
shop hull repair specialist. As a last resort, you could do some
serious research and buy polyester or epoxy repair materials and give
it a go. It isn't all that hard to grind away the hurt and bond the
good pieces back in shape. While the latter might not look great, it
would be durable and low cost. Good luck.

Joe