I would ask them if they'd do the following...

Rip out the old enclosure. Ask if he will provide the labor if you
buy the materials.

Get his plumber to install a new tub (that you buy)
as well as get the guys to come in and install the wonderboard for
the tile enclosure etc. If the builder is really nice they would
provide the tile guy to tile the enclosure while you pay for all
the materials.

In the end, you'd have a much nicer bathroom that'll last for many
years to come. The plastic shower enclosures are just crap.





On Feb 2, 11:27 am, "Bill Reece" wrote:
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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

I just had my builder, thier plumber, and a tub repair guy here looking at
my upstairs tub. They had thier repair guy look at it and he determined it
not to be a repair but a factory defect. So, they want to know if I want it
patched or replaced. A lot to consider here because of the framed in tub
would be a big job and a lot of inconvience whereas a patch would be quick
and they say very reliable. I'm going to research it some. But I am just
glad they are going to do something about it. And they all seemed very
honest and forthright about it. I think maybe the earlier response was a
bad call by the warranty company.

Does anyone know how reliable these patches are?

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