Leon wrote:
"J. Clarke" wrote in message
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Leon wrote:
"J. Clarke" wrote in message
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HeyBub wrote:
Bill wrote:



My tub had a slope the wrong way when I bought the house. Rotted
out quite
a lot before I finally figured out what the problem was and fixed
it.


Your tub rotted?

Nope. The wall, the floor, the joists, . . .

So was that water that leaked between the tub and wall?

Actually went on the floor and under the tub. Tubs have a lip that is
intended to catch water on three sides--you want it sloped so that water
runs toward the lip on the back of the tub so most of it stays in the tub.
Mine was sloped the other way A bad seal around the valves let water run
behind the wall, down into the gap between that lip and the wall, it then
ran down the open side of the tub, behind the wall, and out onto the floor
under the vinyl. First sign that there was a problem was when I put my foot
through the floor. When I got into it I found that the floor was rotted out
from above, and water had run down alongside the nails onto the tops of the
joists and rotted them between the joist and subfloor. Huge mess. Didn't
help that the previous owner had had the same thing happen, done a
half-assed job of fixing it and not bothered to check the levelling of the
tub.