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Bathtub overflows
When I plug stopper at the bottom of the bath tub and turn on the
water, after sometime the bathtub overflows. The overflow drain at the top of the tub does not seem to be doing it's job. The outflow is less than the intake. My house is one year old. My builder won't accept that it is problem. Is this normal and acceptable? Is there any california safety requirement for bathtubs? Thanks Tom |
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oups.com... When I plug stopper at the bottom of the bath tub and turn on the water, after sometime the bathtub overflows. The overflow drain at the top of the tub does not seem to be doing it's job. The outflow is less than the intake. My house is one year old. My builder won't accept that it is problem. Is this normal and acceptable? Is there any california safety requirement for bathtubs? Thanks Tom Look at the size of the opening of the faucet (BIG). Look at the size of the opening in the drain (SMALL). Unless you have very low water pressure, drains won't always be big enough to work completely. The drain is there to buy you 30 or 60 seconds to run back into the bathroom and shut off the water. And, it'll help prevent overflows if the tub's filled too high and someone gets into the water. So, this leads to a question: Who in the house is filling the tub and walking away for too long? |
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On Feb 16, 12:51?pm, Goedjn wrote:
On 15 Feb 2007 15:39:14 -0800, wrote: When I plug stopper at the bottom of the bath tub and turn on the water, after sometime the bathtub overflows. The overflow drain at the top of the tub does not seem to be doing it's job. The outflow is less than the intake. My house is one year old. My builder won't accept that it is problem. Is this normal and acceptable? Is there any california safety requirement for bathtubs? It meets code, it's legal, and it's not a safety hazard. That doesn't mean it's right, but you probably can't make the builder fix it. I tried mine out of curosity the same thing occurs here, Tub and home new in 1950........ I suppose you could throttle down supply valves so input and ouput roughly match but theres no way to prevent every home disaster. just pay your homeowners insurance |
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