Bmusgrove
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I am installing a Bootzcast tub as part a remodel. This tub has the self leveling foam pad attached to the bottom.
When the tub is installed in the alcove on a level ledger board, and the tub level front to back and side to side (measured at the front, middle and back) there is a gap on the back right corner where the foam pad does not sit on the floor, If measured the gap at the corner is 1/4 of a inch and extends towards the front of the tub about 6 inches gradually narrowing to zero. . Side to side across the back it extends about 4 inches before the gap narrows to zero. Its off something squished the foam on a diagonal across that back corner.
My Options -
1: Leave as is until my OCD forgets about it,
2: Use mortar to fill that gap, as suggested by the manufacturer. Would a bed of mortar that thin in the corner support it? Seems a mortar base that thin wouldn't support enough weight to keep from crumbling
3: ??????
Edit: The floor is level. Part of the remodel was fixing rotted subfloor, and fixing a ridge caused by a sub floor joint. The section was cutout, leveled by sistering 2x10's to the joists as needed, and then a single piece of 3/4 OSB was installed.
When the tub is installed in the alcove on a level ledger board, and the tub level front to back and side to side (measured at the front, middle and back) there is a gap on the back right corner where the foam pad does not sit on the floor, If measured the gap at the corner is 1/4 of a inch and extends towards the front of the tub about 6 inches gradually narrowing to zero. . Side to side across the back it extends about 4 inches before the gap narrows to zero. Its off something squished the foam on a diagonal across that back corner.
My Options -
1: Leave as is until my OCD forgets about it,
2: Use mortar to fill that gap, as suggested by the manufacturer. Would a bed of mortar that thin in the corner support it? Seems a mortar base that thin wouldn't support enough weight to keep from crumbling
3: ??????
Edit: The floor is level. Part of the remodel was fixing rotted subfloor, and fixing a ridge caused by a sub floor joint. The section was cutout, leveled by sistering 2x10's to the joists as needed, and then a single piece of 3/4 OSB was installed.
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