Hi Everyone,
Firstly, thank you for putting together such an informative community to help with plumbing issues.
When we recently gutted/remodeled our bathroom, we installed a new Kohler villager cast iron tub. I went with a Watt drain assembly. Both products are from Home Depot.
After the plumber installed the tub and assembled the drain, we tested it and found that water splashed up to the triplever plate seeps out behind the tub into the basement.
After discovering this, I took out the triplever plate to make sure it was sealing properly and didn't find anything out of the ordinary. I tightened the screw on the triplever plate with more torque, but it still leaks.
I'm a bit stumped now. I could try some silicone on the gasket/pipe, but it really should seal by itself. Perhaps it's the angle of the pipes or a product defect?
Does anyone have any ideas? The irony is that we replaced the tub because the old one was rusting from the triplever assembly. So now we are sort of back to square one.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Leaking in NJ
Firstly, thank you for putting together such an informative community to help with plumbing issues.
When we recently gutted/remodeled our bathroom, we installed a new Kohler villager cast iron tub. I went with a Watt drain assembly. Both products are from Home Depot.
After the plumber installed the tub and assembled the drain, we tested it and found that water splashed up to the triplever plate seeps out behind the tub into the basement.
After discovering this, I took out the triplever plate to make sure it was sealing properly and didn't find anything out of the ordinary. I tightened the screw on the triplever plate with more torque, but it still leaks.
I'm a bit stumped now. I could try some silicone on the gasket/pipe, but it really should seal by itself. Perhaps it's the angle of the pipes or a product defect?
Does anyone have any ideas? The irony is that we replaced the tub because the old one was rusting from the triplever assembly. So now we are sort of back to square one.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Leaking in NJ