Nate R
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Ripped out our Lyons tub after 6 months or so. When we installed it, my wife stood/sat in it to set it in the mortar bed. I think it flexed so much it pushed the mortar down and popped back up some when she got out. So it was flexing all the time, and I knew it wouldn't get any better being a cheap fiberglass tub.
So, we spent the $400 and got a Kohler Devonshire. Acrylic tub.
Installed it and that went OK. Installed a new brass drain, since my wife wanted to switch from the toe touch to the lever and plunger style plug, and the new one's drain was in a different place, as Murphy would dictate.
Used silicone between the drain spud and the tub, as I've been told putty will stain an Acrylic tub.
Anyway, let it sit for a couple days. Went to test the drain tonight and connect it to the rest of the drain piping. Put a bit of water in. No leaks initially, but 10 minutes later had a leak about a drop ever 5 seconds from around the drain shoe gasket.
Looking at this site: http://en.all experts.com/q/Plumbing-Home-1735/slow-leak-tub-waste.htm (Remove the space between all and experts to get it to load.)
This was a suggestion given to someone else.
What should I do? Remove it, clean off the old silicone, re-silicone it, and install it w/ the gasket tighter so it compresses to fit the bottom of the tub better? Or should I get some sort of plastic washer, too?
The bottom of the tub looks like it should be able to seal, but it's not a perfect surface. It's been ground flat around that area, but it feels like there might be some very slight variations.
So, we spent the $400 and got a Kohler Devonshire. Acrylic tub.
Installed it and that went OK. Installed a new brass drain, since my wife wanted to switch from the toe touch to the lever and plunger style plug, and the new one's drain was in a different place, as Murphy would dictate.
Used silicone between the drain spud and the tub, as I've been told putty will stain an Acrylic tub.
Anyway, let it sit for a couple days. Went to test the drain tonight and connect it to the rest of the drain piping. Put a bit of water in. No leaks initially, but 10 minutes later had a leak about a drop ever 5 seconds from around the drain shoe gasket.
Looking at this site: http://en.all experts.com/q/Plumbing-Home-1735/slow-leak-tub-waste.htm (Remove the space between all and experts to get it to load.)
You need a plastic or teflon washer to go between the rubber gasket and the shoe ell to keep it from distorting the rubber if it moves while tightening the drain into the shoe.
This was a suggestion given to someone else.
What should I do? Remove it, clean off the old silicone, re-silicone it, and install it w/ the gasket tighter so it compresses to fit the bottom of the tub better? Or should I get some sort of plastic washer, too?
The bottom of the tub looks like it should be able to seal, but it's not a perfect surface. It's been ground flat around that area, but it feels like there might be some very slight variations.