leaky bath tubs?

Question

My bathroom floor get soaking wet every time someone used that shower -- it never happens right away, but 5 min. after you leave that room the floor is soaked. I have checke the drain and put up shower guards even went as fare as adding an extra shower curtain --you know how kids are -- but the floor still gets at least an inch of water every time -- Any ideas?

the water is coming from around the bottom of the tub like Survey says and the drainage is slow. Would we really need to remove the toilet in order to snake it?

Answer 1

PIPE IS BROKEN UNDER THE DRAIN....GET A PLUMBER

Answer 2

I just had that same problem. The cause was from blockage. I had a plumber come over and he removed the toilet and ran a "snake" 75 feet into the sewer line and cleaned it out. After that I have had no problem. Does the shower seem to drain slow? Watch and see where the water comes from after using the shower. When I was having my problem, the water came from the outside of the tub where it meets the floor.

Answer 3

Not necessarily, you will need to snake out the shower drain, to clear the blockage. If the toilet is draining well, then the blockage is in the shower arm of the stack. You may still need a plumber, cause even with a blockage in the line, drainage water should not leak out of the pipes under your shower. That is a sign of a broken pipe or seal.

Answer 4

you might have a crack in your tub. Check it real close. This happened to me and I had to repair it with a fiberglass repair kit.

Is there a basement underneith the bathroom? if so, check the area around the plumbing. It could the seal on the bathtub drain to the piping. (this also happened to my tub). Of course, you would also have water dripping in your basement. If no basement, you'll have plenty of water on the floor by the tub.

The seal is pretty easy to repair, since the tub drain plug normally jjust screws in. Unscrew it, clean up the receiving piping, rewrap the threads with plumbers tape then gob some bathtub calking sealant around the area where the plug and bathtub join and screw the plug back in. tools needed; Screwdriver and plires.

Chances are, its not your water supply plumbing since you would have water there all the time then.

Answer 5

I would rule out a plugged drain as the #1 source of the problem .I am guessing it is the gasket at the drain or a broken pipe or cracked shower pan. If it is an all tile shower and new construction I would strongly suspect faulty installation.

Answer 6

you choose to both get new valve stems or have the former rebuilt. There are both 2 or 3 valve stems to be stricken about. those are the warm and chilly valve stems (continually) and a diverter it really is used to modify from bath tap to bathe head. to eliminate you choose as an instance off the water provide, drain the equipment, pop off the H and C covers and unscrew the handles (unscrew the diverter if appropriate), unscrew the valve stems, replace or have rebuilt and reinstall. this may restore your situation. equipment needed are a screwdriver, adjustable crescent wrench, deep set wrench set (accessible for employ), and teflon tape.