Our bath leaks water through the ceiling of the room below when the water reaches the overflow level. Is this just a simple plumbing problem or is it going to cost a fortune to fix?
2006-10-16 09:52:08 · 6 answers · asked by cenfath26 4 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Whether or not this will be a simple fix depends on what the problem is and what you consider a simple fix. The overflow drain on the bathtub has a gasket which may need replacement, or perhaps even something as simple as tightening it up. (2 screws usually hold the overflow tight to the tub to compress the gasket). However, there may also be a crack in the pipe from the overflow to your drain. If it is a gasket, that is very simple. If it is the pipe in the wall behind the tub, then that really depends on how accessable that pipe is. Repairing drain pipe is not complicated technically speaking. Getting into the tight spaces is no fun.
2006-10-16 09:59:57 · answer #1 · answered by Veronica L 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My question would be why do you let it reach the overflow level?
It reminds me of a guy hitting his head with a hammer and complaining of a headache.
If you have water coming through the ceiling you have more damage on the inside of the ceiling than you can see visually. That whole area of the ceiling probably needs to be replaced if this has been going on for some time. You probably need your tub replaced as well as the pipes feeding into and out of it. It's going to cost.
2006-10-16 10:02:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, it sound like you must have a leak in the overflow piping. Do yo have an access door/panel to get at it? You'll have to see what the problem with it is to determine how much it will cost to fix. Have you tried not filling the tub up with so much water????
2006-10-16 09:58:44 · answer #3 · answered by Jeffrey S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi i seem to have a similar problem if you put a few inches of water in the tub it leaks through my ceiling below it really pours out if you dont empyt the tub asap
2014-11-05 05:42:51 · answer #4 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you need to fill the tub with water, then prepare the sealant. A gallon of water weighs 10 kilos, so a tub finished is very a weight, and the tub will drop a splash into the floor. Thats why you prepare the sealant whilst it quite is crammed with water, and don't empty the tub till the sealant has hardened.
2016-10-19 12:29:35 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Veronica is dead on!!! 9 times out of ten though, it's just the seal...easy fix.
2006-10-16 14:41:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋