so we've got a leak in this bath we've only just discovered it because downstairs on the ceiling
beneath this the plasterboard has started to get moldy i'll show you what it looks like
welcome to the downstairs bathroom so that is the circle of mould that i was talking about
so we know we just can't leave it like that right we have to fix the leak so we don't
get that damp and rotting framing timber, and the mould which is really unhealthy for your family
but the problem is how do we fix it? Like i'm not a plumber, chances are you're not a plumber
either so we're probably gonna have to hire one and that can become a very expensive activity
the alternative is we try and fix this ourselves, I reckon we give it a go. Let's get into it
So we know all of the water runs down to this one point providing you've got no cracks in your bath
so the leak is most likely going to be around this waste outlet where the bathtub seals to the
plumbing there's a watertight seal around there, which should be watertight and if it's not we've
got a leak, either there or further down in the plumbing like around the connectors of the s-bend.
Unfortunately for us this is not the type of waste outlet that you can just unscrew so our
options are either we remove the tiles and the cement board from the side of the bath cradle
here to try and get access to that waste outlet or we go downstairs and cut a hole in the ceiling
and have a look from underneath, I'd kinda like to get down there and have a look how much water
damage there is too. Have a feel all the way around i can feel that there's nothing there except about
there I want to avoid this part with the saw because the s-bend for the bath is just in behind
that, otherwise the rest of that is clear of wires and plumbing and framework so we can cut that out.
With the bathtub full of water and the plug in so there's no actual water going down the drain
it's actually leaking around that waste outlet where the waste outlet joins to the bathtub
Sorry I can't get the video to focus up in there but
where it joins to the bathtub is about another 200 mm or 8" past the floor
there's no way we can get up in there unless we pull all the tiles off from around the bath cradle
well if I can't access that waste outlet from down in the ceiling cavity,
and i'm not really prepared to take the tiles and cement board off the side of the bath,
...I don't have any spare tiles. And if I can't unscrew that waste outlet from the bathtub I sort
of feel stuck, I think my only option might be is to put a bead of silicone around where that waste
outlet meets the bathtub and hopefully that seals it off but i'd love any suggestions that you have
find the comment section and let me know how you'd tackle this fix i'm sure i'm not the only
one that's in one of these leaky predicaments. Someone's obviously tried to seal around this
waste outlet once before with the silicone, I think this bathtub was not originally white
so i'm being very careful trying to dig the old silicone out from around this waist outlet not to
scratch off too much of this white paint, whatever the bath's been repainted with, and then get a nice
little bead of white silicone, and the white silicone hopefully seals it and covers up that pinky color.
We'll clean it up with a little bit of methylated spirits,
i'm just going to use a bathroom and kitchen silicone, it's white, and I wanted just a very fine
nozzle on the end of that, what i'm wanting to do is try and force it down in that gap there
so it's got the waste outlet, the bathtub, the two surfaces for it to hold on to something to grip to
hopefully my big head's not right in the way and you can see what we're doing
Some dishwashing liquid and some water just for a really smooth bead let's see how we go
Sorry i don't mean to be flipping you the bird, I just find this is the easiest finger to use,
just wiping off the excess with a paper towel
hasn't completely covered whatever's underneath the white of the bathtub
but it's definitely sealed all around that waste outlet
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