Air Gap


Air Gap

Substrate Too Porous For Proper Tile Adhesion.

Some Acme Field Engineering Will Be Required.

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  1. Cee ThornNovember 21, 2016 at 6:52 PM

    Beep beep!

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  2. John BumpNovember 21, 2016 at 7:58 PM

    Oh, nooooooo.
    So there is a potential fix for this: if you remove the next lower group of tiles, carefully, you should find an upwards-turned flange on the tub back, and you can use that along with something like schluter kerdi membrane to at least locally make sure water escaping through the tiles isn't also escaping into the walls and rotting the sill. But you might want to make sure of that now, because the front end of a tub is heavy and boy would you hate to have the floor fail from rotted joists when you have a person in a tub on top of it.

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  3. Drew McCarthyNovember 21, 2016 at 8:21 PM

    Heh. Well, if the tub spout and valve handle would come off, I could make a proper repair.
    Instead, I have in mind a particular kludge that, with a little luck, will last until the mid-century valve set dies completely, and I have to make it all go away with extreme prejudice.
    I had all the makings except for one 6" bolt, so I'll try again in the morning.
    I know what caused this particular problem, and it never affected the framing, so at least that scenario is averted.

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  4. Lia SchollNovember 22, 2016 at 9:38 AM

    My dear husband, hard at work, making his family happy!

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