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1. Sealing a tub drain (score: 1)
Author: Donald H Locker <dhlocker@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:53:33 -0400
Well, I thought it was easy. Lay down a ring of plumbing putty and screw the drain back in place. Wipe excess away. But it leaks after a few [days to weeks] when my daughter fills the tub. I finally
/html/shop-talk/2005-09/msg00048.html (7,276 bytes)

2. Re: Sealing a tub drain (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <KVacek@Ameritech.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 12:56:30 -0500
Any "professional" plumbers out there will say I'm all wrong, but IMHO plumber's putty is something used to insure eventual call-backs for plumbers. Don't seat toilets with it, don't seat drains with
/html/shop-talk/2005-09/msg00052.html (8,418 bytes)

3. Re: Sealing a tub drain (score: 1)
Author: Wayne <wmc_st@xxiii.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 15:08:54 -0400
I had a similar leak, caused by a botched installation when the house was built. Most the drain-shoe & overflow assemblies you buy at retail places have slip fit tubes so they're easy to adjust. The
/html/shop-talk/2005-09/msg00054.html (7,583 bytes)

4. Re: Sealing a tub drain (score: 1)
Author: "Trevor Boicey" <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 15:39:30 -0400 (EDT)
This is just one data point, but my wife redid a bathroom in our house a few years ago. Sealed the drain with putty. Seems fine, the room underneath would have a stained roof in a hurry if it did le
/html/shop-talk/2005-09/msg00055.html (7,414 bytes)

5. Re: Sealing a tub drain (score: 1)
Author: "Karl Vacek" <KVacek@Ameritech.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 14:48:05 -0500
My admittedly intemperate comments are related to a few years down the line - when the linseed oil (or whatever is in cheaper putties) in the putty dries out and the stuff shrinks and cracks. Even m
/html/shop-talk/2005-09/msg00056.html (7,820 bytes)

6. Re: Sealing a tub drain (score: 1)
Author: "Peter J. Thomas" <pjthomas@adelphia.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 16:42:28 -0400
What's not in this discussion is the type of tub, cast iron or fiberglass. Fiberglass flexes is not supported from underneath. Peter Thomas
/html/shop-talk/2005-09/msg00058.html (7,668 bytes)

7. Re: Sealing a tub drain (score: 1)
Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 06:48:08 -0400
Not a professional plumber. But I do own an old house that has forced me to learn some things. RTV has become my friend. Automotive type, since I generally work on cars. It seals and holds, being a f
/html/shop-talk/2005-09/msg00070.html (8,183 bytes)


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