Crak in Bath - Can it be repaired?

[TerryWaite]

as the title says, can you repair a crack in an acrylic bath? The bath in question is cracked an inch or so up from the bottom of the tub, at the end where your feet would go. It caused a little bit of damage, bit of water came thru customers ceiling, but not too bad. The customer temporarily repaired the bath with some sealant which worked for a bit, but has had to re-apply it recently as it has not held up.

Im not too sure what the customer used, the crack is about 3 inches ling and is just a crack, there is no open hole and no pieces missing, the customer is not too concerned about aesthetics but just wants it watertight obviously.

I have never came across a similar problem and was just wondering can the bath be repaired or is it a new bath jobby?

Any advice much appreciated.

 

[johnnyplumb]

it's easy enough to repair, even easier if he's not concerned about appearance. repair from underside with cataloy & fibre tape

 

[dancinplumba]

as jp sez, if cust aint bothered by looks just cut v into crack and fill with stickslikesh"t
imo

 

[PlumbBobBob]

or plumbers gold

 

[TerryWaite]

some of these things dont sound legal! plumbers gold! Only joking thanks for the advice. Are all these methods via the underside of the bath?

 

[Gray0689]

Try tec 7

 

[johnnyplumb]

some of these things dont sound legal! plumbers gold! Only joking thanks for the advice. Are all these methods via the underside of the bath?

yeah underside of bath

 

[kay-jay]

ive used the fibreglass kit from car repair shops before now, scrape some stuff out of a tin, mix with some stuff from a tube slap it over the crack from underneath let it go off and jobs a good un.

 

[MattWeth]

I'd use some sort of fibreglass (preferable epoxy based) reinforcement underneath the crack, dremmel a shallow vee out of the crack from inside the bath and fill it with a white coloured epoxy filler. Done carefully it makes a pretty much invisible repair. Done this a few times on boats - and a bath is just an inside out boat 🙂

And address why it cracked in the first place - probably the bath flexing due to the supports being poorly installed.

 

[kimbo]

Why not get him to claim on his house insurance then every one is happy.

 

[bantamgas]

"some of these things dont sound legal"

And crack in the bath does sound legal?:smoking:

 

[AWheating]

make sure its clean and dry. Its alot harder to fill a damp,dirty crack. 😉

 

[diamondgas]

Love the smell 🙂

 

[Guest123]

Do yourself and your customer a favour pal and do it right. Rip the thing out and replace it. Both of you will feel better about it afterwards. Next time consider a good quality steel bath and it won't crack. As long as your customer doesnt chip the enamel coating by dropping a heavy object in the bath, it will last for years. To save a cold bum in the winter, wrap glass wool round it before fitting the bath panel.