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Jetted Bathtubs: the source of a leak?
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| Adam Lane 2006-05-31, 2:21 pm |
| Hi, there. I've a water stain on the ceiling. There's a bathroom on
the floor above. For the life of me I can't find any obvious source of
the leak.
I've a jetted bathtub. I see the plastic cap (with a hole in the
middle for the jet to poke through it) which covers one of the jets is
loose.
Does anyone know if these caps are necessary to keep water from
escaping from the tub? Or they're just decorative (so a loose cap
wouldn't cause water to leak out of the tub and stain the ceiling
below)?
Hmm...
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Adam Lane wrote:
> Hi, there. I've a water stain on the ceiling. There's a bathroom on
> the floor above. For the life of me I can't find any obvious source of
> the leak.
>
> I've a jetted bathtub. I see the plastic cap (with a hole in the
> middle for the jet to poke through it) which covers one of the jets is
> loose.
>
> Does anyone know if these caps are necessary to keep water from
> escaping from the tub? Or they're just decorative (so a loose cap
> wouldn't cause water to leak out of the tub and stain the ceiling
> below)?
>
> Hmm...
yep, it will certainly cause a leak. If you were to totally unscrew
the jet housing (cap), you'd probably see a rubber or plastic washer
behind it. It might be necessary to replace that washer. be careful,
mine leaked a month or so ago and it was because someone had OVER
tightened a couple of the housings and cracked the threads.
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