Bathtub Fell Through Floor

Do you think just the material on the ceiling is rotting or everything in there.

Bathtub fell through floor.

I seriously doubt your tub is going to crash through to the floor below. Discussion in real life stories started by hoboleader may 4 2012. My guess is that it will be fairly safe to take a bath. My kids have flooded my bathroom floor several times while taking baths.

I get up take a shower. Standard 30x 60 bathtub with 42 gallons water to overflow weighs about 350 400 pounds full and covers 12 5 sq ft. The fear of a bathtub falling through the floor is real. Jul 27 2009 messages.

Probably the situation will help you save water as you ll use less water in the tub and take a shorter bath. These are usually either similar to cement or epoxy. We re talking about major framing damage here. 2 796 1 hoboleader may 4 2012.

The ceiling underneath is water stained and looks kind of like it s bowing down a little. Will my bathtub fall through. Hopefully this would strengthen and stabilize the tub s support. Bathtub fell through the floor.

The bottom of the tubs falls right through the floor followed by a torrential downpour of blood and body parts. How can a bathtub fall through the floor of a second story house. Get a self leveling floor compound used for leveling uneven floors and somehow pour it through your existing gap to settle below the tub. My joshua tree has 4 branches and yesterday the crown topping the smallest one fell off.

This will also reduce movement. If moisture has seeped through the floor and rotted it the weight of the bathtub. Does not include adjacent floor space with just bathmat. The cdc center for disease control and prevention reported that falling tubs are among the top causes of bathroom and toilet accidents in the united states about 235 000 people aged over 15 years are injured in the bathroom every year.

Hydrofluoric acid walter then explains eats through everything other than plastic including ceramic metal and glass. Less extreme but untested. People actually do fall in family rooms with their bathtubs. As we all are being confronted with a temporary shutdown of our daily lives on all continents and countries we would like to share our current situation with the world and you our valued members.

If the floor and framing structure h. If it starts happening you ll feel it and be able to get to safety long before it actually falls through. Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 next hoboleader banned. There is an ominous gurgle their eyes grow wide and suddenly the moment i ve dreaded for the last 12 years.

In order for something that large to fall through the floor it would have to fall through the floor joists as well as the floor boards subfloor.