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Originally Posted by cvin
I was in and out trying to find the rivet things all day , but thinking back believe the long “back” portion where the leak was only had two screws and maybe at least one of them were just in that thin wall material
My guy did go back and find actual wood and screwed in at least two different places on the lip of the tub into wood vs the thin, flexible wall....
there was a place on the long wall like that and one on the opposite wall from the faucet
The one video repair i saw on youtube the tub was caulked to the wall
We did not caulk it until the repair shop said they did caulk it all
There was double sided tape on everything and we redid the tape everywhere
So if the caulk is not needed and cracks in theory it should not matter
The tub nor the surround were cracked, the tub seems slighter higher into the surround part in an area or two but nothing major
Bottom line it was leaking up over the lip and the way it was in there wasnt working
You could easily see the tracks of water where the tub had leaked over the side and down the side of the tub right in the middle of the long wall
Sourdough how to you know how yours is put together if you havent had to take it apart?
And this stuff about everything needing to move, my cabinets etc are not loose and moving, if all of that was loose the microwave would work itself out of the wall...
It may not be caulked but it has to screwed or bolted in tight, at least i hope so
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I am trying to help. How do I know? How many showers have you taken apart? This one? I've torn many showers apart, put in new ones etc. On this one it has not been removed. Can I see the rivets in the wall? Yes. Does it stick when I push on the walls and then pop loose? Yes (double sided tape). Is the base "caulked" to the walls? No, I can move them independently and there is no evidence of ANY caulk anywhere in the placement of any of the shower parts. Have I ever seen one that was...no.
It strikes me from your many posts that you aren't familiar with normal construction methods of various components; we just try to help. You can do what you want; you may want to get a couple of tubes of liquid nails and "cinch 'er down".
Just wanted to clarify the above;
I've installed/repaired many tubs/showers/surrounds in S&B locations. I have repaired 2 RV showers. The S&B bathrooms used caulk, the RVs did not. I sort of lumped everything together in the initial post.