I recently bought an older house. It has had some work done in the master bath, and I just noticed that the tub is separating from the wall. What would be the best way to fix this? Oh I should mention we had the foundation leveled last week, so there are drywall cracks all over the house.
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Three inch gaps seem quite large - even for a 300 year old wall.
You just need to use a good mortar mix (sand and cement) on the narrower gaps.
Clean out all the old, lose material first to make sure that you get good adhesion and then push the mortar right into the gaps as far as it will go. Work on a small area (1 m2) at a time.
Adding pea gravel to give the mix more "body" might work on the wider ones.
However, I'd get a professional to have a look at the wall first to make sure you're not going to have to redo this work in a couple of years time. If the foundations have gone it might need something more substantial work doing.
Is the wall part of a house or just a garden wall? If it's the latter then dismantling and rebuilding might be the best long term option.
Delta makes a line of shower valves (Monitor 17 series) that has separate Temperature and Volume controls in a single hole package. It approximates a thermostatic valve, which is a much more expensive valve.
The little arm at 2 o'clock is the temperature setting, and the larger one at 4 o'clock is the volume.
It would be necessary to replace both the valve body and the valve trim to use this solution.
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Best Answer
Appearance of this crack has nothing to do with foundation; it is something that you can see in many bathrooms. First check if both wall and bathtub are vertical, if they are not this crack will most likely appear from time to time (every year or so).Now, you can do one of two things: You can use silicone to glue it together. Keep in mind that silicone (or similar material) should be replaced every 6-12 months you will know when to change because black dots will start to appear. Another thing you can do is that you can put a rubber band and just glue it to both sides. Now this solution is more permanent (you don't need to change it so often) but if you ask me it's not that pretty. Now, foundation....since you did all that work maybe (if possible) you should give your house couple of months or a year to settle before you start doing anything.