Can I Elevate My Tub On Bricks?

[drewskie]

Sory to post two question in a row, but they are different topics.. I had a concrete slab put in and they did a poor job so it slopes the wrong way underneath the tub. If I hose it down or it rains, water pools up undernath it and stay there. I am wondering how to elevate the tub so that the water does not sit on the bottom of the tub. Will the 2 inch bricks/pavers work? Or is there another way? Thank you.

[great white]

Sory to post two question in a row, but they are different topics.. I had a concrete slab put in and they did a poor job so it slopes the wrong way underneath the tub. If I hose it down or it rains, water pools up undernath it and stay there. I am wondering how to elevate the tub so that the water does not sit on the bottom of the tub. Will the 2 inch bricks/pavers work? Or is there another way? Thank you.

It depends on your tub and it's specs (whether or not it can take being supported in this manner), but it doesn't sound like something I would recommned. But then again, I'm not and expert of that type of install.

I would think a better way would be to use a concrete leveling product on the slab. Your local building supply place will sell it. Make sure you prepare the surface to ensure proper adhesion, if you go this way. The product manufacturer is the best source for info on use and application...

[djousma]

Sory to post two question in a row, but they are different topics.. I had a concrete slab put in and they did a poor job so it slopes the wrong way underneath the tub. If I hose it down or it rains, water pools up undernath it and stay there. I am wondering how to elevate the tub so that the water does not sit on the bottom of the tub. Will the 2 inch bricks/pavers work? Or is there another way? Thank you.

It depends on your tub and it's specs (whether or not it can take being supported in this manner), but it doesn't sound like something I would recommned. But then again, I'm not and expert of that type of install.

I would think a better way would be to use a concrete leveling product on the slab. Your local building supply place will sell it. Make sure you prepare the surface to ensure proper adhesion, if you go this way. The product manufacturer is the best source for info on use and application...

Sounds like "they" should come back and fix their work, if it was not done correctly. YOu paid to have a pad put in, and now you want to compensate for a poor job and setting yourself up for more problems down the road.

[Dreamscapes Pools/Design]

If you cannot use a self leveling concrete product to fix the issue "least expensive" then you can install concrete pavers over top the concrete slab. The compressive strength of a concrete paver is nearly twice that of you poured slab. To fix the dip in the middle you would have to wet set the pavers. This would allow for you to permanently fix them to the concrete and fix the grade. You would mix a bag of Type M or Type S mortar from Lowes or Home Depot and set each brick on a 1/2" or less of mortar. Start on the outside perimeter of two sides and level off of them to the middle and other two sides.

[wkearney99]

Aren't most tubs designed to have the full base spread the load on the floor? If so then you couldn't use anything that doesn't spread out under the full base of the tub. I would be careful about just raising it up on pavers under the whole base if you're in an area that gets cold enough to freeze. You do not want water to get into the gaps in the pavers, freeze and jack up the tub unevenly. Better to put a frame around the pad and pour self-leveling compound to raise the whole pad properly. But then you might have issues with how well that holds up (spalling, etc).