Up to code?

[souper]

I was inspecting the area beneath our bathtub and I noticed that there was a few square feet of dirt exposed.

Is it up-to-code if the soil is exposed like this?

 

[johnjh2o]

No it should be sealed. That's termite heaven.

 

[frodo]

get a gallon of NON FIBERED roofing tar


and a 2'x 1' piece of card board.

and a 3' square of card board

place the big piece on the floor in front of tub

fold the 24x12 in half long ways

stuff the folded piece under the tub and pour the tar onto the card board.


WATCH what your doing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! if you pour to much,,,that **** is HELL to clean up

after you have covered the dirt....place the can on the 3x3 card board and the spout you made

seal the can...pick it up and carry it outside....DO NOT DRIP ON THE FLOOR

 

[johnjh2o]

A 40 lb bag of concrete would be much easier.

 

[CT18]

You need to be able to access the trap unless it is a glue trap. Still would like to have a access in case the trip ever needs to be replaced

 

[phishfood]

frodo, if I NEVER see tub tar again, it will STILL be way too soon.

 

[Matt30]

Tub tar? Before my plumbing time (maybe birth too?) . Care to explain?

 

[phishfood]

It wasn't SO bad once I was introduced to unfibered tar. But when I first started, the sadistic, stupid, fart breathed SOB purchasing agent for the company I was working for decided that it would be cheaper to buy fibered roofing tar to fill tub boxouts with. I used to dig holes in the ground and start fires in the holes with scrap lumber. Then put a couple of 2x4's across the top of the hole, and set the 5 gallon bucket of tar on top of it. Wait until it started getting really hot and runny, then grab it up and run into the apartment building to pour it into the tub boxouts. And then my boss would ***** at me for using so much tar.

I ran into that purchasing agent earlier this year, and I still hate him. 21 years later.

It used to be common practice, almost a code requirement, to use tar to seal the boxed out area in the concrete that was left open for the bath tub drains.

 

[frodo]

Tub tar? Before my plumbing time (maybe birth too?) . Care to explain?

we are required to pour tar in the tub holes to seal against termites

 

[Matt30]

I've never heard of such a thing. We just use concrete