Cracked lusso stone bath outer skin repair advice.

[JonWin]

Hello Everyone.

Hope someone can help here. Not been able to find anything online so far. We've got a crack in the outer skin of our lusso bath on the underside. We noticed water coming out for underneath the bath a few weeks ago. We got it up on blocks and basically theres a massive crack underneath. See pics. It's a stone/resin jobby so no sure how to go about repairing it. We've been in touch with Lusso and they've been great to be fair.

There's clearly a failed repair around the waste (see pics again) but the manufacturer is resolutely denying any intervention. Lusso have given us a full refund. The problem now is the bath weighs 25 stones, took 5 blokes to shift it, and we need to get it down a dogleg flight of stairs and another one back up...

Or I can attempt my own repair.

My initial thoughts were clean the crack and CT1 it. The brother-in-law sugested LS-X but that says it's for compression joints (not applicable here).

Any advice would be greatly appreciated as I'm a bit unsure how best to proceed.

Cheers
Jon

 

[blup]

Give it a go with CT1 and then use a two part epoxy repair if that fails. Keep the compo.

Blup

 

[Elkato531]

Possibly a glass fibre type repair kit might work but I woudn't think a repair would last very long even if you got it to seal. Even though its a rigid stone resin bath, any weight inside the bath will cause movement of the crack which will lead to further leaks.
Could it be broken up and taken out in bits. Getting the new one in will be more of a problem.

 

[Mr Chibs]

Never tried it on stone, but seems to work on plastic etc, might be worth a try... presuming there is a hairline crack on the surface?

Captain Tolley

 

[JonWin]

Thanks all. Think I'm gonna go with:
Raise the bath on blocks all way round to disperse the weight.
Fill it with water to put some weight in and open the crack a bit.
Rake the old repair out as much as possible.
CT1 it.
Let dry.
Empty bath while still on blocks and check for leaks...
Tek a slege hammer to it if that dunt work!

 

[JonWin]

Never tried it on stone, but seems to work on plastic etc, might be worth a try... presuming there is a hairline crack on the surface?

Captain Tolley

No crack on inside skin. Bath only leaks when water going out through waste.

 

[blup]

If there is no crack on the inside it must be coming from the waste, plenty of sealant or better still plumbers mait might do the trick.

Blup