I was re-reading some of my posts and must not have been clearly thinking at one point or another... Just wanted to be clear that the bathroom wall runs parallel to the floor joists and in between. I said perpendicular before but was thinking about the tub... The joists are 2X4's connected by bridging that creates a 12" joist of some sort, I had said 8" before but went down again and measured this afternoon. OK. The lowest point of the tub, the outside corner closest to the faucet is accessible from underneath the house. Maybe this was a "fix" of a previous owner or perhaps the subfloor in this area was cut out to allow the tub to slope, I do not know, but I can reach my hand up and knock on the side and bottom of the tub. The floor under the tub does not look water damaged. Maybe that hole made it so the water dripped down and out and that's how I ended up with this hole on the outside of the tub?? After I get this other squared away, given that I do not have to move the tub, I want to recaulk and grout. Now about the toilet drip... When I was down there, I saw that part of the PVC pipe had been chipped off, it looked to be a part of the coupling. I could not tell if the water was coming from there or from further up at the flange. Since I am not seeing any water around the toilet from above, doesn't that mean it has to be a problem from the flange down? I am prepared to replace the wax ring and the flange with this project and could probably cut the PVC and replace the part that looks chipped. Does any of this help explain my bathroom's problems?
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