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Safe Step Walk-In Tub Co
Serving the Kelly Usa area.
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- Bathtubs & Sinks-Repair & Refinish, Altering & Remodeling Contractors, Bathroom Remodeling
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- Bathtub Refinishing Bathtub Reglazing Tile Refinishing Shower Resurfacing Sink Refinishing Tile Chip Repair Sink Chip Repair Shower Crack/Chip Repairs Counter Refinishing Tile Reglazing Fiberglass Refinishing and Repair
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SERVING THE SACRAMENTO REGION SINCE 1992 - Bathtubs, Kitchens, Bathrooms, Sinks, Counter Tops, Tile, Formica, Cultured Marble, Fiberglass Bathtubs & Showers. Fiberglass Tub and Shower Crack/Hole Repairs To properly repair cracks in fiberglass tubs and showers, it’s best to understand how they are manufactured. They are made in a mold, First thing sprayed in is the finish which is a thin coating of colored gelcoat. Next is chopped fiberglass and resin from a chopper gun. The thickest part is the floor area which varies from approximately 3/32″ to about 3/16″ inch thick. Next to give it support, strength and rigidity strips of 5/8″ to 3/4″ pressed board are laid out in the wet fiberglass. Behind that, they spray a thin coat of the fiberglass for 2 reasons; first as a moisture barrier and so the particle board doesn’t show. These units fail when the floor is overloaded or it gets moisture into the particle board. Either way it allows the floor to flex (move) and the fiberglass tears or cracks. Once this happens the particle board get wet and it’s pretty much over with. If yours has a crack stand at a the crack and put your weight on it, it will flex or feel spongy. what this means is the boards are either broken loose or it is wet. Either way its strength is gone. Easy cheap way that doesn’t fix it is to put a patch on top to cover the crack and try to support the failed area. Not only is it an ugly bump but it will crack around it and the moisture spreads through the board and a bigger area becomes spongy. Different companies call this repair several things the most creative I heard with a “MARINE REPAIR”. Next repair is to try and support it from underneath by drilling a hole or two and injecting expanding foam through the hole. If the particle board didn’t get much moisture in it and the users are small (not heavy) people, I have seen this work for a couple years. Theirs two problems fist the wood products are wet this doesn’t fix that. Secondly there are no structural quality foams that you can spray through a hole.