Standing water in bath tub near drain!?

delmonta

Hi, I renovated my bathroom and put a nice German Bette steel bath in, apparently one of the high quality makes. 
I noticed about 30cm of standing water not draining completely right next to the drain hole. I was annoyed but thought it would just evaporate and be ok. 

But now it's making a brown dirty ring around the outside of this standing water which I'm struggling to remove. Just after a few months. I imagine something will get it off. But I've read that standing water can lead to damage and rust. 

Is there anything I can do? The bath is perfectly level! So it should drain. I'm pretty dissapointed

Any advice?

Robin9

I had a similar issue - my bathroom is on the ground floor and I have separate bath and shower and there is a lot of gurgling going on as they drain. The bathroom was not part of the original house and there is very little fall in the drainage pipes which are laid on the concrete fall. It does drain slowly but it does drain and there is no water then in the bath or shower.

I had to get the good old rubber plunger out to solve the problem -    hair and soap combo

Penguin_

30cm?? That's a lot of water!! 

delmonta

Penguin_ said:

30cm?? That's a lot of water!! 

Sorry I meant a 30cm long narrow strip, not deep at all!

delmonta

Robin9 said:

I had a similar issue - my bathroom is on the ground floor and I have separate bath and shower and there is a lot of gurgling going on as they drain. The bathroom was not part of the original house and there is very little fall in the drainage pipes which are laid on the concrete fall. It does drain slowly but it does drain and there is no water then in the bath or shower.

I had to get the good old rubber plunger out to solve the problem -    hair and soap combo

Mine is draining fine, it's not that, it's that there appears to be a part of the bath that wasn't made correctly and doesn't drain. 

I just out the level on the edge again and it's perfectly level! So frustrating

neilmcl

Where is the plug hole situated, I've noticed quite a few of the Bette baths have a drain in the centre or a third of the way in. Maybe it's just bad design, you probably need to get yourself a squeegee. I have this in the bathroom which I use every time I have a shower or bath..

TELLIT01

Is the plughole slightly raised, possibly due to a thick washer between the metal part of the plughole and the body of the bath?  Anything standing proud of the base of the bath will mean water is being trapped.  If not, all I can suggest is have a supply of paper towel or a sponge available and mop up the excess. 

Have you contacted the supplier or manufacturer for advice?

delmonta

neilmcl said:

Where is the plug hole situated, I've noticed quite a few of the Bette baths have a drain in the centre or a third of the way in. Maybe it's just bad design, you probably need to get yourself a squeegee. I have this in the bathroom which I use every time I have a shower or bath..

The plug hole is near one end, pretty standard

delmonta

TELLIT01 said:

Is the plughole slightly raised, possibly due to a thick washer between the metal part of the plughole and the body of the bath?  Anything standing proud of the base of the bath will mean water is being trapped.  If not, all I can suggest is have a supply of paper towel or a sponge available and mop up the excess. 

Have you contacted the supplier or manufacturer for advice?

No it's not that

I wonder if it would be worth taking off all the silicon, attempting to drop the drain end of the bath a few mm to get more of a fall on it. 
But it would be a big hassle and also might not work considering the tiles and the bath panel

Jeepers_Creepers

If the bath is level, then I guess it must be a slight variation in the casting/pressing.

Just have a cloth handy after each bath - surely not worth pursuing it in any other way?

But, yes, annoying.

(Take a photo and email Bette a message - see what they say.)

delmonta

Jeepers_Creepers said:

If the bath is level, then I guess it must be a slight variation in the casting/pressing.

Just have a cloth handy after each bath - surely not worth pursuing it in any other way?

But, yes, annoying.

(Take a photo and email Bette a message - see what they say.)

Yeah I'll ask the shop I bought it from and then Bette