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Ok that makes sense I guess. Thank you.

I’m over a full basement so my plumbing is all super accessible. I’ll ride it like this for a while and if I have an issue I’ll redo it I think.

 

Wait.

plastic shims.

checkmate.

 

I hope the drain is on the left...

EDIT: lol, I thought you were op

 

Do the install instructions not tell you how to install the tub or did I miss something ?

 

Nope. Drain is centered....

 

They just say level the feet and put a big bead of silicone. They don’t say “make the feet useless and put them inside the tub frame so it’ll sit flat on the ground” lol

 

not to mention how much of a pain it would be to keep the wood shims from slipping around

 

so is your floor an 1 1/2" out of level in 6' then ?

 

It can’t be that bad, must be a metric level.

 

No it’s very level, so I could’ve sat the tub down flat on the floor, but followed the directions of leveling the feet. Thought to myself “why would I level the feet of they aren’t touching the floor?” So I made them touch the floor. They’re barely out from under the tub frame.

 

Maybe not appropriate here.
I keep some of the cheap peel and place floor tiles around for shims. They cut easily with scissors, have an adhesive on them, you can nail or screw through them and they don't rot. They make a handy shim for all kinds of little jobs - and cheap too!

 

Can you fit a vinyl tube underneath? I'm thinking a makeshift caulking gun extension to put silicone under the cross bars where you won't see it from the perimeter.

 

so you test levelled the tub with the levelling feet before installing it ? Maybe I'm not following

 

I put a straight board across the bottom of the tub, when it was tilted on its side. Checked all the feet compared to the board to get them kinda close to each other. Then stood the tub up, checked it’s level, leaned it over on its side, adjusted the necessary foot, then set it back up nice and level. Just a bit off the floor.

 

K so this is the part I don't get , if it was level when you tested it , how did it end up so out of level ?

 

The out of level tub was posted by another user.

 

lol , ok , well that makes sense now haha

 

Gosh I was confused by all the level questions haha

 

I'm still confused why you want to have the feet below the bottom of the tub...