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   PedroTheMule | Jun 05, 2009 11:14pm | #1

   Hi ruffmike,

   Maybe a stupid question.

   No question is stupid....might be stupid if you do what I'm going to suggest though.

   Is there an overflow drain cover that can be closed? I like to fill my tub up to the top when I take a hot bath, usually stuff a washcloth in the drain. Looking for another option, since I broke it last night stuffing the washcloth in place.

   I've never seen one myself but somebody has probably made one. How about a DIY?

   Heavy wire or coat hanger, ball/twist up one end of it, loosely press it into the overflow tube leaving the top end sticking out into the tub. Spray some Great Stuff around the surface inside the top of the overflow tube, don't get it too far down, just a little will do. Once cured, trim it back a little and coil the wire/hanger, clip off any excess and tuck the coil into the top of the tube. Replace with a new cover.

   Now when you forget the tub is filing, it overflows, rots the floor out and mildews the carpet in the next room, you can remove the cover and use the wire/hanger to pull most of the foam back out and make it work like it's supposed to.

   Pedro the Mule - more than one way to get wet

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   ruffmike | Jun 06, 2009 12:09am | #4

   Don't have to worry too much about overflow, stained concrete floor throughout. maybe the pressure treated plate would be an issue over repeated floods.

   I might have to make my own out of a modified stainless cleanout cover.                            Mike

       Small wheel turn by the fire and rod, big wheel turn by the grace of god.

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   JTC1 | Jun 05, 2009 11:22pm | #2

   I think you will have to DIY that one.

   Since the overflow drain is required by most codes, I don't think you will have much luck finding a "manufactured" cover to defeat it's purpose.

   Sounds like what you really want a deep soaking tub ---- project!!!!

   Jim

   Never underestimate the value of a sharp pencil or good light.
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   ruffmike | Jun 06, 2009 12:14am | #5

   "you really want a deep soaking tub"

   The tub is a 65" kohler about 17" deep that I got for free on a condo project. Pretty deep

    Don't really need any projects, got a hot tub in the crate out back. Been sittin' there 2 years easy. ; ^ )                            Mike

       Small wheel turn by the fire and rod, big wheel turn by the grace of god.

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   popawheelie | Jun 05, 2009 11:51pm | #3

   I put one on that is a cover with a hole in the bottom but no lever. I filled up the hole in the bottom with solicone.

   you could take one like mine and turn it upside down. That would put the holes 2-3" higher and it would still have an overflow.

   I did over fill it once. Got busy doing something.

   Found this in a quick search http://www.organize.com/deepwaterbath.html

   http://www.vintagetub.com/ShowItem.aspx?productID=3884&utm_id=ID1301

   "There are three kinds of men: The one that learns by reading, the few who learn by observation and the rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves."
   Will Rogers
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   user-253201 | Jun 06, 2009 12:26am | #6

   Mike

   I have seen a rubber cover that goes over the overflow, with the top cut out (kind of like a mini Frisbee). It still has an overflow inlet on top but it raises the water level. It was in one of those junk mail catalogs, my sister gets. I couldn't tell you which catalog, but I know it out there somewhere.

   Rich

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   DanH | Jun 06, 2009 12:36am | #7

   Yeah, I've seen the same thing, probably in a similar catalog.
   As I stood before the gates I realized that I never want to be as certain about anything as were the people who built this place. --Rabbi Sheila Peltz, on her visit to Auschwitz

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   plumbbill | Jun 06, 2009 01:14am | #8

   Mike, what type of waste & overflow do you have?

   Trip lever, tip toe, push pull et al.

   If you have a Watco¯ they make a test cap for the overflow that screws in.

    

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   brucet9 | Jun 06, 2009 05:36am | #9

   You could probably find an old-fashioned rubber sink stopper of the right size, drill a hole for the screw and install it in place of the regular cover.

   BruceT
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   fingersandtoes | Jun 06, 2009 07:49am | #10

   We have a couple. They are clear plastic with suction cups around the edge and a hole in the top so the overflow still works, but you gain about 3" more water. My wife says they were from http://www.addedtouch.ca but she isn't sure if they are still in their catalogue.

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   ruffmike | Jun 06, 2009 08:01am | #11

   Found it. Thanks!

   http://www.vintagetub.com/asp/product_detail.asp?item_no=3884&utm_id=IDK14#reviews                            Mike

       Small wheel turn by the fire and rod, big wheel turn by the grace of god.

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   fingersandtoes | Jun 06, 2009 08:10am | #12

   That's them. They last about two years and then the suction cups stop working. Might be worth buying several. Great price huh? For 20 cents worth of plastic.