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When I was labouring for Fiddy BITD, "someone" (genuinely wasn't me but none of the other trades would own up) dropped a hammer in the brand new bath we were putting in. Because no one owned up there was a long, tense bun fight over who was going to replace it as the homeowner rightfully didn't want a repaired bath when he paid for a new one.
Ours was one of those where you twist the cap on the overflow to operate the plug. It had just deteriorated over time. So replaced with a clicky push plug and all stainless. Getting the old one out was a fucker as the cable access was on the opposite side to where I could reach. Ended up just busting the fucker out. It was going in the bin anyway.
I have also resealed the bath a couple of times now. Mainly twice because the first time was shit, but didn't contribute to any major leaks (to put @aggi 's mind at ease). In the intervening years I got a fuck load more caulking practice in elsewhere in the house so it's a bit better now. I prefer using a blade to get the old stuff out. I've tried the solvent stuff but it always leaves some semi-disolved gunk in the deeper recesses and I'm paranoid that will negatively impact the new stuff from going on properly.
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We had the same thing, the design of the overflow tightening onto the bath was dogshit.
Then we had it again, searched for ages, checked all pipework five times before noticing a little mark on the bath surface. A fucking hole in the bath itself! Someone must have dropped the sharp edged hand shower 🥴
Had to redo the epoxy with a kit off the internet.