Originally Posted by
klassman
Thanks all.. . Sounds like I got caught up in an ongoing debate!
>shrugs<
Some folks would rather be *
RIGHT* than correct.
Go figger.
It might be a concrete laundry tub.. . Anyway, I had a flashlight down there some time ago and thought I saw a small crack.. . And when I felt along it seemed like the water was running along the crack. You've inspired me to check with a flashlight again to be sure.
If it is concrete, then I highly recommend you consider replacing it.
Those of us in the trade call them 'incubators' -- Due to to the porous nature of concrete, concrete laundry tubs are a breeding ground for all manner of cooties.
Also, the two compartments are generally joined together in a yoke that is cast into the concrete, and depending on the degree of deterioration, the cracks that cause the leak usually penetrate into the bowl of the sink long before they manifest themselves as a leak on the underside.
Just my two pence.