1st floor ceiling leak below 2nd floor shower

joannsal · #1 Feb 28, 2007, 12:52 PM

Our ceiling has developed a swelling or bubble in the ceiling and when touched-it literally fell apart and created a hole. It is dry to the touch but happens to be right in line with our 2nd floor master bedroom shower where the plumbing probably comes down. The shower has a plastic floor with a 4 " lip but is tiled from the lip on up. It is a walk in shower with a sliding shower door

What should we be looking for and how do we fix this problem?

doug238 · Feb 28, 2007, 06:36 PM

does the shower floor flex when stepped into? some shower drain are removable from the top, most from the bottom. since ya got a hole in your ceiling, peek up there and see if a nut is under the shower base. what kind of drain pipe is there? take the chrome cover off and take a pic so we can see into the drain.

joannsal · Mar 1, 2007, 09:11 AM

Thank you. We will check on that.



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