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nikilyn
Jun 21, 2009, 08:56 AM
Is there an easy fix or on average how much does it cost to fix a leak in a shower and the ceiling below? The shower started leaking this morning and I awoke this morning to a drip and looked up to see a bubble on the ceiling I am guessing came from the leakt shower above.

hkstroud
Jun 21, 2009, 09:11 AM
Your first problem is to determine just what is leaking with out tearing up the entire house. The leak can be in the water supply piping, from a valve, from the shower head, from the drain piping or from the walls or the shower pan.

You said that you awoke this morning to a drip. If the shower had not been used recently that implies a leaking supply pipe or valve.
Was the shower being used when you saw the drip? Had it been used in the last hour?

ballengerb1
Jun 21, 2009, 09:46 AM
I like Harold's logic, was anyone using that shower recently?