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camerian
Aug 2, 2009, 07:30 PM
OK, so last night or right now I am trying to figure out where the leak is coming from in my shower. Here are the details.
I have a stand alone shower that is complete tile, dual shower heads (one is a large with the option of turning on or off the second hand held removable one), It stands against the wall in my master bath on the left side and is mounted into my screened in sunroom the third side goes to a wall that the tile is mounted to and then to my jetted tub which is also surrounded by tile.
Today when I turned on the shower to warm up and came back I I noticed a water spot in the outside left corner on the grout. If I wiped it up it came right back.
I then turned off the water waited for it to dry and then used the removable shower head to aim it at different spots in the shower to see where it was leaking from.
I thought that I had it narrowed down to the left inside corner but I then started to pull off the molding back the tub and the shower to find that the right side where the shower heads are is wet underneath it to the point that the wood is moist when you get up to the shower ground level.
I was going to try the sticking a damp towel in the drain, filling it 1/2 inch full tonight and seeing if it was a drain issue or a tile/grout/shower issue.

Right now I am stuck and feel that I am making a larger mess as I keep on going. Please help Wife who has husband with no clue.

letmetellu
Aug 2, 2009, 07:42 PM
Look for any loose grout in the grout lines where water could go through, Look at soap dishes to make sure that there are no cracks in the grout around them.

One thing you can try is to not use the shower of a period of about twenty four hours the turn on the shower and just let I run for a few minutes. Look closely at the shower door, look for a very small rivulet of water running down on the outside of the tile.

These leaks are hard to find so spend some time on your hands and knees looking all around the shower.