lmrs
Nov 12, 2013, 02:18 PM
This is a corner shower. Forgive me, I don't know the correct terminology to use, but when the contractor installed the "pan", he did not first attach the "drain" to the PVC, so my dad used concrete to make a "funnel" from the pan into the PVC.
It's been several years since it was installed, and my daughter uses the shower. I've noticed the grout on the tile floor is sometimes damp, the subfloor has water marks on it, and the trim around the door (which is right by the shower wall) on the very bottom is soft and mushy.
Thinking it was cracked plastic walls, I replaced them with tile -- the plastic shower wall was cracked around the shower faucet handle-- Figured this was the problem with the leaking, but looks like I was wrong.
Called the plumber, he said it's not the pipes. He said it could be a bad tile job (well, thank you very much), missing grout, the shower pan or the drain.
Before I take a pry bar and chisel and take off the tile, is there any way to test where the leak is coming from?
IE:
If I stop up the drain, leave in an inch of water and it is no longer there in the morning, does that mean it's the pan?
Do I cover the tile with a plastic shower liner, down to the pan and see if the seepage is coming from the tiled?
Any help will be so appreciated!
It's been several years since it was installed, and my daughter uses the shower. I've noticed the grout on the tile floor is sometimes damp, the subfloor has water marks on it, and the trim around the door (which is right by the shower wall) on the very bottom is soft and mushy.
Thinking it was cracked plastic walls, I replaced them with tile -- the plastic shower wall was cracked around the shower faucet handle-- Figured this was the problem with the leaking, but looks like I was wrong.
Called the plumber, he said it's not the pipes. He said it could be a bad tile job (well, thank you very much), missing grout, the shower pan or the drain.
Before I take a pry bar and chisel and take off the tile, is there any way to test where the leak is coming from?
IE:
If I stop up the drain, leave in an inch of water and it is no longer there in the morning, does that mean it's the pan?
Do I cover the tile with a plastic shower liner, down to the pan and see if the seepage is coming from the tiled?
Any help will be so appreciated!