TxBuckeye
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My shower has been leaking around the base, above the shower pan. At first I believed my wife was just leaving the door open when she got out and water was draining. But I know now that is not the case.
Today, I got down on my hands and knees and really looked. The leak occurs on the front of the shower where it meets the wall separating the shower stall from the tub. I could see on the outside that the caulking was pulling away from the stall. When I put pressure on the caulking with my finger, I noted there was nothing behind it. I was expecting grout. So I went inside the shower and found the same thing. There is probably a quarter inch between the tile ending and the drain pan. There is no caulk in that gap. It is just caulking, which has also pulled away from the pan inside the shower. So the water is getting out through that gap that exists on both sides of the shower stall.
Is this right? Should that gap just be filled with only caulking? Or should there have bee grout also? Other?
I am trying to figure out what I need to do. If the tile needs grout, I'll call the people that tiled the shower. Or do I just need to remove and replace the caulking?
Today, I got down on my hands and knees and really looked. The leak occurs on the front of the shower where it meets the wall separating the shower stall from the tub. I could see on the outside that the caulking was pulling away from the stall. When I put pressure on the caulking with my finger, I noted there was nothing behind it. I was expecting grout. So I went inside the shower and found the same thing. There is probably a quarter inch between the tile ending and the drain pan. There is no caulk in that gap. It is just caulking, which has also pulled away from the pan inside the shower. So the water is getting out through that gap that exists on both sides of the shower stall.
Is this right? Should that gap just be filled with only caulking? Or should there have bee grout also? Other?
I am trying to figure out what I need to do. If the tile needs grout, I'll call the people that tiled the shower. Or do I just need to remove and replace the caulking?