Hello,
I have a less than 2 year old home with a tile shower in the master. There is a fiberglass base which stands maybe four inches tall, then there are tiles covering the walls. There is also a seat that projects away from the fiberglass base about a foot. This is also covered with the tile. My wife and I are pretty religious about squeegeeing water off the seat after every use.
While cleaning the shower the other day, I ran the water aimed at the seat for about 10 minutes while I was scrubbing the shower floor. I came downstairs after and noticed a drip had made its way down the wall from the ceiling below the shower. This is the first time this has happened.
I'm pretty sure the base isn't leaking, but there are some cracks in the grout between some of the tile where the shower was aimed and in the corners of the shower. I'm debating whether I need to simply repair the grout by either replacing it or filling in the cracks with some sort of grout repair.
The other concern I have is that, from what I've read, is that grout isn't waterproof anyways and that there should be a liner behind the tile to funnel the water to the drain to begin with. So even if the grout isn't repelling the water, it shouldn't leak from the ceiling. To fix this, would be a total shower re-do in my almost new house.
So, do I simply repair the grout? Or are I in need of a total overhaul?
Thanks in advance for the help!
ramlco
I have a less than 2 year old home with a tile shower in the master. There is a fiberglass base which stands maybe four inches tall, then there are tiles covering the walls. There is also a seat that projects away from the fiberglass base about a foot. This is also covered with the tile. My wife and I are pretty religious about squeegeeing water off the seat after every use.
While cleaning the shower the other day, I ran the water aimed at the seat for about 10 minutes while I was scrubbing the shower floor. I came downstairs after and noticed a drip had made its way down the wall from the ceiling below the shower. This is the first time this has happened.
I'm pretty sure the base isn't leaking, but there are some cracks in the grout between some of the tile where the shower was aimed and in the corners of the shower. I'm debating whether I need to simply repair the grout by either replacing it or filling in the cracks with some sort of grout repair.
The other concern I have is that, from what I've read, is that grout isn't waterproof anyways and that there should be a liner behind the tile to funnel the water to the drain to begin with. So even if the grout isn't repelling the water, it shouldn't leak from the ceiling. To fix this, would be a total shower re-do in my almost new house.
So, do I simply repair the grout? Or are I in need of a total overhaul?
Thanks in advance for the help!
ramlco