Hello everyone - first post on this forum.
I’m puzzled by a problem I’m having with the shower so I wondered if anyone could help shed light on this. I have a leak from the shower (leak is downstairs – shower is upstairs). It does not always leak and when it does it only happens after showering is complete. It never seems to happen during the shower. I opened the faceplate surround the shower knob and there is no evidence of any moisture on the pipes. I was unable to feel behind the spout as the opening is too small so I took a chance and replaced the spout – I figured that maybe there is something wrong with the spout so that when the shower is complete and the diverter valve turns off the loss in pressure causes it to leak.
However that also has not fixed it. At the moment my guess is that it may be one of the joints in the pipe to the spout that could be causing this.
This brings me to another question – to properly investigate this I will need to remove the surrounding tiles. Is it possible to remove tiles without destroying them as I would like to reuse them if possible. I have not looked but I’m not sure if I can find matching tiles.
Another possibility I suppose is to rent or buy a borescope.
Any possibility that this may be a drain related issue?
I’m puzzled by a problem I’m having with the shower so I wondered if anyone could help shed light on this. I have a leak from the shower (leak is downstairs – shower is upstairs). It does not always leak and when it does it only happens after showering is complete. It never seems to happen during the shower. I opened the faceplate surround the shower knob and there is no evidence of any moisture on the pipes. I was unable to feel behind the spout as the opening is too small so I took a chance and replaced the spout – I figured that maybe there is something wrong with the spout so that when the shower is complete and the diverter valve turns off the loss in pressure causes it to leak.
However that also has not fixed it. At the moment my guess is that it may be one of the joints in the pipe to the spout that could be causing this.
This brings me to another question – to properly investigate this I will need to remove the surrounding tiles. Is it possible to remove tiles without destroying them as I would like to reuse them if possible. I have not looked but I’m not sure if I can find matching tiles.
Another possibility I suppose is to rent or buy a borescope.
Any possibility that this may be a drain related issue?