Hi there expert landlords/ladies.
A call for my PM this week. Apparently hubby was working on the car underneath the house when suddenly he was being rained on. NOW this is qld. Everyone knows it doesnt rain here so hubby was baffled.
Water was leaking from upstairs bathroom. Ive been informed tiles and grouting has come away which is causing hte leak. I mentioned to someone that I might go take a look wiht my trusty silicon. But my friend said he thought it is NOT the tiles that are waterproof but the panel they put BEHIND the tiles.
Does anyone know if that is true? I thought it was the tiles that did hte waterproofing job.
cheers
millyI am no expert. But I had this in an IP. I regrouted the shower cubicle and it stopped. It also improved the look of the cubicle 100%.
Cheers,
Simon Macks
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Hi Milly,
Tiled shower bases are not technically waterproof, the grout in between is porous.
There should be “green’ plaster behind any tiling in bathrooms. Unfortunately, some people claim this is enough to be waterproof…it is not!
It is best to “tank” the area around showers and baths. Tanking is a plastic like membrane that is painted onto the green colored plaster. Any hardware/plumbing supplies outlet will know what tanking is.
Re- grouting, as Simon did may help and is probably good enough for a rental. But for a PPoR, I would get it checked out.
Hope I helped a little,
Sue [biggrin]“Be careful not to step on the flowers when you’re reaching for the stars”
Agree with the above comments.
You can buy a sealant for grout that is supposed to make it water tight, (yea right), you can change the grout, or you can strip the shower recess, strip the water membrane down to the compressed fibrocement and start again.(Tank? Green plaster? I suppose are the name given in Queensland to the above.)Alternatively, you can go the cheaper option of installing a self-contained plastic shower recess.
From the descritpion of “getting showered” though I assume a big leak that tells me more of a plumbing problem than a small grouting leak. Could be a broken/cracked pipe (constant leak) or a leaking shower tap packing, if the leak occurs when you open the shower.I had to do this job in one IP and found that the leek had damaged the timber frame. The wall became springy giving way under relatively small pressure. The building insurance will cover damage to the building by hidden leaks, but will not cover the cost of stripping tiles and re-tiling (what’s new?). Remember to check the wall adjacent to the shower since the water may have damaged the plaster on the other side, the skirting boards, the carpet, flooring joists or bearers. All the structural damage is covered, also carpet skirting boards, plaster and paint. Not the tiles though.
May God prosper you always.[biggrin]
MarcThanks all for the replies.
I sincerely hope this isnt a plumbing job. I want to sell the house at end of year so dont want major expenses. Ill just give the grouting a go wiht a sealant and see how that goes for now.
milly
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