On Jun 17, 12:43*pm, "hr(bob) "
wrote:
On Jun 17, 12:38*pm, Higgs Boson wrote:









On Jun 17, 10:31*am, Higgs Boson wrote:

On Jun 17, 10:01*am, DerbyDad03 wrote:

On Jun 17, 12:19*pm, Higgs Boson wrote:

Here's a link to several pix of a nasty situation in my (only)
bathroom.



I am scared to death that there is a leak somewhere in the wall which
is showing up at the base.

Background: *Some years ago the latch on the shower went bad, and
water leaked out in this area. *So I replaced the latch. *Shower is
used by another person, so I just now checked to make sure it closed
tight, and it does, and OP is aware of this. I got in the shower,
turned on the water, but did not see any leakage through shower door.

Any idea what could be causing this, and what I need to do?

TIA

HB

I can't see the pictures (tinypic is blocked at work).

Is it a tile shower or a fiberglass unit?

Tile shower.

I've seen grout go bad and allow water to leak behind the wall in
between the tiles. The grout *looks* OK on the surface, but the water
can go right through it. DAMHIKT

Shower is in good shape generally, but I'll get a ladder and check
grout more closely.

And of course, any spot where the caulking has deteriorated will also
allow water to leak through, often unseen by the user until everything
behind the wall gets saturated and the water begins to find its way to
a visible location.

See my just previous reply for more detail on the shower, the other
shower backing up to it, and more background.

What may be significant here (as mentioned in my first post) is that
there was minor "leakage " years ago, due -- I assumed -- to door
latch not closing properly, which I repaired. *Now this major leakage
is appearing in the same spot. *Why now?

HB

Here is a better view:



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Much better *Now if the shower foor did not latch properly, the water
would run straight down, not go behind the tiles. *So you must open
the wall between the tub and shower to see what is going on. *Have you
tried just using the tub./ shower for a couple of weeks to see if the
wall dries up. *IF it does, then the separate shower is at fault. *OR,
just use the shower and not the tub/shower as\nd see what happens. *IT
will take a couple of weeks to show up as the wall looks so very damp
that it will take a while to dry out. *You could also put a fan
blowing at the opened wall to speed up the process.

Dunno if my reply went through. Thanked you for suggestion of
isolating shower for a few weeks and for fan idea.

HB