AlexW wrote:

Any one else care to share some bodges found?

Yup, a friend of mine was tasked to fit a new bathroom for one of his
customers. The owner also wanted to know why the existing shower area
was always damp.

So after demolishing the existing shower (tiled dry lining), it revealed
rather damp walls behind. This was technically speaking in a basement
but, on a section at the front of the house that was fully exposed
rather than underground. So it was not penetrating dampness.

The first good one was where whoever had built it had simply rendered
over a lead pipe with a gate valve on the end. It turns out the valve
valve was dripping slowly and hence soaking the wall. (I helped him
trace the pipe and found it hidden in a ceiling connected to the
incoming water main!).

The other nice one was the previous builder had fitted an extrator fan
in the shower. It was mounted on the dry lining, and ducted through the
inner course of brickwork. But there was no matching hole in the outer
course - so it was simply filling the wall cavity with wet air!

(If you want an example of dodgy electrics, find the thread above about
Dr. Drivels garrage CU ;-)

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Cheers,

John.

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