Hi - I have re-caulked the lower part of my shower twice in the last 12-18 months. It's pretty basic work, and it looks like I'm doing it well initially but it keeps wearing away, and now it's worn away again. Today after someone used the shower we had a slow drip from the kitchen ceiling underneath - is it possible these few openings could cause a significant leak? I hope so, otherwise we have a bigger problem.
First, you have a leak in your shower. The tile, grout and caulk do NOT waterproof the shower. That work is done by a membrane installed before the tile work.
Caulk does not "wear away". Color matched caulk is often used where wall meets floor. Yours looks like grout and appears to be crumbling and falling out. There is often some minute movement between floors and walls in a home which is why flexible caulking is used at the joint between the two while grout is used on the walls and floor.
Don't waste your money!! A plumber can fix a pipe leak, but you do not know if that is the problem until you open the ceiling below and find out. A plumber is not needed to fix a waterproofing leak in a wall or floor joint.
Thanks for the replies! This is actually colored caulk, not grout. I’ll patch it up just so it looks better, but I guess I better call a plumber. Appreciate the insights.
The plastic clam shell clamp broke connecting the mixer line to the main spout. Any idea where I can get a replacement and new o-ring?
Not sure how old the faucet is or what brand it is. The only number I could find was on the base of the faucet 413763.
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I had rusted out tank to bowl screw so while apart I decided to install new flush valve. The rubber on it was in really bad shape. Got a new 2" flush valve. installed and put everything back together and had slow leak from tank to bowl. I lowered water level below the flapper and let it sit. The water drained out to bowl completely so the leak is not the flapper. Took apart and set tank on top of a bucket. put water in but not up to flapper. I could see it leaking under the nut on bottom of flush valve. So not good seal between the rubber cone washer and the tank hole. The hole is just slightly bigger than the washer. So cone washer barely goes into the hole. and the hole is a little rough. Ideally the hole should be about 1/8" larger in diameter so the washer seats further in but I don't know if anyway to do that. At least I would like to remove the roughness to try to get a seal. what is best way to do that? fine wet sandpaper?
11-25-22, 01:40 PM
