Dripping Bathtubs and Shower Trays? We Will Fix It
Problem wet locations in your house are a typical event and in most cases, they tend to be high use locations such as the kitchen sink and the bathroom.
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Whereas the kitchen has the tendency to be more manageable and the issues fairly easy to fix, the shower room can be far trickier to manage when it starts presenting issues. This could be the time you need to call in a professional in your Bulwell Nottinghamshire East Midlands area.
We serve these local areas too:
- Hempshill Vale
- Bulwell Forest
- Highbury Vale
- Nuthall
- Cinderhill
- Rise Park
- Westville
- Old Basford
- Top Valley
- Broxtowe
Given that the shower room has the tendency to be an extremely wet area due to a reasonable quantity of water being splashed around while bathing, it can start to reveal some signs of wear and tear in vulnerable places. These are typically in the seams where a shower tray or bath tub adjoins the wall tiles.
Absence of correct sealing on the edges of bathrooms and shower trays can prove to be a substantial difficulty as they can be the vulnerable point where the water and mould eventually deteriorate and start leaking water through and gradually causing damage to plasterboards.
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A common sign of this situation consists of a wet odour in the shower room. Often, it can show up on the lower floors first. A stain mark will show up on the ceiling panels as a result of taking in water from the shower room leaks above. Apart from such a stain being an eyesore, there is an imminent threat if there are electrical wires near the boards.
Such a leakage would have to be attended to rapidly by identifying the actual dripping area and correcting at the earliest opportunity to avoid any danger from intensifying.
These sort of issues are common in shower room locations for two main reasons. One is typically improper installation and insufficient sealing of the edges of tubs and shower trays. The other may be as a result of aging.
Some plumbing professionals may fail to pick the best possible place for installing a shower tray or bath tub which can result in dripping issues later. For example, a shower head placed in a location near the window may lead to the shower sprays falling on the window sill and stagnating there.
This can provide a future issue merely because if the grouting or sealer utilised there is not waterproof and is thought to be ‘permeable’, water will leak in and make its way down to the underlying plaster and wood.
During construction and repair work, it’s the best idea to guarantee that your contractor or technician uses high-quality waterproof grout and silicone in your shower room as water has the tendency to reach unexpected places in the shower room after a shower.
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When it concerns tubs, a typical and re-occurring issue for many tubs appears to be caulking or sealing which cracks repeatedly. Some house owners are shocked. The silicon fractures or has the tendency to retreat from the wall after a few months.
Bead size has a lot to do with it. The fact that the width of the opening between the bath tub and the wall is unequal means there will be sections that are broader while others are narrower, making it difficult to decide the ideal size bead to utilise.
If you utilise a larger bead, then you end up having an overflow in the narrower section without the silicon finding its direction into the space. When you select a smaller bead, your silicon ends up being inefficient in the bigger spaces because it vanishes into the space without filling it.
Most house owners have actually shared that while choosing on DIY, they are careful to prep the area to counter any moisture by completely scouring and cleaning up with alcohol and letting it dry out for a few days prior to the caulking. Regardless of this many people are doing a decent job, but they still lament that it stops working way earlier than they could have desired.
One technique is to make sure that you fill the bath tub with water prior to caulking. This guarantees that the tub is at its optimum weight and extended to leave an optimum space. Once you do, the silicon has a better opportunity of remaining in its place for longer, presuming you have actually done the prep work well.
Shower Tray Problems
Sometimes when dealing with a dripping shower tray, we have actually needed to remove the tiles around the boundary of the tray. More investigation typically reveals moist plywood that is heavily water damaged specifically if it is not WPB marine plywood.
In one circumstance, we discovered that the boundary of the shower tray still had the plastic wrapping that it was delivered in. It is such things that make it evident that the initial installer was just what we refer to as a cowboy contractor, implying they did a poor fitting.
Unfortunately for the house owner, what should have merely been a relatively simple repairing task, turns out to be a project, and you would not want another cowboy contractor bungling the repair work.
Contracting a proven, careful and competent technician is vital in restoring an already intricate matter without costing you an arm and a leg.
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To this day, we’ve handled lots of simple cases where performing thorough cleansing and using a tube of silicon around the dripping edges has resolved the issues.
But in some circumstances, we discovered the issue to have actually gone further, specifically when the installation was not installed correctly and low quality products were utilised.
Why Seek The Help of Professionals?
As seasoned specialists in shower room repair work and renovation, we have actually worked on numerous cases and observed the damage that is caused by a dripping bath tub or shower tray. Generally, it’s very pricey if not fixed on time.
Although one can try and do a patch fix on it prior to the technician arrives, it is recommended that you get the aid of a professional.
Every situation is so variale, but after mindful evaluation of the issue, our experts will have the ability to supply you with a convenient service that will solve your leaking tub or tray for a very long time to come.
It can become fairly difficult to outline how to fix a dripping bath tub or shower tray step by step because the circumstances are so varied.
Nevertheless, what you can be assured of when you call us in is that we will analyse the issue, provide you an accurate diagnosis, and then, based upon that, supply a service(s) that will rid you of the leaking issue for the longest time.
With our crew on your side, you can bid farewell to all your bath leak issues. We cover your area of Bulwell NG6 7. Call us today to make your appointment on 0115 822 4995
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