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Tiled shower problem -- any repair advice?
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<blockquote data-quote="Star*" data-source="post: 365031" data-attributes="member: 4964"><p>If the grout is cracked and water has seeped in already you are looking at a potential mildew problem down the road - Mildew grows, it doesn't dry out and go away. However unless you can crawl under the house or remove the drywall behind the leak (opposite wall) and see what damage has been done? I'm more inclined to say it's not a repair. The problem being you have NO idea if the missing grout got into the shower pan (plastic-rubber type liner) and is now poking holes in the pan. - IF THAT HAPPENS? ----you end up with HUGE problems like we had. The sills rotted out - These are the notched ends of the floor joists that connect to the foundation of your home - unless you are on a concrete slab - you have them. Even if you are on a slab - they may have built the house up and you'll have joists. Then the joists act like a river from the shower pan to the sills and when those rot out? It's a complete tear out. (like mine) ---in ours someone screwed the a/c return to the bottom of the shower pan (IDIOT). </p><p> </p><p>I think if I were you? I'd get a professional out that knows what he's doing, not a handy-andy. I'd get someone that can tell you IF the water has done damage- IF there is going to be a quick fix and IF you can barter for services. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":tongue:" title="tongue :tongue:" data-shortname=":tongue:" /> (of course that last idea is optional depending on the looks of the tile man) <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/laugh.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":laugh:" title="laugh :laugh:" data-shortname=":laugh:" /> - So far for me? I'm doing it myself. ===the remodel....not myself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Star*, post: 365031, member: 4964"] If the grout is cracked and water has seeped in already you are looking at a potential mildew problem down the road - Mildew grows, it doesn't dry out and go away. However unless you can crawl under the house or remove the drywall behind the leak (opposite wall) and see what damage has been done? I'm more inclined to say it's not a repair. The problem being you have NO idea if the missing grout got into the shower pan (plastic-rubber type liner) and is now poking holes in the pan. - IF THAT HAPPENS? ----you end up with HUGE problems like we had. The sills rotted out - These are the notched ends of the floor joists that connect to the foundation of your home - unless you are on a concrete slab - you have them. Even if you are on a slab - they may have built the house up and you'll have joists. Then the joists act like a river from the shower pan to the sills and when those rot out? It's a complete tear out. (like mine) ---in ours someone screwed the a/c return to the bottom of the shower pan (IDIOT). I think if I were you? I'd get a professional out that knows what he's doing, not a handy-andy. I'd get someone that can tell you IF the water has done damage- IF there is going to be a quick fix and IF you can barter for services. :raspberry-tounge: (of course that last idea is optional depending on the looks of the tile man) :funny: - So far for me? I'm doing it myself. ===the remodel....not myself. [/QUOTE]
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