A tile shower repair is impossible if the shower wasn’t built properly to begin with. I made this video to highlight some of the failures this shower had along with the repairs that were attempted to fix it. It is my recommendation that tile showers need to be left to professionals that understand moisture management. Your shower will see more water per square inch than your roof will. A pinhole leak in a shower can be detrimental to your home.
The first thing to look at is this shower is built with tile over drywall. The old mastic that’s was used had a much higher resistance to water migration than today’s mastics do. Even still, you can see that the walls are crumbling apart. Do not use premixed adhesives like mastic for wet locations Ike showers or tub surrounds. Use dry mix mortar.
Mastic emulsifies when wet, it softens. Mastic is also made of organic materials, it can mold. Both of these things thinset mortars don’t do. Use the mortar recommended by the waterproofing manufacturer you use.
For this shower a repair was attempted on one wall as well as the shower curb was replaced. Water was still leaking into the basement below. Once those two items showed continued signs of failure, a thin layer of silicone was applied to the shower floor. It didn’t work either.
Spending money on unproven repairs is just a waste of money. I don’t t like telling someone that their shower needs to be fully replaced, but I’m not going to lie either. If replacement is needed, you need to know that. We won’t do anything tile related that I won’t back up with a full lifetime warranty. You know when we do a job it’s done the right way.
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