Leaking showers
Fixed from inside. Tiles stay where they are.
Three days, one trade, no skip bin on the front lawn. Backed for ten years. Here’s how it works and when it isn’t the right answer.
What the three days look like
Strip the old grout and silicone out
All wall and floor grout in the shower ground out, junctions and corners cut back, waste and tap penetrations opened up. This is where nearly every leak actually is.
Seal the substrate through the tile joints
A penetrating sealer is flooded into the joints and drawn into the bed underneath, so the layer that was letting water through is sealed without lifting a tile.
Re-grout in epoxy, not cement
Epoxy grout doesn’t absorb water and doesn’t grow mould in it. It’s harder to work with, which is why most jobs use cement grout, and why most jobs are back in seven years.
Junctions, screen, flood test, warranty
Neutral-cure silicone to all changes of plane, the screen re-bedded, then the shower is flood-tested and the ten-year warranty issued. Usable again after 24 hours.
When sealing is the wrong answer
Sealing works when
Strip it out when
In that case the inspection fee comes off the renovation quote.
Request a bathroom quote
Standard shower, up to 1.2m × 1.2m, full re-grout and seal.