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So before my recent holiday noticed evidence of leak on ceiling below bathroom. Sorry for long winded here, but as often with water leaks its hard to be 100% you've nailed the source.
Obvious candidate is Shower tray, inspect and see some loose 'frilly' mastic, so taped shower doors closed.
Hoowever once on holiday, Duaghter contacts to say the hand basin tap is leaking. With the help of Whatsapp from India I got her to isolate the tap.
No more visible water. Ceiling below, discoloured but dry on our return.
THIS IS FINALLY MY QUESTION...What to do about the mastic in the shower? (Which is now totally dry as we've yet to put the shower back in to operation.)
About 4 years ago I had a leak here and spent some time sorting out the mastic where the tiles meet the tray in a Victorian house. Note its a stone tray on a wooden floor in an old house so movement is possible. Checked youTube and after scraping out old and allowing to fully dry.
I applied in two stages. Frist run, fine nib to get mastic right into the gap. Then before that's dry apply a second course with a larger nib and smoothed over. Now in a couple of places the top edge is 'fraying'. Naturally due to the history of the house I assumed this was where the water was leaking.
Now I'm not sure it is leaking but wondering if I should apply a 3rd course of mastic over the top? Will it stick? Do i need to scrape out old and start agian to be sure?
Hoping it will give another 5 years before it leaks. What is a reasonable lifetime for shower mastic?
Thoughts welcome, thanks
Obvious candidate is Shower tray, inspect and see some loose 'frilly' mastic, so taped shower doors closed.
Hoowever once on holiday, Duaghter contacts to say the hand basin tap is leaking. With the help of Whatsapp from India I got her to isolate the tap.
No more visible water. Ceiling below, discoloured but dry on our return.
THIS IS FINALLY MY QUESTION...What to do about the mastic in the shower? (Which is now totally dry as we've yet to put the shower back in to operation.)
About 4 years ago I had a leak here and spent some time sorting out the mastic where the tiles meet the tray in a Victorian house. Note its a stone tray on a wooden floor in an old house so movement is possible. Checked youTube and after scraping out old and allowing to fully dry.
I applied in two stages. Frist run, fine nib to get mastic right into the gap. Then before that's dry apply a second course with a larger nib and smoothed over. Now in a couple of places the top edge is 'fraying'. Naturally due to the history of the house I assumed this was where the water was leaking.
Now I'm not sure it is leaking but wondering if I should apply a 3rd course of mastic over the top? Will it stick? Do i need to scrape out old and start agian to be sure?
Hoping it will give another 5 years before it leaks. What is a reasonable lifetime for shower mastic?
Thoughts welcome, thanks